Dr. Webb has received the following certifications:

• Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) NASW
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, New York, #R13122
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Massachusetts, #112128
• Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work (BCD) #018362
• Registered Play Therapy Supervisor (RPT-S) International Association for Play Therapy #5040
• Board Certified in Bereavement Trauma (The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress)
• EMDR – Level 1; August 2001; Level 2; November 2002

Dr. Webb has received the folowing honors and awards:

• 2005 Service Award, NY Association for Play Therapy
  
• 2005 Sue Katz Humanitarian Award, East Hospice, West Hampton Beach, NY
  
• 2004 Clinical Practice Award of the Association for Death Education and Counseling
  
• 2004 Distinguished Scholar, The National Academies of Practice in Social Work
  
• 2002 Educator of the Year, New York State Social Work Education Association

Dr. Webb is widely published:

Educational Media Productions and Participation

• Webb, N.B. (2000). Living with grief. Helping children and adolescents adapt to loss. Videotape Panelist, Satellite Teleconference. Hospice Foundation of America (Beamed to 2,100 sites; Videotape).
• Webb, N.B. (1995). Bereaved children. Galena, IL: On Good Authority. Audiocassette.
• Webb, N. B. (1994). Techniques of play therapy: A clinical demonstration: New York: Guilford Press. Video Tape and Program Manual. Winner of bronze medal. New York Films Festival.

Books

• Webb, N.B. (2009). (Ed.) Helping children and adolescents with chronic and serious medical conditions. Wiley
• Webb, N.B. (2007). (Ed.) Play Therapy with Children in Crisis, 3rd ed. Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2005). (Ed.) Working with traumatized youth in child welfare. New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2004). (Ed.). Mass trauma and violence. New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2003). Social work practice with children. 2nd rev. ed. New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2002). (Ed.). Helping bereaved Children. A handbook for practioners. 2nd rev. ed. New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2001). (Ed.). Culturally diverse parent child and family relationships. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1999). Play therapy with children in crisis. Individual, family and group treatment. 2nd rev. ed. New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1998). (Ed.) Play therapy with children in crisis: A casebook for practitioners. Chinese Edition. Taipei, ROC: Psychological Books.
• Webb, N.B. (1996). Social work practice with children. New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1993). (Ed.) Helping bereaved children: A handbook for practitioners. New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1991). (Ed.) Play therapy with children in crisis: A casebook for practitioners. New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1984). Pre-school children with working parents: An analysis of attachment relationships. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
• Markowitz, M.A., Webb, N.B., & Gutheil, I.A. (Eds.) (1984). Readings in brief and crisis oriented practice. Lexington, MA: Ginn.

Articles in Refereed Journals

• Webb, N.B. (2005). Groups for children traumatically bereaved by attacks of September 11, 2001. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 55:3, 355-374.
• Webb, N.B. (2003). Play and expressive therapies to help bereaved children: Individual, family and group treatment. Studies in Social Work, 73:3, 405-422.
• Webb, N.B. (2000). Helping a child deal with death. Journeys. April.
• Webb, N.B. (1994). School-based assessment and crisis intervention with kindergarten children following the New York World Trade Center bombing. Crisis Intervention. 1(1):47-59.
• Webb, N.B., Sakheim, G.A., Towns-Miranda, L., & Wagner, C.R. (1990). Collaborative treatment of juvenile firesetters: Assessment and outreach. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 60(2) 305-310.
• Webb, N.B. (1989). Supervision of child therapy: Analyzing therapeutic impasses and monitoring countertransference The Clinical Supervisor. 7(3) 61-76.
• Webb, N.B. (1988). The role of the field instructor in the socialization of students. Social Casework. 69(1) 35-40.
• Webb, N.B. (1986). Before and after suicide: A preventive outreach program for colleges. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 16(4) 469-480.
• Webb, N.B., & Phillips, M.H. (1985). Teaching as a discovery process: Some core principles derived from William Schwartz. Social Work with Groups. 8(4) 83-94.
• Webb, N.B. (1985). A crisis intervention perspective on the termination process. Clinical Social Work Journal, 13(4) 329-340.
• Webb, N.B. (1985). Transition to parenthood: Use of a time-limited group to facilitate a major role change. Social Work with Groups. 8(2) 29-41.
• Webb, N.B. (1984). Are crises always time-limited? Social Casework. 65(8) 486.
• Webb, N.B. (1984). From social work practice to teaching the practice of social work. Journal of Education for Social Work. 20(3) 51-57.
• Webb, N.B. (1983). Developing competent clinical practitioners: A model with guidelines for supervisors. The Clinical Supervisor. 1(4) 41-51.
• Webb, N.B. (1983). Vacation-separations: Therapeutic implications and clinical management. Clinical Social Work Journal. 11(2) 126-138. This article was included in Collected readings for SS-SP 740 Social Work Practice I and SSW-SW 759 Introduction to Social Work Methods. Frey, Kaneko, Garland, Delgado (Eds.) Lexington, MA: Ginn Press (Boston University School of Social Work).
• Webb, N.B. (1981). Crisis consultation: Preventive implications. Social Casework. 62(8) 456-471.

