The Handbook of Therapeutic Care for Children Evidence-informed Approaches to Working with Traumatized Children and Adolescents in Foster, Kinship and Adoptive Care

The need for a new in the care and support of children in foster, relative and adoptive care -- What are the key elements of therapeutic care? -- Understanding the needs of vulnerable children : the importance of type and timing of maltreatment on brain development and risks -- The fundamental role of the mother in the interpersonal neurobiological origins of mutual love -- "Support and love and all that stuff" : evidence of impact in the treatment and care for kids program -- The neurosequential model : a developmentally-sensitive, neuroscience-informed approach to clinical problem solving -- Dabakan kooyliny - go slowly, walk slowly, go together : culturally strong therapeutic care for aboriginal and torres straight islander children, families and communities -- Children in kinship care : issues for promoting their mental health -- Therapeutic care teams : horizontal teams in the vertical world of out of home care -- Defining the conceptual maps that resource the day to day interactions between carers and children to become more therapeutic -- Resetting the fabric of love : real life applications that promote emotional connection in the day to day experience of looked after and adopted children and their parents -- Expressive arts therapy as self-regulatory and relational interventions with children and caregivers -- Therapeutic care as it evolves.