Baby Gazette:
Year 3 Issues

Introduction

Never Too Young To Suffer Grief: Grief And Traumatic Loss

Editor's Note : The "Brief Article" in this issue is what was prepared for presentation at the 3rd Annual Conference of the Grief and Mourning in Los Angeles County in early March 2007. This conference was organized mostly through the efforts of the ICAN-LACDMH (Interagency Council for prevention of child Abuse and Neglect, and Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health). Because of the time limitation, I was not able to present the entire this paper. I promised to those who asked for a copy of the paper, to include it in Baby Gazette. Thus, this "Brief Article." I hope it serves its purpose.

In this issue, you will read:

1. A brief review of the grief as a trauma, behavioral cues representing the grief process in young children who have been exposed to traumatic event (separation, loss, or death of the primary caregiver, or a significant person in their lives).
2. Factors influencing the child's resiliency, and capacity to survive and overcome the grief resulted from noxious events in early years of life.
3. Child's factor in experiencing grief and child's outcome.
4. Sample intervention modalities that are clinically and theoretically applicable and efficacious for infants and young children experiencing grief.

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Introduction

Traumatic Bereavement

Phases of Bereavement

I. GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT PROCESS, AND BEHAVIORAL REPRESENTATION

Process vs. Stage theory of Childhood Bereavement
Birth to 18 months (Infancy)
Age 18 months to 3 years (Toddlerhood)
Age 3-6 years (Pre-School Age)

II. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE CHILD'S COPING SKILLS

A. Child's characteristics
B. Child and the lost caregiver relationship
C. The narrative

III. CHILD'S FACTOR IN EXPERIENCING GRIEF AND THE CHILD'S OUTCOME

IV: CLINICALLY SOUND INTERVENTION MODALITIES

• Symptoms of Trauma in Children
• Clinical Approaches in Working with Traumatically Bereaved Children
  • Cognitive – Behavioral Processing
  • The Early Childhood Group Therapy Program
  • Art and Expressive Therapy
  • Developmentally Based Play Therapy
  • Ecosystemic Play Therapy Model
  • Soulwork Approach to Systemic Family Therapy
  • Analytical Play Therapy
  • Attachment-based Play Therapy
  • Filial Therapy
• Cross-Cultural Responses to Grief and Mourning
• Complicated Grief Intervention Modalities

References

• Low Birth Weight May Predict Depression In Teen Girls
• Traumatized Young Children: "Families Today: 7-Year-Old Throws 'The Fit Of All Fits'"

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Introduction

FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER (FASD)
Research, Practice and Policy

Editor's Note : The current issue of the Baby Gazette contains a brief and introductory article on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

In this issue, you will read:

I. Introduction

• Early Detection and Prevention Strategies of FASD:
  • Symptoms and Diagnostic Processes
• Early Identification and Detection
• Prevention
• Contributing Factors for Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy:
  • Risk Factors for Alcohol Use During Pregnancy
  • Maternal Factors
• Services

II. Infant, Child, Family And Relationship Enrichment Program at VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM (ICARE@VIP): A Program Fostering Leadership

With sub-specialty: Serving Children with FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER

• Proposed Transdisciplinary Intervention Processes
• From Theory to Practice: Collaborative, Inter-agency and Trans-disciplinary Service Delivery Processes
• FASD Diagnostic Evaluation
• Caregiver Interview and History Taking
• Review of Medical Records.
• Examinations
• Treatment Component
• Therapist Training and Continuing Education
• Reflective Mentorship and Supervision
• Parent – Caregiver Education, and Partnership
• Referral
• Data Collection
• For help and information
• References

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