Description:
Explaining how adoptive parents can help their traumatised child develop, it looks at the many different factors that can manifest in trauma, and how parents should respond to them.

Introduction
Ch 1: Trauma Interrupts Development. So, Think “Younger!”
Ch 2: Tips to Grow Up the “Younger” Adoptee
Ch 3: A Bit About The Brain: When The Path Most Traveled Is Accompanied By Toxic Stress
Ch 4: Tips to Re-route the Brain Down New Paths
Ch 5: Attachment: Mirroring the Family’s Values
Ch 6: Breaking Out of the Collective
Ch 7: Tips to Create Connects
Ch 8: Emotional Development: Life with Icebergs
Ch 9: Let’s Get Regulated: Avoiding Wreckage!
Ch
10: Tips to Tell the Story! Making the Implicit, Explicit
Ch
11: Cognitive Development: The Traumatized Child Goes to School
Ch
12: Making Toast in the Toaster
Ch
13: Think Inside the Box
Ch
14: Let’s Get Inside the Box
Resources
Subject Index
Author Index
Acknowledgements