Chapters in Books

• Webb, N.B. (2005). The impact of trauma on youth and families in the child welfare system. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Working with traumatized youth in child welfare. (pp. 13-26). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2005). Selected treatment approaches for helping traumatized youth. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Working with traumatized youth in child welfare. (pp. 93-112). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2004). The impact of traumatic stress and loss on children and families. In N.B.Webb (Ed.). Mass trauma and violence. (pp. 3-22). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2004). A developmental–transactional framework for assessment of children and families following a mass trauma. In N.B.Webb (Ed.). Mass trauma and violence. (pp. 23-49). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2004). Ongoing issues and challenges for mental health professionals working with survivors of mass trauma. In N.B.Webb (Ed.). Mass trauma and violence. (pp. 348-359). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2002). The child and death. In N.B. Webb (Ed). Helping bereaved children. 2nd ed. (pp.3-18). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2002). Assessment of the bereaved child. In N.B. Webb (Ed). Helping bereaved children (pp.19-24). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2002). Death of grandparents and parents. In N.B. Webb (Ed). Helping bereaved children (pp.45-69). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (2002). Complicated grief – Dual losses of godfather’s death and parents’ separation: Case of the Martini family – Sisters, ages 8 and 10. In N.B. Webb (Ed). Helping bereaved children (pp.70-93). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (2002). Traumatic death of a friend/peer: Case of Susan, age 9. In N.B. Webb (Ed). Helping bereaved children (pp.167-193). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (2002). Counseling and therapy for the bereaved child. In N.B. Webb (Ed). Helping bereaved children (pp.247-264). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (2002). September 11, 2001. In N.B. Webb (Ed). Helping bereaved children (pp.365-384). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2001). Working with culturally diverse children and families. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Culturally diverse parents child and family relationships (pp.3-28). New York: Columbia University Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2001). Strains and challenges of culturally diverse practice. A review with suggestions to avoid culturally based impasses. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Culturally diverse parent child and family relationships (pp. 337-350). New York: Columbia University Press.
• Webb, N. B. (2001). Educating students and practitioners for culturally responsive practice. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Culturally diverse parent child and family relationships (pp. 351-360). New York: Columbia University Press.
• Webb, N.B. (2000). Play therapy to help bereaved children. In K. Doka (Ed.). Living with grief. Helping children and adolescents adapt to loss (pp. 139-152). Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America.
• Webb, N.B. (2000). Death of a parent. In A. Gitterman (Ed.) Handbook of social work practice with vulnerable and resilient populations. 2nd ed.(pp. 481-499). New York: Columbia University Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1999). Assessment of the child in crisis. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Play therapy with children in crisis (pp. 3-28). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1999). Play therapy crisis intervention with children. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Play therapy with children in crisis (pp. 29-46). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1999). The child witness of parental violence: Case of Michael, age 4, and follow-up at age 16. In N.B. Webb (Ed.) Play therapy with children in crisis. 2nd ed. Individual, group and family treatment (pp. 49-73). New York: Guilford Press.
• Osuna, J.P. & Webb, N.B. (1999). A suicide threat uncovers multiple family problems: Case of Philip, age 8, evaluated in a psychiatric emergency room. . In N.B. Webb (Ed.) Play therapy with children in crisis. 2nd ed. Individual, group and family treatment (pp. 252-271). New York: Guilford Press
• Webb, N.B. (1999). School-based crisis assessment and intervention following urban bombings. In N.B. Webb (Ed.) Play therapy with children in crisis. 2nd ed. Individual, group and family treatment (pp. 430-447). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (1993). The child and death. In N.B. Webb (Ed). Helping bereaved children (pp.3 – 18). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (1993). Assessment of the bereaved child. In N. B. Webb (Ed.). Helping bereaved children (pp. 19 – 42). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (1993). Counseling and therapy for the bereaved child. In N. B. Webb (Ed.). Helping bereaved children (pp. 43 – 58). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (1993). Death of grandparent: Family therapy to assist bereavement. In N. B. Webb (Ed.). Helping bereaved children (pp. 61 – 80). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (1993). Complicated grief: Dual losses of godfather's death and parents' separation. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Helping bereaved children (pp. 96 – 117). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (1993). Suicidal death of mother: Cases of silence and stigma, In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Helping bereaved children (pp. 137 – 155). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N. B. (1993). Traumatic death of friend/peer. In N. B. Webb (Ed.). Helping bereaved children (pp. 189 – 211). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1991). Assessment of the child in crisis. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Play therapy with children in crisis (pp. 3 – 25). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1991). Play therapy crisis intervention with children. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Play therapy with children in crisis (pp. 26 – 42). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1991). Observation of parental violence. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Play therapy with children in crisis (pp. 45 – 68). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1991). The crisis of war. In N.B. Webb (Ed.). Play therapy with children in crisis (pp. 437 – 442). New York: Guilford Press.
• Webb, N.B. (1990). Consultation in crisis situations: Behind-the-scenes help for the helpers. In Parad & Parad (Eds.). Crisis intervention, Book II, The practitioner's sourcebook for brief therapy (pp. 293 – 312). Milwaukee, WI: Family Service America.

