ABSTRACT

Real Life Heroes: Toolkit for Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Families, Second Edition is an organized and easy-to-use reference for practitioners providing therapy to children and caregivers with traumatic stress. This step-by-step guide is an accompanying text to the workbook Real Life Heroes: A Life Story Book for Children, Third Edition and provides professionals with structured tools for helping children to reintegrate painful memories and to foster healing from traumatic experiences. The book is a go-to resource for practitioners in child and family service agencies and treatment centers to implement trauma-informed, resiliency-centered and evidence-supported services for children with traumatic stress.

part |2 pages

Part I: RLH Life Storybook

chapter 3|6 pages

Heroes: Restoring Hope, Inspiring Change

chapter 5|4 pages

My Family: Remembering People Who Cared

part |2 pages

Part III: Resources

chapter 19|14 pages

Resources for Caregivers and Therapists

part |2 pages

Part IV: Strategies for Overcoming Challenges

chapter 20|22 pages

Strategies for Overcoming Challenges