The Trauma Systems Therapy Approach
Glenn N. Saxe, B. Heidi Ellis, and Julie B. Kaplow
I. Foundations
2. Survival Circuits: How Traumatic Stress Is about Survival-in-the-Moment
3. The Regulation of Emotional States: How Child Traumatic Stress Is a Disorder of the Regulation of Emotional States
4. The Social Environment and the System of Care: Traumatic Stress Responses Are Embedded in a Social Context
5. Signals of Care: The Importance of Caring Relationships for Traumatized Children
II. Getting Started
6. Ten Treatment Principles: The Principles That Guide TST
7. Assessment: How to Assess Child Traumatic Stress
8. Treatment Planning: How to Plan for Child Traumatic Stress Interventions
9. The Treatment Team: How to Build a Multidisciplinary Treatment Team (and Keep It Going!)
III. Doing Trauma Systems Therapy
10. Ready-Set-Go!: How to Engage a Family in TST
11. Stabilization on Site: Community-Based Care to Help Kids Stay in Their Homes and Schools
12. Systems Advocacy: Integrating Advocacy into Critical Treatment
13. Psychopharmacology: How Psychopharmacology Is Integrated within TST
14. Emotion Regulation Skills: How to Help Children Regulate Emotional States
15. Cognitive Processing Skills: How to Help Children Think and Talk about Their Traumatic Experiences
16. Meaning-Making Skills: How to Help Children Make Meaning Out of Their Traumatic Experiences and Move On with Their Lives
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
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