A big question I had reading the Boyd-Webb for this week was about prompt debriefing with a child following a traumatic event. She argues that working with a kid as a preventative strategy, before symptoms emerge, is a good idea. This directly contradicts what Bruce Perry says in his book - he argues that most kids don't need interventions and that their social network will allow for therapeutic experiences following a trauma. He disagrees with trying to get kids to automatically speak with a therapist following a traumatic event. I'm curious what Tom thinks. Another questions/criticism I had was her clinical vignette about Linda (p. 157 or so), a 10 year old who wakes up in the night for fear of robbers coming. The therapist creates a reward system (after one month of ceasing this behavior, Linda gets a bike!) which made me really uncomfortable. I'd love to hear people's thoughts on behavioral strategies that use a reward system.