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Transgenerational Trauma and the Aboriginal Preschool Child reveals ways of identifying, understanding, and healing transgenerational trauma. Gunawirra, a unique treatment project in Sydney, focuses on preschool Aboriginal children, exploring the universal structure of childhood traumatization through telling examples.
List of contents
Foreword, Ursula Kim
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. History and Background
Chapter 1 Mirrored Images: The Story of Many Reflected in One Aboriginal Family's Journey
Jackie Stewart and Maria Losurdo
Chapter 2 Gunawirra and the Gunawirra Trauma Project: A Background
Norma Tracey
Part II. A Theoretical Base for Understanding Trauma in the Aboriginal Preschool Child
Chapter 3 Building a Floor for Experience: A Model for Thinking about Children's Experience
Jeffrey L. Eaton
Chapter 4 Understanding Trauma for Aboriginal Preschool Children: Hearing Their Voices
Norma Tracey
Chapter 5 The Neurobiological Basis of Trauma in Early Childhood
Shiri Hergass
Chapter 6 Trauma, Childhood, and Emotional Resilience
Marilyn Charles
Chapter 7 The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma: Effects on Identity Development in Aboriginal People
Marilyn Charles
Chapter 8 The Importance of Being Contained: Kylie, for Whom Nothing
Could Be Held
Celia Conolly and Judy King
Part III. Treating Trauma for the Aboriginal Preschool Child and Family
Chapter 9 Mr. Carrots Counts the Time
Judy King and Celia Conolly
Chapter 10 The Five Big Ideas: A Road Forward
Norma Tracey and Shiri Hergass
Chapter 11 Using the Weaving Thoughts Peer Method to Generate Meaning: Putting the Bits and Pieces Together
Ionas Sapountzis and Judy King
Chapter 12 Hitting the Wall: The Hidden Effects of Caring Relationships
Ingo Lambrecht and Aretha Paterson
Chapter 13 Art as an Opening of a Door to Aboriginal Culture and Identity
Graham Toomey
Notes on Contributors
Index
About the author
Edited by Norma Tracey - Foreword by Ursula Kim - Contributions by Marilyn Charles; Celia Conolly; Jeffrey L. Eaton; Shiri Hergass; Ursula Kim; Judy King; Ingo Lambrecht; Maria Losurdo; Aretha Paterson; Ionas Sapountzis; Jackie Stewart; Graham Toomey and
Summary
Transgenerational Trauma and the Aboriginal Preschool Child reveals ways of identifying, understanding, and healing transgenerational trauma. Gunawirra, a unique treatment project in Sydney, focuses on preschool Aboriginal children, exploring the universal structure of childhood traumatization through telling examples.
