The Complete Guide to Therapeutic Parenting
A Helpful Guide to the Theory, Research and What it Means for Everyday Life
Published on 19. November 2020
320 pages
978-1-78775-377-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is the go-to guide for practitioners, parents and carers who want to expand their understanding and skills for therapeutic parenting - a deeply nurturing parenting style particularly effective for children who have experienced trauma or adversity.
It provides an easy to understand explanation of the latest theory and research in trauma and neuroscience, and explains how these relate to everyday parenting strategies. It provides clarity on complex areas, such as early developmental trauma in children, and insights into key challenges, including managing transitions, sibling relationships, challenging behaviour, the teenage years, and how to find time and space for self-care.
With experience, professional expertise, and text features to aid learning throughout, this book is the one-stop shop for everyone wanting to truly understand every aspect of therapeutic parenting and trauma.
It provides an easy to understand explanation of the latest theory and research in trauma and neuroscience, and explains how these relate to everyday parenting strategies. It provides clarity on complex areas, such as early developmental trauma in children, and insights into key challenges, including managing transitions, sibling relationships, challenging behaviour, the teenage years, and how to find time and space for self-care.
With experience, professional expertise, and text features to aid learning throughout, this book is the one-stop shop for everyone wanting to truly understand every aspect of therapeutic parenting and trauma.
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Series
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
File size
1,38 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78775-377-8 (9781787753778)
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Jane Mitchell | Sarah Naish
The Complete Guide to Therapeutic Parenting
A Helpful Guide to the Theory, Research and What it Means for Everyday Life
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11/2020
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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Persons
Jane Mitchell is a founding member and Director of the National Association of Therapeutic Parents. She has 15 years' experience delivering training to families parenting children with trauma, and is an adoptive parent, as well as co-author of the hugely popular Therapeutic Parenting Essentials.
Sarah Naish is author of bestselling parenting guide The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting. She is an adoptive parent, founder of the National Association of Therapeutic Parents, director of Inspire Training Group and author of the hugely popular Therapeutic Parenting Books series.
Sarah Naish is author of bestselling parenting guide The A-Z of Therapeutic Parenting. She is an adoptive parent, founder of the National Association of Therapeutic Parents, director of Inspire Training Group and author of the hugely popular Therapeutic Parenting Books series.
Content
- Intro
- The Complete Guide to Therapeutic Parenting
- Cover
- Of related interest
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Welcome!
- 1. Why Do They Do That? Developmental Trauma
- 2. What Is Therapeutic Parenting?
- 3. Reflective Parenting: Why We Need to Be Able to Understand Ourselves to Understand Our Children
- 4. First Steps and Transition Planning
- 5. Next Steps in Therapeutic Parenting: Addressing the Needs of Children with Exceptionally Challenging Behaviour
- 6. Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care
- 7. Adolescence and the Teenage Brain
- 8. Impact on Siblings
- 9. Living in Fear: Managing Aggression and Violence
- 10. Syndromes, Disorders and Survival Behaviours
- 11. Building a Team: Parents and Professionals
- 12. Main Therapeutic Models
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Author Index
