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Separation, Immigration, and Developmental Trauma in the Lives of Children and Families [1]

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Resource Description

Shows Soledad, a 14-year-old girl who has recently been released from her first psychiatric hospitalization after an attempted suicide. Soledad is the oldest of five children. Currently, she lives with two of her siblings in a foster home while her other two siblings were sent to a different home. Soledad’s mother was detained by ICE after physically attacking Soledad during what seemed to be a psychotic episode. Soledad is worried about her mother and her two younger siblings, whom she has not seen since they separated. This is Soledad’s first session scheduled by her welfare worker.

Resource Type: 
Type: Webinar
Language: 
English
Population: 
Immigrant Children and Families
Published in 2020

Source URL:https://nctsn.org/resources/separation-immigration-and-developmental-trauma-in-the-lives-of-children-and-families

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[1] https://nctsn.org/resources/separation-immigration-and-developmental-trauma-in-the-lives-of-children-and-families