Discusses ways to better engage adolescents who have experienced trauma in treatment.
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Offers an introduction to issues regarding engaging adolescents in treatment that providers must consider when treating adolescents with symptoms of both traumatic stress and substance use.
Offers activities and a scenario for youth who have been ill or injured to help understand what it is they might be feeling.
Offers ways to support children and talk to them about COVID-19.
Date: April 13, 2026
Author: Trauma Systems Therapy Training Center
Time: 5 minute read
As recognition has grown about the prevalence and impact of trauma on young children, more age-appropriate treatment approaches have been developed and tested for this population. These interventions share many of the same core components.
Children whose families and homes do not provide consistent safety, comfort, and protection may develop ways of coping that allow them to survive and function day to day.
Child sex trafficking is a severe form of trauma exposure that may have significant immediate and long-term impacts for survivors.
To limit the spread of a public health outbreak, individuals will be encouraged to keep their distance from others and avoid interacting if there are any signs of illness.
The primary mission of schools is to support students in educational achievement. To reach this goal, children must feel safe, supported, and ready to learn. Children exposed to violence and trauma may not feel safe or ready to learn.