The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook — What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing

By Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD. (Author), with Maia Szalavitz. (2017).

From Amazon.com: “In this instant classic of developmental psychology, a renowned psychiatrist examines the effect that trauma can have on a child, reveals how PTSD impacts the developing mind, and outlines the path to recovery.

What happens when a young brain is traumatized? How does terror, abuse, or disaster affect a child’s mind — and how can that mind recover? Child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce D. Perry has helped children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, murder witnesses, kidnapped teenagers, and victims of family violence.

In The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry tells their stories of trauma and transformation through the lens of science, revealing the brain’s astonishing capacity for healing. Deftly combining unforgettable case histories with his own compassionate, insightful strategies for rehabilitation, Perry explains what exactly happens to the brain when a child is exposed to extreme stress — and reveals the unexpected measures that can be taken to ease a child’s pain and help him grow into a healthy adult. As a senior fellow at the Child Trauma Academy, Dr. Perry and his clinical group worked with hundreds who endured severe childhood neglect and abuse with incredible resilience and strength. Through the stories of children who recover — physically, mentally, and emotionally — from the most devastating circumstances, Perry shows how simple things like surroundings, affection, language, and touch can deeply impact the developing brain, for better or for worse. In this deeply informed and moving book, Bruce Perry dramatically demonstrates that only when we understand the science of the mind can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child.”

How to Survive Your Childhood Now That You’re an Adult: A Path to Authenticity and Awakening

By Ira Israel, LCPC, LMFT. (2017)

From Amazon.com: “As children, we learned to get approval by creating facades to help us get our emotional and psychological needs met, but we also rebelled against authority as a way of individuating. As adults, these conflicting desires leave many of us feeling anxious or depressed because our authentic selves are buried deep beneath glitzy or rebellious exteriors or some combination thereof. In this provocative book, eclectic teacher and therapist Ira Israel offers a powerful, comprehensive, step-by-step path to recognizing the ways of being that we created as children and transcending them with compassion and acceptance. By doing so, we discover our true callings and cultivate the authentic love we were born deserving.”

Somebody Cares: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Neglect

By Susan Farber Straus, PhD (Author), Claire Keay (Illustrator) (2016)

From Amaxon.com: “Useful to read with a caring adult, Somebody Cares is a book for children who have experienced parental neglect and have been taking care of many things on their own. It helps them understand their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors and prepares them for changes in their families. Most importantly, Somebody Cares teaches children that they are not to blame and were brave to do so much on their own. Includes a “Note to Readers” inside for children and an online “Note to Parents and Caregivers” for adults.”

The Science of Neglect

InBrief: The Science of Neglect

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Published on Oct 31, 2013

Learn more about the science of neglect on our website: https://goo.gl/wUtAw9 Extensive biological and developmental research shows significant neglect—the ongoing disruption or significant absence of caregiver responsiveness—can cause more lasting harm to a young child’s development than overt physical abuse, including subsequent cognitive delays, impairments in executive functioning, and disruptions of the body’s stress response. This edition of the InBrief series explains why significant deprivation is so harmful in the earliest years of life and why effective interventions are likely to pay significant dividends in better long-term outcomes in learning, health, and parenting of the next generation. This 6-minute video provides an overview of The Science of Neglect: The Persistent Absence of Responsive Care Disrupts the Developing Brain, a Working Paper from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child.

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4 Ways Emotional Neglect From Your Childhood Can Harm Your Relationships

4 Ways Emotional Neglect From Your Childhood Can Harm Your Relationships

By Jonice Webb, PhD
~ 4 min read

At Psychcentral.com

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/childhood-neglect/2017/11/4-ways-emotional-neglect-from-your-childhood-can-harm-your-relationships/?utm_source=Psych+Central+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a6a341cba6-GEN_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c648d0eafd-a6a341cba6-29826629