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Healing Days: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma Hardcover – Picture Book, May 15, 2013

by Susan Farber Straus (Author), Maria Bogade (Illustrator)

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A sensitive and reassuring story intended for children who have experienced trauma.

A useful book to read with a parent, caregiver, or therapist, Healing Days emphasizes that children are not to blame for what happened, and that they can get help and look forward to a happy future. Covering the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that many kids have after a bad and scary thing happen, kids will begin to understand their response to the trauma and learn some strategies for feeling safer, more relaxed, and more confident.

An extensive Note to Parents and Caregivers, including a list of helpful resources, is available for download on APA.org.

2013 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award: Mind, Body and Spirit

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American Psychological Association works to advance psychology as a science and profession and as a means of promoting health and human welfare. APA publishes books for young readers under its imprint, Magination Press, that aim to make navigating life's challenges a little easier. It's the synthesis of psychological science with informational fiction that makes an APA kids book distinctive.
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“A sensitive and reassuring story intended for children who have experienced trauma…What an OUTSTANDING resource.”—Books That Heal Kids

"With Healing Days, the American Psychological Association has published an illustrated storybook that aims to help guide young victims through their emotional or physical trauma. The book tells the tale of a child who has had an unspecified "bad thing" happen. Through the story, author and psychologist Susan Farber Straus emphasizes that the victim is not to blame and introduces concepts that can help children understand that there is hope for a happy future."—The Washington Post

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2013 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award: Mind, Body and Spirit

“A sensitive and reassuring story intended for children who have experienced trauma…What an OUTSTANDING resource.”—Books That Heal Kids

“This book is a fabulous tool for parents, guidance counselors and therapists to read with a child when they may suspect a trauma … The book also helps children know they aren’t alone and that they can find ways to heal. Maria Bogade’s illustrations are warm, and comforting, and beautifully show the emotion of the children.”—ChildrensBooksHeal.com

"With Healing Days, the American Psychological Association has published an illustrated storybook that aims to help guide young victims through their emotional or physical trauma. The book tells the tale of a child who has had an unspecified "bad thing" happen. Through the story, author and psychologist Susan Farber Straus emphasizes that the victim is not to blame and introduces concepts that can help children understand that there is hope for a happy future."—The Washington Post

About the Author

Susan Farber Straus, PhD, is a clinical child psychologist who has worked for many years with young children, many of whom have been neglected or experienced other forms of trauma. Following her education at Cornell University and Ohio State, and internship at McLean Hospital, she worked in both private practice and residential treatment settings. She is currently Senior Psychologist at Catholic Charities Child and Family Services in Baltimore, Maryland. She and her husband have two daughters, now grown, and three grandchildren.

Maria Bogade is an illustrator who creates her own unique environments and appealing characters to entertain children and adults alike. She also illustrated the Magination Press book Ben's Flying Flowers. She lives with her family in a tiny town in Germany.. Visit her at www.mariabogade.com and follow her on Facebook: @MariaBogadeIllustration and Instagram: @MariaBogadeIllustration.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Magination Press ― American Psychological Association
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 15, 2013
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1433812924
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1433812927
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 11 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.2 x 0.4 x 10 inches
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 5
Best Sellers Rank: #71,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #49 in Children's Books on Abuse
- #156 in Post-Traumatic Stress
- #168 in Medical General Psychology

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Maria Bogade
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Maria is an award winning illustrator and author with an animation background.
With over 15 years in the creative industry Maria has worked with clients across the globe. Not only has she illustrated picture books but also written her own stories. Her chapter book "Zoës Welt - Das war ich nicht, das war schon so" was published by cbj/Random House Germany and her picture book "Schlafplatz gesucht!" was published by Bohem Press. Maria loves creating illustrations with a strong narrative, colourful and beautifully composed to entertain children and adults alike.
Her passion for creativity led to founding her own illustration agency Wundergarden. Here she represents and fosters some of todays most exciting artists in the children’s publishing world. Supporting her artists and discovering new talent is essential to her and makes the agency a wonderful garden to flourish in. Her Illustration School ist yet another place to embrace creativity and support other creatives worldwide.
With her family she lives in the Swedish forrest, where fox, hare and moose bid each other goodnight.
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