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Complex Trauma: In Urban African-American Children, Youth, and Families

NCTSN Resource

Resource Description

Discusses how families living in racially and economically segregated communities must also cope with the effects of historical trauma and intergenerational racism, and presents the specific barriers that African-Americans face in obtaining needed services. This fact sheet presents ideas for providers on building supportive relationships with African-American children and families who have experienced complex trauma.

Published in 2017