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The trauma of parenting traumatised children

Supporting parents and children towards healthy and secure attachments

Christine Gordon
Karen Wallace
March 2015

The authors
- About ADAPT
- Acknowledgement
Summary
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Introduction
1. What is trauma?
2. How does trauma apply to ‘looked after’ children?
3. What is the impact of parenting traumatised children?
4. Rethinking trauma in parenting traumatised children
5. The impact of primary trauma for parenting figures
6. Impact of secondary trauma
7. implications of vicarious trauma
8. What about trans-generational trauma?
9. What can make a difference?
References

Acknowledgement

We are grateful to Edwina Grant, SAIA who offered helpful suggestions in writing and editing this article.

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