Collaborative treatment of traumatized children and teens: the trauma systems therapy approach

Chapter 1. Introduction: Trauma Systems Therapy for Child Traumatic Stress

Part I. Foundations

Chapter 2. Survival Circuits: How Traumatic Stress Is about Survival-in-the Moment

Chapter 3. The Regulation of Emotional States: How Child Traumatic Stress Is a Disorder of the Regulation of Emotional States

Chapter 4. The Social Environment and the System of Care: Traumatic Stress Responses Are Embedded in a Social Context

Chapter 5. Signals of Care: The Importance of Caring Relationships for Traumatized Children

Part II. Getting Started

Chapter 6. Ten Treatment Principles: The Principles That Guide TST

Chapter 7. Assessment: How to Assess Child Traumatic Stress

Chapter 8. Treatment Planning: How to Plan for Child Traumatic Stress Interventions

Chapter 9. The Treatment Team: How to Build a Multidisciplinary Treatment Team (and Keep It Going!)

Part III. Doing Trauma Systems Therapy

Chapter 10. Ready-Set-Go!: How to Engage a Family in TST

Chapter 11. Stabilization on Site: Community-Based Care to Help Kids Stay in Their Homes and Schools

Chapter 12. Systems Advocacy: Integrating Advocacy into Critical Treatment with Pamela Tames

Chapter 13. Psychopharmacology: How Psychopharmacology Is Integrated within TST

Chapter 14. Emotion Regulation Skills: How to Help Children Regulate Emotional States

Chapter 15. Cognitive Processing Skills: How to Help Children Think and Talk about Their Traumatic Experiences

Chapter 16. Meaning-Making Skills: How to Help Children Make Meaning Out of Their Traumatic Experiences and Move On with Their Lives

Chapter 17. Conclusions: Leaving a Better System

Appendix

TST Treatment Planning Form

Weekly TST Check-In

TST Treatment Fidelity Form

Emotion Regulation Guide

Cognitive Coping Log

Systems Advocacy Screener

Goal-Setting Guide

References

Index