NCJ Number
173272
Date Published
1994
Length
108 pages
Annotation
This document contains children's drawings on images and fantasies they experience after a trauma that reflect the chaos, panic, and terror that parents and professionals must learn to recognize and respond to in order to help children develop normally, and the document also presents a trauma-specific interview process.
Abstract
The document increases awareness about trauma reactions children experience, demonstrates ways children view themselves and their lives following traumatic experiences, dispels myths about children being too young to experience post-traumatic stress, details a trauma-specific interview process, and provides information for use by parents about the needs of traumatized children. Chapters focus on four areas: (1) traumatic losses and traumatic reactions; (2) stories of children who have suffered trauma, including family murder, sexual victimization, physical abuse, divorce, a fatal car accident, and multiple traumas; (3) the interview process with children; and (4) what parents need to know. Additional information on the impact of trauma on children and families is appended. References and figures