Children and young people in care who have been traumatized need a therapeutic environment where they can heal and which meets their emotional and developmental needs.This book provides a model of care for traumatized children and young people, based on theory and practice experience pioneered at the Lighthouse Foundation, Australia. The authors explain the impact of trauma on child development, drawing on psychodynamic, attachment and neurobiological trauma theories. The practical...

This book shows how carefully planned and assessed treatment can help traumatized children. It outlines how to set up a process for measuring a child's progress towards recovery. Uniquely, the book describes a practical outcomes-based approach that can be provided by an integrated multi-disciplinary team.Particular themes addressed include the conflict between the child's chronological and emotional ages, the need to work at the child's pace, the importance of the whole-team approa...

"Tomlinson's well-plotted tale of first contact pinballs between hard science-fiction and hilarity, delivering a thrilling yarn." —Matt Forbeck, New York Times–bestselling authorThe only thing as infinite and expansive as the universe is humanity's unquestionable ability to make bad decisions.Humankind ventures further into the galaxy than ever before . . . and immediately causes an intergalactic incident. In their infinite wisdom, the crew of the ex...

No matter how far humanity comes, it can’t escape its own worst impulses in this far-future science fiction thriller from the author of The ArkA new generation comes of age eighteen years after humanity arrived on the colony planet Gaia. Now threats from both within and outside their Trident threaten everything they’ve built.The discovery of an alien installation inside Gaia’s moon, terrorist attacks, and the kidnap of a man’s daughter stretch the ...

"Tomlinson offers space opera fans much to chew on in this fun, fast-moving series debut . . . Readers are sure to be entertained." — Publishers WeeklyIt's The Hunt for Red October in space, with this brand new military science fiction novel from Patrick S. Tomlinson.In a demilitarized zone on the border of human space, long range spy satellites are mysteriously going quiet, and no one knows why. Captain Susan Kamala and her crew are dispatched to fi...

When humankind’s first contact with a strange alien species goes awry, detective and Ark hero Brian Benson is left to pick up the piecesAgainst all odds, the Ark and her thirty-thousand survivors have reached Tau Ceti G to begin the long, arduous task of rebuilding human civilization. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Tau Ceti G’s natives, the G’tel, are coming to grips with the sudden appearance of what many believe are their long-lost Gods.But fi...

Introducing a thrilling deep-space science fiction mystery series in the tradition of James S.A. Corey’s The ExpanseWhen a geneticist goes missing aboard a generation ship, it’s up to sports star Bryan Benson to solve the mystery before landfall.Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation spaceship, affectionately named the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark’s greatest living spo...

A teenage stowaway on an alien spaceship finds herself on galactic repo missions in this zany sci-fi romp.Firstname Lastname has always struggled to find her place in the world. With a name that was the result of an unfortunate clerical error, she has always gelt like a nobody with nowhere to go. But when she's destined to become one of the only humans on an alien space station, she decides to finally strike out on her own.Sneaking aboard a ship a random ship...

Part OneIt's life as usual in Abbs Valley, with Alessa still reigning over the Italian Mafia with her husbands by her side. With Christmas just around the corner, they have a surprise in store for Alessa.The question is, what do you get for the woman who has everything?Part TwoEvie and her guys have settled into married life and parenthood. With their love growing more each day, they find new ways to make time for one anothe...

The only thing as infinite and expansive as the universe is humanity’s unquestionable ability to make bad decisions.Humankind ventures further into the galaxy than ever before … and immediately causes an intergalactic incident. In their infinite wisdom, the crew of the exploration vessel Magellan, or as she prefers, “Maggie,” decides to bring the alienstructure they just found back to Earth. The only problem? The aliens are awfully fond of that structure.

Following her promise to the Nonul, Kellacun finds herself in a foreign land surrounded by the most deadly of all cults — The Al'Kalidian. The young rogue must plunder a tomb and claim its treasure but she finds more than she bargained for. The exciting third book in "The Wererat's Tale" saga.

Firstname Lastname is a no one with nowhere to go. With a name that is the result of an unfortnate clerical error and destined to be one of the only humans on an alien space station. That is until she sneaks aboard a ship and joins up with a crew of repomen (they are definitely not pirates). Now she's traveling the galaxy "recovering" ships. What could go wrong?