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Reading and resources:
- Video presentation: “Does He Even Know How To Be loved?” Challenges in Adoptions of Traumatized Children” — (English), June 3, 2020, via Haruv USA
- Video presentation: The impact of neglect and abuse on the language and communication of children – (Hebrew), June 2, 2020, via the Haruv Institute, Jerusalem
- Communicating Trauma: Clinical presentations and interventions with traumatized children , by Na’ama Yehuda, (Sep 2015), Routledge, New York http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415743105/
Communicating Trauma explores the various aspects of language and communication and how their development can be affected by childhood trauma and overwhelm. Multiple case-study vignettes describe how different kinds of childhood trauma can manifest in children’s ability to relate, attend, learn, and communicate. These examples offer ways to understand, respond, and support children who are communicating overwhelm. In this book, psychotherapists, speech-language pathologists, social workers, educators, occupational and physical therapists, medical personnel, foster parents, adoption agencies, and other child professionals and caregivers will find information and practical direction for improving connection and behavior, reducing miscommunication, and giving a voice to what are often our most challenging children.
- Leroy (7 Years Old)—“It Is Almost Like He Is Two Children”: Working With a Dissociative Child in a School Setting, by Na’ama Yehuda in Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents: Theory and Clinical Interventions, Routledge, Psychological Trauma Series, December 2010
- The Language of Dissociation, by Na’ama Yehuda, Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, Vol. 6 (1), 2005
- Trauma in Children and Adolescents: Frequently Asked Question for Parents: http://www.isst-d.org/default.asp?contentID=100
- Trauma in Children and Adolescents: Frequently Asked Questions for Teachers: http://www.isst-d.org/default.asp?contentID=101
- The Journal of Trauma and Dissociation–JTD–see many free downloadable articles on the ISSTD JTD page at: http://www.issd.org/jtd/journal-trauma-dissociation-index.htm
- Dissociation–archives of the journal are available at open access through the University of Oregon at: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/1129
Professional organizations and sources of information:
- The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation–ISSTD: http://www.isst-d.org/
- The European Society for the Study of Dissociation–ESTD: http://www.estd.org/
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network–NCTSNET
- Treatment Of Patients with Dissociative Disorders: The TOPDD Study— http://www.towson.edu/topddstudy/
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Study: Linking childhood trauma to long-term health and social consequences: The ACE study—http://acestudy.org/
- National Survey of Children’s Health 2011-2012 http://childhealthdata.org
Some child development related blog posts:
Her Whole Life in a Plastic Bag
The Child Adversity Narratives
Stressful Situation Simulation: A resource
New Beginning: Habit and Opportunity
Struggles and Strategies for the Motherless and Unmothered
What PTSD Teaches Us About Human Frailty and Resilience
Outdated or misinformed? Childhood maltreatment in college textbooks
Trauma’s memory problems: a good article
Keeping Children Safe–A how to resource
Will she calm down when she grows up?
Finding the ability in disability
Your child hates books, now what?
Clapping, Singing, and Peek-a-boo
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Na'ama Yehuda 
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