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Trauma, Autism, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Integrating Research, Practice, and Policy

  • Jason M. Fogler
  • Randall A.  Phelps
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction
    Jason M. Fogler, Randall A. Phelps
    Pages 1-4
  3. Tangled Roots and Ramifications: The Early Histories of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Reactive Attachment Disorder
    Randall A. Phelps, Jason M. Fogler
    Pages 5-18
  4. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: From Neurobiology to Cycles of Violence
    K. M. McCullough, K. J. Ressler
    Pages 19-54
  5. Trauma and Neurodevelopmental Disorder: Assessment, Treatment, and Triage
    Lisa Prock, Jason M. Fogler
    Pages 55-71
  6. The Challenge and Importance of Differentiating Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders from Autism Spectrum Disorders
    Amanda Van Scoyoc, Melissa B. Marquardt, Randall A. Phelps
    Pages 73-91
  7. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Diagnostic Considerations for Children with a History of Trauma
    Prachi E. Shah, Danielle Shapiro, Tedi Milgrom, H. Eugene Hoyme
    Pages 93-122
  8. Interventions for Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders in Preschool-Aged Children
    Kelley Munger, Elizabeth C. Loi, Amelia Roth
    Pages 123-148
  9. Reactive Attachment Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnosis and Care in a Cultural Context
    Jorge Benavides-Rawson, Roy Richard Grinker
    Pages 149-160
  10. Special Population Consideration in ASD Identification and Treatment
    Alison Chavez, Lark Huang-Storms, Katharine Zuckerman
    Pages 161-194
  11. Challenges with Transition to Adulthood
    Ami Bear, Raegan Smith, Charlotte Alverson
    Pages 195-204
  12. Trauma and Neurodevelopmental Disorders from a Public Health Perspective
    Sarah R. Lowe, Kate L. Walsh, Emma Opthof, Petty Tineo
    Pages 205-239
  13. From the Outside In: Using a Whole-School Paradigm to Improve the Educational Success of Students with Trauma Histories and/or Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
    Michael Gregory, Emily Nichols
    Pages 241-268
  14. Assessment and Recommendations
    Randall A. Phelps, Jason M. Fogler
    Pages 269-276
  15. Back Matter
    Pages 277-288
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About this book

Introduction

This book examines the diagnostic overlap and frequent confusion between the newly named DSM-5 diagnostic categories of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), which include autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and trauma and stressor related disorders (TSRDs). These conditions are similar in that a) children with developmental disorders are particularly vulnerable to traumatic events and b) all have pervasive effects on the brain and development. Chapters provide a wealth of effective clinical, family, and school-based interventions, developed from established studies and important new findings. In addition, chapters use illustrative case studies to survey assessment challenges in today’s healthcare climate and consider alternative routes for improving correct diagnoses, identifying appropriate interventions, and referring proper targeted, evidence-based treatment and services. The book concludes with the editors’ recommendations for needs-based service access, including a more widespread use and acceptance of the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) framework.

Topics featured in this book include:
  • The neurobiological contributors to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) and its diagnosis in children with a history of trauma.
  • Interventions for trauma and stressor-related disorders in preschool-aged children.
  • Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis and care in a cultural context.
  • Special population consideration in ASD identification and treatment.
  • Challenges associated with the transition to adulthood. 
  • Trauma and neurodevelopmental disorders from a public health perspective.       
Trauma, Autism, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians and related professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, public health, social work, pediatrics, and special education.

Keywords

Autism spectrum disorder and mental health services Differential diagnosis of TSRD and ASD Differential diagnosis of trauma and neurodevelopmental disorder Disinhibited social engagement disorder Mental health service crisis Mental health service shortage Neurobiology of trauma and neurodevelopmental disorder Neurodevelopmental disorders and trauma Neuropsychological assessment of PTSD Neuropsychological assessment of TSRD Neuropsychological assessment of traumatic stress Posttraumatic stress and mental health services Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Reactive attachment disorder Trauma and autism spectrum disorder Trauma and neurodevelopmental disorders Trauma and mental health services Trauma and stressor related disorder (TSRD) Traumatic stress and neurodevelopmental disorder TSRD and transition to adulthood

Editors and affiliations

  • Jason M. Fogler
    • 1
  • Randall A.  Phelps
    • 2
  1. 1.Developmental Medical CenterBoston Children’s HospitalBostonUSA
  2. 2.Oregon Health & Science UniversityEugeneUSA

About the editors

Jason M. Fogler, M.A., Ph.D., is a Staff Psychologist and the Co-Director of ADHD Services at Boston Children's Hospital's Division of Developmental Medicine. At Boston Children's, he is the Attending Psychologist on a multidisciplinary team devoted to the complex developmental and mental health issues of children in foster care and various phases of adoption, both domestically and internationally. After graduating from Boston University's Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, he completed clinical training and a postdoctoral clinical research fellowship in a joint appointment at the VA Boston Healthcare System's National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Boston Medical Center's Center for Medical and Refugee Trauma. During this period, he served as training faculty for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network's Learning Collaborative. Dr. Fogler is an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, has taught nationally and internationally on the topics of trauma-focused treatment and assessment, and published articles on comprehensive treatment for traumatized children and clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse.  He is one of the editors of Trauma Therapy in Context: The Science & Craft of Evidence Based Practice (APA Publications: 2012). 

Randall Phelps, M.D., Ph.D., is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, Institute on Development and Disability, Oregon Health and Science University.  He completed M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Washington, Residency in Pediatrics at The University of Michigan, and Fellowship in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh.  Dr. Phelps attends on interdisciplinary teams to provide diagnostic assessments and care to children with developmental disabilities and/or behavioral conditions throughout the state of Oregon and surrounding states. Dr. Phelps created an outreach clinic to provide developmental-behavioral pediatric consultation to the Relief Nursery, a therapeutic preschool program for children at high risk of trauma. Dr. Phelps has been a co-Investigator, with the Relief Nursery, on several demonstration grants to improve care coordination for children utilizing multiple community resources. Dr. Phelps has given lectures and workshops regionally, nationally, and internationally, on differential diagnosis of autism, including the diagnostic confusion between autism and reactive attachment and related disorders.

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