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3.5 Sexual abuse and trauma
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3.6 How attachment is affected by trauma
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3.7 How play is affected
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3.8 Understanding the way children think
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3.9 Two different memory systems
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3.10 Survival strategies​
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3.11 Risk and resilience factors​
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3.12 Disclosure of Sexual Abuse
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3.12.1 How can children express trauma ?
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3.12.2 Can we trust children ?
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3.12.3 Direct interview and exploration
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3.12.4 The obligation to report and the duty to prevent
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4 . What we may need to do when working with sexually abused children
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4.1 Caring and safety
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4.1.1 Safety
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4.2 Regulation and stabilisation
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4.2.1 Co-regulation . “ Remember to put on your oxygen mask first .”
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4.2.2 Window of tolerance
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4.2.3 How to regulate
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4.3 Relationship and intimacy
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4.3.1 Difficulties in maintaining good relations
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4.3.2 Repairing is gold !
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4.3.3 Play
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4.4 Reason and verbal intervention
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4.4.1 Naming feelings
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4.4.2 Psychoeducation
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4.4.3 Trauma triggers
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4.4.4 Reduce intrusive memories
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4.4.5 Identity and hope
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4.4.6 Support hope for the future
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4.4.7 Help children to gain meaning and a sense of coherence
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4.5 What is trauma processing ?
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4.6 Trauma-focused treatment
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4.7 Additional tools
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