From the Executive Director of
SCAR/Jasper Mountain
Traumatic Experience and the Brain
BY DAVE ZIEGLER, Ph.D.
A Handbook for Understanding and Treating Those Traumatized as Children
Excerpts from the Forward:
'It is very clear to me, as it is to many professionals, that we all need to have a solid understanding of the human brain and brain development. Because of the explosion of new information in these areas, understanding how brain development affects children essentially requires all of us to put in the effort to stay current on this topic. The therapists with whom I have shared what I have learned have expressed appreciation for the practical application of currently available information on brain development. Some have found it valuable to have neurological issues explained by a therapist rather than neuro-physiologist. So in part this book is designed to broadening this sharing.'
Chapter 1 '...begins our journey into the brain and its primary components...'
Chapter 2 '...the roles and functions of the brain...from birth to death...'
Chapter 3 '...the brain's adaptation to traumatic experience.'
Chapter 4 '...how trauma is a pivotal component of a child's inner experience. '...typical adaptations of
children, why self-regulation is an on-going problem...'
Chapter 5-7 '...select a specific aspect of experience and superimpose trauma experience...'
Chapter 6 '...brings into focus the challenges of working with the traumatized child... how the child views
other people.'
Chapter 7 '...Why is trauma so pervasive to the child's experience? Why is trauma resistant to internal
modification? Why does traumatic experience seem never to end?...'
Chapter 8 '...to pull together the essential aspects covered...to provide an understandable "big picture" view
of the challenge of trauma intervention.'...to change focus from the problems to the solutions.'
Chapter 9 '...provides the real life stories of four children caught in a web of trauma and the cycle of pain.'
Chapter 10 '...provides a framework for trauma therapy that can be used with the myriad ways traumatic
experience presents itself in the home, the classroom and the therapy office.'
'I want to stress that the purpose of this book is not to cover physiology as much as it is to connect what we know about brain functioning with what we need to do to treat traumatic disorders. The first two chapters have been included because they build a base for intervening with disorders arising from traumatic experience. With these goals in mind, let us start our journey into the human brain.'
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