About Child Trauma
Children who suffer from child traumatic stress are those who have been exposed to one or more traumas over the course of their lives and develop reactions that persist and affect their daily lives after the events have ended.
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What is Child Trauma?
Trauma Types
When a child feels intensely threatened by an event he or she is involved in or witnesses, we call that event a trauma. There is a range of traumatic events or trauma types to which children and adolescents can be exposed.
Populations at Risk
Some groups of children and families are disproportionately represented among those experiencing trauma.