Elliott, a child psychologist in the UK who works with children and young people with emotional, behavioral, social, and mental health problems, helps parents, carers, social workers, and professionals respond to difficult behaviors and emotions in adoptive or foster children with developmental trauma. She outlines an empathic behavior management approach that stresses understanding the experience that led to the behavior, noting the problems with reward-punishment strategies and detailing the science behind the experiences of traumatized children. She presents common problems carers have with children--attachment-seeking behaviors, angry outbursts, zoning out, hyperactivity and impulsivity, controlling behavior, lying, sexualized behavior, and difficult sibling relationships--and a three-stage process for dealing with them, as well as how to maintain empathy and deal with one's own emotions. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)