Child Development Mediated by Trauma

Boris Gindis, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, USA.

• IntroductionChapter One: Contemporary International Adoption - a Unique Social/Cultural Phenomenon Chapter Two: Developmental Trauma Disorder and Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children Chapter Three: Development Interceded by Trauma in Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized ChildrenChapter Four: "Language Lost – Language Found" experience: Distinct Pattern of Language Development in Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized ChildrenChapter Five: Cognitive Functioning of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized ChildrenChapter Six: Social/Emotional and Behavioral Functioning of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized ChildrenChapter Seven: Academic performance and educational remediation of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized ChildrenConclusionAppendix 1: Developmental Trauma Disorder Questionnaire for the Parents of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children.Appendix 2: Sample of referral questions and psychological tools used in bilingual screening of newly arrived Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized ChildrenAppendix 3: Sample of referral questions and psychoeducational tests/clinical procedures used for a comprehensive combined neuropsychological, developmental, and educational assessment of Internationally Adopted Post-Institutionalized Children.

"Dr. Boris Gindis has written a remarkably readable book on a highly complex subject. If you work with traumatized youngsters, you need to read Child Development Mediated by Trauma: The Dark Side of International Adoption.[…] For those working with internationally adopted children, Dr. Gindis brings together a set of new ideas as well as fresh perspectives on old concepts. Although familiar with the subject, I learned a great deal. […] The book seamlessly weaves together developmental brain-science, trauma research and pertinent clinical examples to create an articulate and compelling narrative. Dr. Gindis takes the reader on a "tour" of the proposed medical diagnosis, Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) suggested by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and his associates. Dr. Gindis offers succinct examples from his own practice (all carefully disguised) to explain this new, integrative clinical framework. […] Dr. Gindis discussion of DTD as the root of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is powerful. Every mental health training program—from psychiatry to occupational therapy— should have Child Development Mediated by Trauma as part of their core curriculum. I keep it close at hand on my "go to" shelf"."Dr. Patty Cogen, is the author of the international best-selling adoption book, Parenting Your Internationally Adopted Child. She currently works as a Child Development Specialist and Family Therapist with expertise in international adoptions, USA.