Communicating trauma : clinical presentations and interventions with traumatized children / Na'ama Yehuda.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- A brief overview of communication, language, and development -- Infant communication and attachment : reciprocity, verbalization, and regulation -- Early language development : how language shapes reality and reality shapes communication -- Socialization, semantics, humor, symbolic language, and empathy -- Trauma, maltreatment, and developmental impact -- Indirect trauma : medical, intrauterine, environmental and societal trauma -- Maltreatment : neglect and abuse -- The neuroscience of trauma, emotional regulation, and the developing self -- The language of trauma -- How trauma affects language and why it matters so much more in children -- Trauma's impact on attention and learning -- Trauma's impact on childrenų vocabulary and semantics -- Trauma's impact on pragmatics: language use, social cues, and discourse rules -- Trauma's impact on memory, organization, and retrieval -- When communication goes awry : clinical presentation and assessment challenges -- Communication symptoms in traumatized and dissociative children -- History, screening, and assessment indicators -- Mending meaning : intervention strategies, collaboration, and the importance of taking care -- Psychoeducation and everyday tools for reducing overwhelm -- Communication intervention for traumatized children -- The promises and challenges of teamwork -- Supporting the supporters : recognizing and managing secondary traumatization -- Afterword: a prognosis of hope -- References -- Index.