Play Therapy with Children in Crisis

The volume retains the focus on in-depth case studies that made prior editions so popular, providing step-by-step descriptions of individual, group, and family play interventions. Case material is presented in a two-column format that gives the reader not only the content of the therapy sessions, but also the clinician's accompanying thoughts and decision-making processes. Expert contributors explore issues involved in working with children who have experienced such stressful events as parental death or divorce, abuse and neglect, violence in the school or community, and mass trauma. Important new topics include the crisis of parental military deployment, the impact of natural disasters on families, immigration-related trauma, terrorism, and disrupted adoption. Ways to involve parents and caregivers in treatment are discussed, as are strategies for preventing the secondary traumatization of therapists. Throughout, discussion questions and exercises deepen the reader's learning. The Appendix features useful information about play therapy resources and training.

Facilitating directed, strengths-based intervention with vulnerable children and families, this book offers indispensable insights and tools for practicing social workers, child and school psychologists, play and art therapists, counselors, family therapists, and psychiatrists. It will serve as a core text in graduate-level courses.

Mass Trauma and Violence

"This comprehensive volume should be on the desk of any clinician who works with traumatized children and families, whether in clinical, community, educational, or medical settings. It is an ideal text for both seasoned professionals and graduate students in all of the helping professions. Detailed case examples and descriptions of clinical and community interventions provide everything you need to know' about helping clients heal from large-scale traumatic incidents."
---Cathy A. Malchiodi, ATR, CPAT, LPCC, National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children

"Much still remains to be learned about how mass trauma affects children and families and how its harmful impact can be reduced. In the absence of decisive evidence, this book fills the gap by outlining what is currently known and making valuable recommendations for practice. Given previous terrorist acts, current threats, and the ongoing separation of children from parents who serve in the military, this book addresses a very timely issue and does so with clarity and wisdom."
--Arieh Y. Shalev, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Israel

This book describes a range of effective ways to help children and families cope with major traumatic experiences such as community violence, war, and terrorist attacks. Detailed case examples bring to life the complexities of assessment and intervention with children of different ages and cultural backgrounds, including both survivors of one-time traumatic events and those dealing with ongoing stressors like the military deployment of a parent. Expert contributors provide guidelines for setting up and running school- and clinic-based support groups; conducting brief and longer-term interventions with individuals and families; and promoting healing with art, music, and play. Grounded in the latest knowledge on stress and coping, bereavement, attachment, and risk and resilience, and including much-needed tips for therapist self-care, this is an essential clinical resource and text.

Helping Bereaved Children

"This is a book that all who are concerned with helping bereaved children should read. The cases provide an understanding of how children deal with death in their own words, as well as rare first-hand reflections from the therapists that will facilitate the reader's ability to replicate the interventions".
---Phyllis Silverman, PhD

"[This volume] fulfills the promise of good handbooks: supplying the reader with a ready sampling of nearly every conceivable situation one might encounter in clinical practice".
---Journal of Pediatric Psychology (on the first edition)

"The death of a beloved person divides a child's world into an intense 'before' and 'after.' Adults often feel unprepared to respond during this time of sadness, confusion, and anxiety. Here, thankfully, is a book that offers informed and practical suggestions for enhancing comforting relationships and guiding the bereaved child's quest for understanding...Especially welcome in the new second edition are more detailed guidelines for the helping process and increased attention to the self-care needs of bereavement counselors. This book is a valuable resource for graduate students in preprofessional programs, especially school counseling, family counseling, clinical psychology, nursing, pediatrics, and family medicine. In addition, school administrators and other education professionals will find information to help them integrate communication and instruction about death and loss more fully into their educational programs."
---Robert Kastenbaum, PhD, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State University

