Trauma in Dual Status Youth: Putting Things in Perspective (2015)

Practitioners in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems are aware that the children and youth they serve have likely experienced adverse and traumatic events sometime in their young lives. Behavioral and neuroscience research has begun to provide a picture of the potential for early trauma to negatively influence the development of children both psychologically and neurologically. Traumatic experiences can have significant impact on the mental health, physical health, and behavior of children and youth whom practitioners work to protect, treat, and rehabilitate.