The Hero’s Mask Guidebook: Helping Children with Traumatic Stress A Resource for Educators, Counselors, Therapists, Parents and Caregivers

The Hero’s Mask Guidebook provides practical strategies to be used alongside the The Hero’s Mask novel. The Guidebook has been designed to promote an understanding of the impact of traumatic stress and what counselors, therapists, educators, parents and caregivers can do to promote healing and recovery. The Guidebook and storybook can be used together to spark conversations around the difficult topics of loss and trauma and to create openings for renewing and strengthening emotionally supportive relationships with distressed children after traumatic experiences. The Guidebook identifies resources to access information about treatment programs and strategies that can help children and families with traumatic stress and integration of The Hero’s Mask books with Real Life Heroes®, an evidence-supported treatment program for children and families with traumatic stress.

Preface Promoting Awareness of Traumatic Stress and What Can Be Done to Help Children, Families and Schools Suggestions for Use by Parents and Caregivers Developing Trauma-informed Schools and Child and Family Service Programs Curriculum Guide for Educators and Use in Groups Use by Psychotherapists and Counselors Resources for Trauma Treatment and Research on Traumatic Grief Acknowledgements About the Author

Richard Kagan is a clinical psychologist and the author and co-author of 12 books and 35+ 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 behavioural health care programs. Dr. Kagan’s publications highlight practical and innovative approaches that counselors, therapists, educators, parents and caregivers can utilize to help children and families strengthen resilience and reduce traumatic stress.