Helping Young Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: Policies and Strategies for Early Care and Education

2017
This report from Child Trends and the National Center for Children in Poverty includes a definition of early childhood trauma, including different types, a review of the prevalence of early childhood trauma and its effects, and information about the special needs of young children who have experienced trauma. The report offers promising strategies for child care and preschool programs looking to help young children who have endured trauma and presents recommendations of policies that could increase the capacity of ECE providers to help children who have experienced trauma learn and thrive.

Resource Type: 

  • Print

Topic: 

  • Family
  • Teaming and Collaboration
  • Leadership
  • Policy

Types of Diversity: 

  • Children and Families who have Experienced Maltreatment and Trauma

NC Community College Core Course: 

  • Introduction to Early Childhood
  • Child, Family, and Community
  • Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
  • Child Development and Learning