Children and Trauma teaches parents - and others who care for children about what hey can do to understand and ameliorate the effects of trauma on children. Easily understood and carefully organized, the book offers a blueprint for how parents can aid in the restoration of a child's sense of safety and balance. Parents and professionals will especially appreciate the many caring and therapeutic suggestions that are interspersed throughout the text. This is an invaluable guide that gives hope and healing suggestions to help the thousands of children who are traumatized each year by disasters, accidents, or violence.