The Traumatized and At-Risk Youth Toolbox: Over 160 Attachment-Informed Interventions for Working with Kids and Families in Foster Care and Beyond

Help children move through their trauma with interventions that tap into their natural instincts of playfulness and curiosity. In The Traumatized and At-Risk Youth Toolbox, you’ll find a variety of adaptable trauma-and attachment-informed interventions for working with these children, drawn from play therapy, art therapy, psychoeducation, storytelling, and more. Although written with foster care youth in mind, this toolbox can be used with any traumatized or at-risk child who struggles with anxiety, fear, worry, stress, anger, aggression, frustration, poor impulse control, grief, loss, or depression. It is especially beneficial for kids with: - Posttraumatic stress disorder - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - Reactive attachment disorder - Sensory processing disorder - Disinhibited social engagement disorder - Oppositional defiant disorder - Major depressive disorder Children who enter foster care have unique needs. By helping these young clients create a sense of safety in their bodies and restoring trust, they can learn to gradually integrate the fragments of their unique lives into a coherent narrative and begin to heal.

Jeanette Yoffe, MA, MFT, has specialized for the past 20 years in the treatment of children, teens, and adults with histories of abuse, neglect, adoption, or multiple foster care placements. She is the Founder of Celia Center, Inc., a non-profit organization supporting all members of the foster care and adoption constellation as well as professionals working in the field. She is also the Clinical Director of Yoffe Therapy, Inc., a mental health center in Los Angeles that provides services to families, children, teens, and adults connected by foster care and adoption.