This new edition of Working with Children and Youth with Complex Needs provides detailed descriptions of techniques, ample case studies, and fascinating explanations of research. It highlights how social workers, psychologists, and other mental health professionals can help young people become more resilient. Fully updated, it includes new discussions on trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), resilience, and the impact of migration and natural disasters on families.
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- Detailed descriptions of techniques and ample case studies.
- Discussions on trauma, ACEs, and resilience.
- Insights into genetic susceptibility to stress.
- Practical strategies for engaging with children's extended family.
- Systemic practices clinicians can use in their everyday work.
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Dr. Ungar emphasises the need to work on changing the environments surrounding children as much as we do changing children themselves. He discusses a shortlist of 20 essential skills that can enhance the effectiveness of frontline mental health services without relying on expensive, resource-heavy programs. The text presents systemic practices clinicians can use to help their clients transform their worlds and improve their access to the resources they need to succeed. A series of videos accompanies the text to help readers see the skills being applied to real-life situations mental health professionals and their community allies encounter.
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