Terminology Check
Trauma, as defined by this guide, is a life-threatening or extremely frightening experience — for the child or someone they care about — that overwhelms the child’s capacity to cope.
This guide functions as a foster parent’s go-to resource on Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Children. Caregivers can use to this booklet to extend their learning — and review their training — on how to support children in their home whose lives have been impacted by trauma.
This comprehensive resource guide arms caregivers with the knowledge, strategies and tools that they need to help children process their experiences while building emotional regulation and problem-solving skills. The guide also helps caregivers learn how to cope with the challenges of parenting a child with a trauma history — including how to set expectations and boundaries and build trust and signals of safety.