'I found this book to be enormously helpful and also reasssuring. It bolstered my toolkit of resources to understand and help the vulnerable children I come across - and it reassured me that I am equipped to help: those children I think are hard to reach are actually within my reach and I can be the person to help them... Compassionate and intelligent [this is] an accessible book for all.' From the Foreword by Phil Thomas - Teacher, Headteacher and Resilience Trainer

Nicola Marshall is a certified coach and adoptive parent of three. She runs her own training company, BraveHeart Education, which visits schools to educate teachers about attachment and its implications for the classroom www.bravehearteducation.co.uk. Nicola is based in Halesowen, West Midlands, UK.

Acknowledgement,; Foreword,; Introduction,; CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS TRAUMA?; CHAPTER 2 - WHAT CAUSES TRAUMA?; CHAPTER 3 - WHAT IS ATTACHMENT?; CHAPTER 4 - ATTACHMENT THEORISTS,; CHAPTER 5 - ATTACHMENT STYLES,; CHAPTER 6 - BRAIN DEVELOPMENT,; CHAPTER 7 - SYMPTOMS OF ATTACHMENT DIFFICULTIES,; CHAPTER 8 - GUIDING PRINCIPLE 1 - RELATIONSHIPS OVER PROGRAMMES,; CHAPTER 9 - GUIDING PRINCIPLE 2 -EMOTIONAL AGE EMOTIONAL AGE OVER CHRONOLOGICAL AGE,; CHAPTER 10 - GUIDING PRINCIPLE 3 - STRUCTURE OVER CHAOS,; CHAPTER 11 - GUIDING PRINCIPLE 4 - TIME IN OVER TIME OUT,; CHAPTER 12 - GUIDING PRINCIPLE 5 - SENSORY LESS OVER SENSORY MORE,; CHAPTER 13 - TOXIC SHAME,; CHAPTER 14 - IDENTITY,; CHAPTER 15 - EMPATHY,; CHAPTER 16 - TRUST,; CHAPTER 17 - CONTROL AND SELF-RELIANCE,; CHAPTER 18 - SELF-REGULATION,; CHAPTER 19 - CAUSE-AND-EFFECT THINKING,; CHAPTER 20 - MEMORY & ORGANISATION,; CHAPTER 21 - CHANGES AND TRANSITIONS,; CHAPTER 22 - TRIGGERS,; CHAPTER 23 - PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE,; CHAPTER 24 - COMMUNICATION IS KEY,; CHAPTER 25 - THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE LEARN,; CHAPTER 26 - WHATS SO WRONG WITH REWARDS AT SCHOOL?; CHAPTER 27 - INNER AND OUTER RESOURCES,; CHAPTER 28 - A WORD OF WARNING,; BRAVEHEART EDUCATION,; BIBLIOGRAPHY & RESOURCES,; WEBSITES.