Introduction to Child Trauma

Learn what child trauma is, what causes it, and the common effects on children and teens.

Trauma Diagnosis and Treatment

Learn how to recognize behaviors in children that signal trauma and attachment issues, select the best treatment methods and use them to foster healthy attachment. 

Healthy Attachment Fundamentals
 

What is it, how does it happen and why is it critically important? This training can help parents, prospective parents, caregivers and professionals understand the basics of attachment. 

Healthy Attachment Interrupted
 

What happens when attachment is traumatically disrupted? Identifying confusing and sometimes dangerous behaviors that come from early trauma can be tricky and yet very helpful for parents and professionals. 

Synergistic Trauma and Attachment Therapy
 

How can we successfully treat the complex trauma of early attachment breaks? What therapies address the many developmental domains that are impacted by early trauma and how do we know which ones to use? 

Advanced Clinical Skills
 

Consultation groups for professionals treating children with developmental trauma on topics of common interest. 

Evaluating Trauma and Attachment Disruptions in Early Childhood
 

What assessment tools are best and how do we administer them for maximum information?

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During this workshop, a family engages in a thorough evaluation which is observed by the participating group (with permission of the family). After administration of the assessment, the participating professional group is led through the process of scoring and interpreting assessment tools and completing a report.

This training is particularly helpful for clinicians wanting to expand their understanding of how to identify trauma and attachment issues and determine what therapies are best to match with specific trauma and attachment difficulties.

Traumatized Children: Building Trust. An innovative program for health professionals. 

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Developed for and field tested in 1997-2000 with children who lived through the war in Croatia (the former Yugoslavia), we worked with the orphans called “unadaptable” because of extreme behaviors. The program has since been translated and used in Russia, Kosovo, and other countries, and has been adapted and successfully used with children in foster care and adoptive families in the US.