Preface Introduction for Parents and Caring Adults Cover Sheet The Pledge About the Author 1. The Heroes Challenge 2. A Little About Me 3. Heroes 4. Power Plans 5. My Family 6. Important People 7. Mind Power 8. Changing the Story 9. Looking Back 10. Through the ‘Tough Times’ 11. Into the Future 12. My Story
Richard Kagan, PhD, is the author and co-author of 10 books on treatment and services for children and families with traumatic stress and has published over 30 articles, chapters, and papers on practice and research issues in trauma therapy, child welfare, foster care, adoption, professional development, program evaluation, and quality improvement in family service and behavioral healthcare programs.
"An excellent workbook to help children feel they have a voice
again. This book helps children learn in a step-by-step manner, and
helps them realize the importance of their life story, no matter
what their history was life." - Sharon Morgillo Freeman, PhD,
PMHCNS-BC, CEO Center for Brief Therapy"The storybook is
excellent....could be used to assist a variety of problems in
addition to complex trauma. A general attachment-enhancing tool for
this age group is needed." - Kathleen Nader, DSW, director of Two
Suns Childhood Trauma Program, Cedar Park, TX
“Real Life Heroes Storybook is a resiliency masterpiece. Built on
the historical Hero Archetype, Dr. Kagan invites traumatized
children to acknowledge their courage, express their sorrow, and
embrace the hero’s path to healing. Real Life Heroes Storybook
provides creative resiliency based interventions that guide
traumatized children through their pain into recovery by
discovering and utilizing their internal strengths and significant
personal relationships to overcome adversity and become the real
heroes of their own lives.”—James Henry, PhD, director, Western
Michigan University Children's Trauma Assessment Center “The third
edition of the Real Life Heroes Storybook is an impressive
continuation of Dr. Kagan’s already long list of contributions to
supporting stronger, healthier, and more resourced outcomes for
young people who have experienced traumatic stress. Through the use
of ritual, psychoeducation, expressive strategies, skill-building,
narrative, and relational engagement, the workbook provides a
powerful tool to promote healing in trauma-impacted youth. The
language in the workbook is child, caregiver, and
provider-friendly, and the facilitated process of self-examination
is empowering rather than pathologizing. Dr. Kagan truly believes
that every child and every caregiver has the potential to be a
hero—and that “heroism” is often found in every day actions—and
this vision shines through in his work.”—Margaret Blaustein, PhD,
co-author, Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents;
The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute“Real Life Heroes
Life Storybook and Toolkit provides an effective step by step
process for clinicians and caregivers to guide children and family
members in making sense of the pain in their lives that is due to
past trauma. The process provided in RLH is comprehensive in its
treatment components. However, what strikes me most is how RLH very
tenderly and carefully enables the survivor to recognize that their
memories and the subsequent resulting emotions move / fluctuate and
will need some anchoring based in the reality of their innocence.
In addition, RLH enables practice for survivors in how to
effectively handle the sensory based triggers that will assault
them in the future. I unequivocally recommend both Real Life Heroes
Life Storybook and Toolkit for practitioners.”—William E Painter
Jr, MS, senior director, Clinical Practice, Child and Family Center
of Excellence, Institute for Family Centered Services / The Mentor
Network"Providing a step-by-step process through which to guide
children, the information and activities in this book can help
build/rebuild a sense of safety, enhance supportive relationships
and attachments and start to generate hope and positivity for the
future. (...) for those who are committed to engaging in this
therapeutic process with a child, this book is an excellent
resource for doing so." - Youthinmind
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