Communication Tools for Working with Traumatized Children and Teens: A Grab Bag of Creative Ideas and Interventions for Relational Practice

This expert guide provides 50 essential tools and activities to use in practice with children and young people who have experienced trauma.

From bubbles, balloons, and blocks to ghosts, monsters, and squiggles, this book offers a wealth of activities that help children to express their feelings and experiences while feeling safe and supported. Case studies demonstrate how each activity can be easily incorporated into daily interactions during social work practice, and clear explanations of the theory provide context for how they work.

Developed from decades of hands-on experience supporting children after trauma, this book demonstrates ways to sensitively discuss children’s histories. This can lead into discussing the way their experiences influence their behaviour, and help them to form healthy attachments for the future.

Richard Rose (Author)
Richard Rose is the Director of Therapeutic Life Story Work International (TLSWi) https: //tlswi.com/about-tlswi/ which provides consultancy and training on Therapeutic Life Story Work and working with ’hard to reach’ children and adolescents. Richard has worked with traumatised children and families since he was 17 years old, qualifying as a social worker in 1989. Richard is a regular visitor to Australia where he is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at La Trobe University, Melbourne and Honorary Associate of Berry Street, Melbourne. He is also an Honorary Associate of the Open Adoption Institute, University of Sydney. He is a regular visitor to the USA, where he presents for Portland State University, DHS Oregon and ORPARC (Adoption Services).