Assuring Positive Educational Experiences
For Children in Out-of-home Care
Simple trauma occurs when an individual is overwhelmed and unable to cope in response to a frightening single event, such as witnessing the devastation of a tornado or experiencing a serious auto accident. Simple trauma:
Temporary trauma symptoms, such as nightmares, are common following such frightening events.
Complex developmental trauma is different. It occurs as the result of a child experiencing multiple threatening physical or emotional incidents. Complex developmental trauma:
The most prevalent causes of this type of trauma are child abuse, chronic neglect and repeated exposure to family violence –the personal histories of most of the children in out-of-home care.
All or almost all of the children in out-of-home care have experienced trauma; many have experienced complex developmental trauma.
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