Risking connection trauma training: A pathway toward trauma-informed care in child congregate care settings

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 507-515

  Brown, Steven M ^a   Baker, Courtney N ^b   Wilcox, Patricia ^a  

^a Traumatic Stress Institute of Klingberg Family Centers   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child mental health; residential; Risking Connection; trauma informed care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874044621     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025269     Document Type: Article

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