Each child grieves the death of a significant person in his or her own way. Reactions can vary according to age, ability to understand death, and personality, and children in the same family may react differently.
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Even in the closest of families, it is sometimes hard to remember that family members may have different reactions to the same traumatic event.
The development of secondary traumatic stress is recognized as a common occupational hazard for professionals working with traumatized children.
Events that refugees have experienced related to war or persecution can all be called “traumatic events.”
Refugee children may feel relieved when they are resettled in the US. However, the difficulties they face do not end upon their arrival.
Introduces key factors that juvenile court judges should consider in order to take a trauma-informed approach when newcomer immigrant youth come before them in juvenile justice cases.
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) proposes to include a new grief disorder—Prolonged Grief Disorder—in its forthcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5-Text Revised (DSM-5-TR), which is scheduled for release in 2021.
Helps young children and families talk about their experiences and feelings related to COVID-19 and the need to shelter in place.
Provides questions that Trinka and Sam have about the big virus and ways to answer those questions.
Provides questions that Trinka and Sam have about the big virus and ways to answer those questions. This companion story includes common questions that children may have about COVID-19.