Rudy Gonzalez

Susan Barton

Patrick Tomlinson

Children and young people in care who have been traumatized need a therapeutic environment where they can heal and which meets their emotional and developmental needs. This book provides a model of care for traumatized children and young people, based on theory and practice experience pioneered at the Lighthouse Foundation, Australia. The authors explain the impact of trauma on child development, drawing on psychodynamic, attachment and neurobiological trauma theories. The practical aspects of undertaking therapeutic care are then outlined, covering everything from forming therapeutic relationships to the importance of the home environment and daily routines. The book considers the totality of the child's experience at the individual, group, organization and community levels and argues that attention to all of these is essential if the child is to achieve wellness. Case material from both children and carers are used throughout to illustrate both the impact of trauma and how children have been helped to recovery through therapeutic care. This book will provide anyone caring for traumatized children and young people in a residential setting with both the understanding and the practical knowledge to help children recover. It will be essential reading for managers and decision-makers responsible for looked after children, child care workers such as residential and foster carers, youth workers, social workers, mental health workers and child welfare academics.

An Attachment and Trauma-Informed Model for Practice

Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Young People

Martin A. Feigenbaum

How could "Iron Mike" Tyson, the greatest heavyweight boxing champion of all time, lose a $400 million fortune and wind up in prison for rape? This powerful story answers those questions through Rudy Gonzalez, the only person to survive for so long in Tyson's "inner ring." For more than five years Rudy was at Tyson's side as his chauffeur, bodyguard, and personal aide. Rudy witnessed the deceit, betrayal, and fraud perpetrated upon his boss by Don King and others. What really happened to Mike Tyson? The shocking answers lie within the pages of The Inner Ring. This book also is available as a full-color paperback "Collector's Edition" and as a Kindle and Kindle App download for digital devices, including tablets and smartphones.

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