The Effects of Complex Trauma on Youth: Implications for School Discipline and Court-Involved Youth

From the summary:

“It is critical for judicial officers, attorneys, probation officers, child welfare, and other professionals who work with youth to be knowledgeable about the impact of trauma on children’s development and on their emotional, behavioral, and cognitive functioning. Understanding trauma and the potential impacts on children who come before the juvenile and family courts can help identify children who have experienced trauma and allow the systems involved with those children to make decisions that will best address the child’s needs. Use of a trauma-informed approach may also help to prevent further traumatization of children by the courts, schools, child welfare, and other involved systems.”