Resources

This fact sheet provides information on ways to help children who are blending in and who haven't learned to assert themselves to give their opinions.

This short booklet provides useful information for adults living and working with children impacted by traumatic death.

A Place for Starr follows a brave girl and her family as they break the cycle of violence and leave an abusive home. This healing story helps children understand that family violence is not their fault, and they can tell adults or friends about their plight. Children learn that there are other families just like theirs that suffer from abuse.

This gently told and tenderly illustrated story is for children who have witnessed any kind of violent or traumatic episode, including physical abuse, school or gang violence, accidents, homicide, suicide, and natural disasters such as floods or fire. An afterword by Sasha J. Mudlaff written for parents and other caregivers offers extensive suggestions for helping traumatized children, including a list of other sources that focus on specific events.

This evidence-based guide to assessing, reporting, and treating childhood maltreatment is essential reading for any professional working with children. It provides knowledge on the latest knowledge about childhood maltreatment and hands-on information on trauma-based CBT.

The purpose of this article, written by Dr. Bruce D. Perry, is to examine potential mechanisms underlying the well documented and complex relationships between maltreatment in childhood and the subsequent development of psychopathology.

In this article, written by Dr. Richard L. Gasskill and Dr. Bruce D. Perry, the impacts on the developing brain of traumatic experiences, including child sexual abuse, as well as treatments and interventions are discussed.

This volume demonstrates a range of creative approaches for facilitating children's emotional reparation and recovery from trauma. Experts in play, art, music, movement, and drama therapy, as well as bibliotherapy, describe step-by-step strategies for working with children, families, and groups. Rich with case material and artwork, the book is both practical and user-friendly.

Cruel but Not Unusual: Violence in Canadian Families is the first book to offer a national survey of the latest research and practice, and it reflects on the patriarchal roots and societal conditions in Canada that have led to the long-standing abuse of women and children. While feminist theories provide an overarching framework, a broad range of approaches is offered to examine and respond to critical aspects of this serious social problem.

This article has been written for parents, caregivers, friends and family of children who have experienced early loss, trauma and attachment disruption, as well as professionals and those who have experienced trauma themselves. It provides current evidence and thinking to re-frame the ‘'problems’' often seen in these children as '‘wise adaptations'’ to the lessons that life has taught them.