Clinical psychologist Amber Elliott highlights the challenges of parenting children with significant developmental trauma and explains how we can navigate the complex emotions it brings.

Whether you provide foster care or have adopted a child, parenting children with developmental trauma can be challenging. In fact, traditional parenting strategies may have an adverse effect on these children.

Understanding how to respond to emotional outbursts and better manage our own frustration can make parenting traumatized children easier.

Amber Elliott is a bestselling author and clinical psychologist who runs a social enterprise called The Child Psychology Service.

In her 2013 book, Why Can't My Child Behave?, Elliott explores parenting strategies that will guide caregivers toward more empathetic and successful outcomes.