Goal: To increase understanding of underlying factors which lead to challenges in parenting a traumatized child, and to provide concrete strategies for addressing needs and building competencies among children who have experienced trauma.

Content and Methods: Caring for a traumatized child can be extremely rewarding, yet the significant needs and distress of children with chronic trauma exposures and previous attachment losses are often challenging.  It is not uncommon for caregivers to feel overwhelmed and helpless in the face of child behaviors and symptoms.  This workshop is designed for individuals providing care to children who have experienced trauma.  The workshop will emphasize strategies for building safe attachments; managing distressing child behaviors; increasing positive caregiver-child interactions; and increasing caregiver support and distress tolerance.  Emphasis will be placed in restoration of positive experiences and healthy development, and the vital role that the caregiving system plays in supporting such development in children.