"This accessible handbook, so rich in wisdom and insights, is a 'must' reference. I can think of no greater support for all professionals - especially teachers - involved in counseling bereaved children."
---Rabi Earl A. Grollman, DHL, DD, author of Talking about Death: A Dialogue between Children and Adults

"An excellent resource and guide for students who are just beginning their career in the field of counseling, as well as a refresher for more seasoned professionals."
---Social Work in Health Care (on the first edition)

Now in a revised and updated second edition, this popular casebook and text demonstrates a range of therapeutic approaches and interventions for children who have experienced loss. Solidly grounded in developmental psychology. the volume both illuminates the principles that guide interventions and offers detailed descriptions of the helping process. Full-length clinical examples--several of which are new or include follow-up reports--form the core of the book. Case material is presented in a handy two-column format that provides the reader not only with the content of the sessions, but also with the practitioner's accompanying thoughts and rationale for intervention. A practical resource for all clinicians who treat children, this book is also an invaluable teaching tool.

The volume first provides a framework for understanding the child's view of death and conducting thorough clinical assessments of bereaved children. Subsequent sections depict specific ways to help preschoolers through adolescents cope with different forms of bereavement, including death in the family, school, or community. Because children's ages and personal histories affect their responses to death, the book demonstrates the need for multi-level interventions in certain circumstances, and shows how treatment can be tailored to meet individual needs. Updated throughout with the latest concepts and methods, this second edition features entirely new chapters on art therapy and storytelling techniques, bereavement groups, and therapist self-care. Other essential new chapters focus on working with children who have witnessed school shootings and those grieving in the aftermath of terrorist attacks. The book's utility is enhanced by discussion questions in every chapter, as well as an Appendix that lists related training programs and certifications; suppliers of play therapy materials; bibliographies of bereavement books and videotapes; and resources on religious and cultural practices related to death.

Practical and theoretically sound, this book is essential reading for practitioners and students in social work, clinical and school psychology, child psychiatry, play therapy, art therapy, counseling, nursing, pediatrics, and family medicine. It will also be of interest to teachers and school administrators.

Social Work Practice with Children

"In this extensively revised and updated edition of her highly regarded text, Nancy Boyd Webb offers a comprehensive and incisive description of social work practice with children and their families in contemporary society...This text promotes the education of students at the undergraduate as well as graduate levels, prepares them for the challenges that they will face, and helps them become well-trained and sophisticated practitioners. The author is to be commended for contributing so much to the tasks of instructors, particularly those in child welfare practice courses."
---Anthony N. Maluccio, DSW, Graduate School of Social Work, Boston College

"Webb sensitively integrates the many facets of practice with children - the child, family, community, school, public and private service delivery systems, and the public policy context...This lucidly written second edition is sure to remain a centerpiece of any graduate course on practice with children, and a tried-and-true companion for clinicians of all levels."
---Luis H. Zayas PhD, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University of St. Louis

"I strongly recommend this text. The volume offers practitioners and social work educators an invaluable resource of methods and skills for helping children with challenging life conditions and perilous life situations."
---Alex Gitterman, MSW, EdD

Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this comprehensive text spells out the basics of social work practice with children and provides the specialized knowledge that students and practitioners need for helping young clients face a variety of difficult life situations. Updated and extensively rewritten to reflect current theory and practice in the field, the second edition offers expanded coverage of risk and resilience factors in assessment, goal setting, and tracking progress. Particularly useful features include in-depth case examples, tables and charts, discussion questions, role-play exercises, and several reproducible assessment forms.

Techniques of Play Theapy A Clinical Demonstration

A Renowned Expert Trains Students and Clinicians in Play Therapy!
features Nancy Boyd Webb, a noted authority on play therapy, who describes and demonstrates effective play therapy techniques.

See Nancy Boyd Webb in:

Unrehearsed segments of three initial play therapy sessions Two follow-up sessions Scenes from an initial parent interview

Viewers Learn How to:

Engage children and communicate therapeutically with them Use different strategies for children from ages 4 to 12 at different stages of therapy Initiate and implement play therapy techniques Equip a tote bag with basic play therapy materials

Watch How a Variety of Play Therapy Materials Are Used:

Drawings Clay

Dolls Blocks

Card and board games

Play-Doh Puppets

The accompanying Program Material not only summarizes the information covered in the video, it features questions that can be used to facilitate group discussion and includes lists of suggested readings, suppliers of materials, and other resources.

