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Trauma is the result of an overwhelming event that interrupts normal behavior. Children can be traumatized in many ways: by sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse or neglect. Children can also be traumatized by significant losses (death or separation), accidents, injuries, and house fires or by witnessing violence.
Children also react to trauma in different ways. It’s important to get help, because children in counseling are less likely to have ongoing problems with trust, anger, fear, worry, self esteem, depression and sadness.
Child Guidance & Family Solutions can help your child and your family effectively cope with the trauma of an overwhelming event so that it doesn’t lead to ongoing continued unhappiness and problems in interpersonal relationships.
Different ways children may react to trauma
Children react to trauma in a variety of ways. Below are some, but not all, of the behaviors that can signal a child trying unsuccessfully to cope with trauma:
· Becoming quiet and withdrawn
· Exhibiting nervous or irritable behavior
· Becoming clingy
· Showing signs of depression
· Acting or reacting with anger
· Becoming rebellious
· Exhibiting behavior that is unmanageable
· Having nightmares or sleep disturbances
· Having difficulty paying attention/grades suffering
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