Services for Families of Infants and Toddlers Experiencing Trauma. A Research-to-Practice Brief. OPRE Report 2015-14

Autor/in	Harden, Branda Jones
Institution	Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation; ICF International
Titel	Services for Families of Infants and Toddlers Experiencing Trauma. A Research-to-Practice Brief. OPRE Report 2015-14
Quelle	(2015), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Infants; Toddlers; Trauma; Family Programs; At Risk Persons; Child Development; Child Rearing; Intervention; Parent Role; Family Environment; Child Safety; Early Intervention; Child Care; Home Visits; Child Welfare; Delivery Systems; Attachment Behavior; Psychotherapy; Family Counseling; Parent Child Relationship; Counseling Techniques; Psychological Patterns; Screening Tests; Mental Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Family program; Familienprogramm; Risikogruppe; Kindesentwicklung; Kindererziehung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Familienmilieu; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Hausbesuch; Kindeswohl; Auslieferung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Psychotherapie; Family counselling; Familienberatung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Screening-Verfahren; Psychohygiene
Abstract	Infancy is a time of extreme opportunity, but it is also a time of extreme vulnerability, particularly for those reared in high-risk environments. Although infant exposure to any risk is important to understand, this brief focuses on the experience and impact of "trauma," defined as witnessing or experiencing an event that poses a real or perceived threat. Beginning life in the context of trauma places infants and toddlers on a compromised developmental path. Because of this, the impact of trauma on infants and toddlers can be particularly harmful. On the other hand, the developmental plasticity (i.e., the potential for developmental change in response to the environment) during this early period of life may allow infants and toddlers to rebound from these traumatic experiences, particularly if they experience "stable, nurturing caregiving." The author briefly summarizes what is known about the impact of trauma on infants and toddlers, and the intervention strategies that could potentially protect them from the adverse consequences of traumatic experiences. She focuses on interventions that support parents in providing the stable and nurturing caregiving that is responsive to the child's general developmental needs and that promotes children's sense of safety and security. Such interventions may reduce or provide a buffer against infants' traumatic experiences. Finally, the author considers how child care, Early Head Start, home visitation, and child welfare can become trauma-informed infant/toddler service delivery systems. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Administration for Children & Families. US Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW, Washington, DC 20447. Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01