Children who are adopted at an older age through foster care and those adopted from overseas orphanages are at high risk for behavioral and emotional distress. This important manual presents a structured, evidence-based protocol for providing mental health treatment to families adopting vulnerable children. Drawing on their extensive clinical experience as founding members of premier national organizations that serve adopted children and their families, the authors of this book describe the typical presenting behavioral problems of adopted children, as well as the underlying issues contributing to these problems that uniquely affect adoptive families. These include concerns related to parent child attachment, loss and grief, trauma, the child’s understanding of his or her adoption “story,” identity development, and birth family connections. Therapy sessions deliver evidence based child coping strategies and positive parenting approaches that are tailored to account for the child’s past history, alongside resiliency focused, trauma competent, attachment based treatment. The book’s companion website provides free in-session handouts for practitioners. Given the unique needs of this clinical population, this book is essential for therapists who treat adopted and foster youth and their families.

Adoption-Specific Therapy: A Guide to Helping Adopted Children and Their Families Thrive

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Waterman, Jill

Langley, Audra K.

Miranda PhD, Dr. Jeanne

Riley LCMFT, Debbie B.

Psychology & Counseling

American Psychological Association

The Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program is designed to help students exposed to traumatic events who are suffering from emotional or behavioral problems. CBITS focuses on three goals: decreasing current symptoms related to trauma exposure, building skills for handling stress and anxiety, and building peer and caregiver support. This new edition provides updates based on two decades of field experience.

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)

Jaycox, Lisa H.

Hoover, Sharon A.

Mental Health

RAND Corporation

The Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program is designed to help students exposed to traumatic events who are suffering from emotional or behavioral problems. This tool is an adaptation of the CBITS program for American Indian youth, weaving in culturally appropriate and meaningful concepts about resilience and healing while maintaining CBITS' core cognitive-behavioral skill-building techniques.

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) for American Indian Youth

National Native Children's Trauma Center

Parenting & Relationships

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