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Assessing Child Trauma
Resources for screening and assessing child trauma.
Child Trauma Institute
Provides training, consultation, information, and resources for those who work with trauma-exposed children, adolescents, and adults. Website includes a section on assessment.
Assessment-Based Treatment for Traumatized Children: A Trauma Assessment Pathway (TAP)
Chadwick Center for Children and Families
Describes a two-part treatment model that incorporates assessment triage and essential components of trauma treatment into clinical pathways. The website includes a manual, training program, handouts, videos, and additional resources.
Assessment and Screening Tools for Trauma in Children and Adolescents: A Review
Strand, Sarmiento, & Pasquale
Trauma, Violence and Abuse: A Review Journal, 6(1), 2005
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Reviews and analyzes 35 trauma assessment measures.
Assessment of PTSD and Trauma Exposure in Adolescents
Newman
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 6(1), 2002
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Summarizes the recommended assessment process for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among youth in juvenile detention facilities.
Child Trauma Handbook: A Guide for Helping Trauma-Exposed Children and Adolescents
Greenwald (2005)
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Includes an overview of trauma and its effects, as well as an in-depth look at initial assessment, treatment, and evaluation of progress toward resolution. Appendices include an explanation of trauma-informed psychological assessment and a list of online child trauma resources.
Development and Validation of a Brief Screening Version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire
Bernstein, Stein, Newcomb, Walker, & Pogge
Child Abuse and Neglect, 27(2), 2003
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Study to develop and validate a short form of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire as a screening measure for maltreatment.
Tutorial 6: Recognizing and Addressing Trauma in Infants, Young Children, and Their Families
Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (2011)
Discusses what is meant by trauma, how to recognize the developmental context of trauma in early childhood, and how early childhood mental health professionals can extend their knowledge for intervention through consultation.
Young Children and Trauma: Intervention and Treatment
Osofsky (Ed.) (2004)
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Reviews the impact of severe stress on infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, including the effects on the brain, behavior, relationships, and overall functioning. An outline of the issues pertaining to assessment and treatment is provided.