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1.1 Childhood adversity and maltreatment Child maltreatment refers to any non-accidental behaviour by parents, caregivers, other adults or older adolescents that are outside the norms of conduct and entail a substantial risk of causing physical or emotional harm to a child or young person. Such behaviours may be intentional or unintentional and can include acts of omission (i.e., neglect) and commission (i.e., abuse) (Bromfield, 2005; Christoffel et al., 1992). Child maltreatment is commonly div

Chapters

• 1.1 Childhood adversity and maltreatment
• 1.3 Etiology of childhood adversity and maltreatment
• 1.4 Keeping students safe: reporting child protection concerns
• 1.5 Childhood trauma
• 2.2 Behaviourism and Applied Behaviour Analysis
• 2.3 Positive Behaviour Support
• 2.4 Observing behaviour
• 3.1 How the brain develops
• 3.3 Effects of childhood trauma on behavioural, social and emotional functioning
• 3.5 The window of tolerance
• 3.6 Using the window of tolerance in the school context
• 4.1 Attachment
• 5.1 Social-emotional competence
• 5.4 The social-emotional needs of the adolescent
• 5.5 Social cognitive theory
• 5.6 Social skills
• 6.1 Caring for the educator: the challenge of working with traumatised students
• 6.2 The teacher must survive: self-care and managing secondary trauma

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