Trauma in Children and Young People

Christine Bradley has worked with vulnerable children for over 40 years. She was senior officer for LB of Wandsworth and Director of the Caldecott College in Kent, and is a consultant psychotherapist for organizations in residential care, therapeutic communities and adoption/fostering agencies. She is a fellow of Dartington Social Policy Research Unit and has lectured internationally. Francia Kinchington is an education consultant, analyst and editor with extensive international experience and publications and in leadership, psychology and leading change in higher education and schools. Formally a principal lecturer at the University of Greenwich for 25 years, she is an experienced doctoral supervisor and examiner, and a graduate member of the British Psychological Society.

Section 1: From Theory to Therapeutic Treatment Plan 1. Attachment, Integration and Fragmentation 2. Assessing the Needs of Traumatised Children and Young People and Creating a Therapeutic Treatment Plan Section 2. Reaching the Heart of the Matter 3. Making a Difference: Therapeutic Treatment and Practice with Young People in Residential Care 4. Reparenting Traumatised Children and Young People through Adoption 5. Preparing Traumatised Children and Adolescents for Long Term Foster Placement 6. Providing an Emotionally Secure Base for Children and Young People in Secure Children’s Homes and Youth Justice Settings 7. Finding their way: Helping and Supporting Unaccompanied Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children and Young People to Settle 8. A Stepping Stone to the Future: The Role of Schools