Berry Street’s Take Two program has produced a new practice guide to support others working with trauma-impacted children and young people.
Our practice guide provides information and practical advice about:
• how looking back on what a child has experienced helps us to see the way forward
• ways to assess a child’s current relational health
• why being safe doesn’t feel safe for many children
• how a ‘therapeutic web’ of people is crucial to a child’s recovery from trauma
• how relationships can create daily therapy ‘doses’ for children
• why you need to recruit parents, other caregivers, extended family members, neighbours, teachers and others to form a therapeutic web
• ways to support yourself and others working with the child when they seem resistant to the care being offered.
The guide also includes two free tools for you to use with children and their parents or other caregivers.
Our guide is written for professionals working with children whose development and day-to-day functioning has been significantly impacted by abuse, family violence, neglect and other adverse experiences. These professionals may include case managers, clinicians, therapists, case planners and those in direct caregiving roles including teachers and other educators.
This is the second in our series of guides and shares key elements of Take Two’s system-wide, trauma-informed approach to working with children who are suffering developmental trauma as a result of neglect, family violence or abuse.
