Trauma-Informed Foster and Adoptive Parenting

Methods for Managing Meltdowns, Mishaps, and Maladaptive Behaviors
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-98871-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Many foster and adoptive parents lose hope when they experience challenging and oppositional child behaviors. This book gives parents the tools and strategies to respond to these outbursts – particularly those that stem from a child’s potentially traumatic history.

Drawing from behavioral research within an attachment and neurobiological framework, this transformative book offers practical guidance for foster and adoptive parents and professionals who seek to better understand and respond to a child with maladaptive behaviors. Based on his clinical expertise and his personal experience of being a foster and adoptive parent, Dr. David Adams highlights how trauma can impact children’s brains and behaviors. With a comprehensive model for each behavior, this guide offers evidence-based strategies that parents can use to both avoid and respond to the most common behaviors including lying, disrespect, hoarding, disrespect, and defiance. Complete with sample scripts, this book equips readers with the knowledge and tools to become more aware, responsive, and empathetic.

This invaluable guide is designed for parents and caregivers of foster and adopted children, as well as family therapists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals who work with these children and their families.

Zielgruppe

General, Parents, Professional Practice & Development, and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adams, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Familientherapie, Paartherapie, Gruppentherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Beratungspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  Section 1: Brief Overview of Trauma-Informed Foster Parenting  1. Undertaking a New Adventure 2. Understanding the Symptoms of Trauma 3. Utilizing Trauma-Informed Care 4. How Trauma Affects the Brain, Behavior, and Health Outcomes  Section 2: Basic Tenants of TBRI® and Trauma-Informed Foster Parenting 5. Creatively Empowering your Child 6. Connecting Through the Chaos 7. Correcting your Child's Conduct  Section 3: Behavior Change for Trauma-Informed Foster Parenting 8. Replacement Behaviors and Teaching Strategies 9. Relying on Proactive Strategies 10. Responding Strategies 11. Resisting the Punishment Trap 12. Repairing the Rupture  Section 4: Behavioral Challenges in Trauma-Informed Foster Parenting  13. Homework Battles 14. Responding to Defiance 15. Disrespect 16. Lying 17. Hoarding and Stealing 18. Digital Addiction  Glossary References

Über Autor(innen)

David Adams, Psy.D, LPCC, BCBA-D. is a proud adoptive parent, a licensed psychologist, and a licensed professional counselor. He is Clinic Director at Meier Clinics in Laguna Hills, a part-time professor at National University (ABA, School Psychology, Educational Counseling Dept.), and an expert trainer of Foster Care Kinship Education (FKCE) at Saddleback College.