Running time: 50-minute Color VHS + 24-page manual, Cat. #2983

Culturally Diverse Parent-Child and Family Relationships

"Culturally Diverse Parent-Child and Family Relationships is like a Chinese nine-course dinner. It provides such a variety of tasty food for thought, with each successive course offering surprising delicacies, that one is pleasantly filled with culinary joy over partaking the meal as an invited guest."
--from the forward by Doman Lum, California State University, Sacramento

In an increasingly diverse social environment, misunderstandings often arise between practitioners in the helping professions and clients from different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Viewing child-related concerns in the context of family and cultural values not only enhances the practitioner's understanding but also increases the likelihood of employing "culturally friendly" methods of helping.

This book investigates the culturally specific beliefs and child-rearing practices of five major racial/ethnic groups: African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans. Analyses of case vignettes illustrate the book´s dual focus on the practitioners´ own views in addition to those of their culturally diverse clients. Culturally Diverse Parent-Child and Family Relationships includes an overview of a culturally responsive strengths perspective on parent-child relationships and a section on challenges and guidelines for effective engagement and work with culturally diverse families.

Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions: A Strengths-Based Approach

Praise for Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions: A Strengths-Based Approach

"Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditionsprovides a wellspring of knowledge, from the theoretical to the clinical. The many vignettes and transcriptions immeasurably enrich the reader's understanding of the interventions and their broader applicability."—Barbara M. Sourkes, PhDJohn A. Kriewall and Elizabeth A. Haehl Director of Pediatric Palliative CareLucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

An important and practical guide to providing compassionate care and support to medically compromised children and their families

Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions: A Strengths-Based Approach presents practical guidance on integrating the latest research into evidence-based practice to ensure the best client care. Edited by a top scholar in the field, this essential resource contains contributions from renowned specialists in various helping fields. Utilizing an inter-professional perspective, helping professionals will draw from the experiences and expertise of a wide range of medical professionals, providing a "window" into their roles, responsibilities, and challenges, offering the most effective approaches for working with this special population of children and their families.

Equipping practitioners with the knowledge and skills needed to encourage children's resilience and help them build their emotional strengths, this book uses a caring yet authoritative tone and discusses:

• The emotional impact of illness on the individual and the family
• Child-life practice in hospitals
• School-based interventions for children and adolescents with medical conditions
• How to meet the spiritual as well as emotional needs of children with chronic and life-threatening illness

With thoughtful coverage of positive helping approaches that encourage family and individual strengths, Helping Children and Adolescents with Chronic and Serious Medical Conditions: A Strengths-Based Approach is an invaluable resource for social workers, teachers, school counselors, and other mental health and medical professionals who work with medically challenged children and adolescents in every setting.

Working with Traumatized Youth in Child Welfare

Review

"This book is a 'must read' for anyone administrating, investigating, monitoring, or caring for youth in the child welfare system. It supplies basic information for students in mental health and other fields who plan to provide care or treatment for this population. Chapters define problems faced by the child welfare system and the youth and family members under its care, review the effects of maltreatment on the developing brain, and detail treatment methods and interventions that may assist youths’ recovery from (often multiple) traumas."--Kathleen Nader, DSW, Austin, Texas

"This refreshing and long-needed book will open new possibilities for interventions with children and families in the child welfare system. It offers a compelling review of the impact of trauma on a child's brain and development. The assessment and intervention methods, resources, and case examples in every chapter brilliantly integrate theory and practice and support the development of skills that are critical for this work. This is a 'must read' for clinicians, child welfare workers, and program managers, and a great text for students preparing for child welfare practice."--Pat Sandau-Beckler, PhD, LCSW, School of Social Work, New Mexico State University

"Nancy Boyd Webb is a nationally known expert in child treatment, and this timely volume will be a welcome contribution for current and future child welfare practitioners. The book guides the reader through the latest theories and research on the association of early life trauma with developmental psychopathology, then presents empirically based treatment strategies for traumatized maltreated youth. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate classrooms in social work, psychology, nursing, special education--wherever concern for the mental health of maltreated children is found."--Martha Morrison Dore, PhD, Adelphi University School of Social Work

Book Description

Until recently, there has not been a great deal of overlap in the child welfare and trauma literatures. This text bridges that divide by integrating perspectives from both fields to help practitioners understand and address the special needs of maltreated children and adolescents and their families. Current knowledge on attachment, trauma, and risk and resilience is clearly explained, including the impact of abuse on the brain. Readers learn how to conduct assessments and implement a range of effective helping strategies with youth in foster care and other settings. Featuring extensive case illustrations, the book gives particular attention to diversity issues and the importance of supporting child and family strengths.