NEW BRIEF! Screening for Trauma Birth to 5

Gail Yen 1/31/194:33 PM

In light of the Governor's recent budget proposal to invest $45 million into trauma screenings, Children Now wrote a new brief, Screening Kids for Trauma Birth to 5. It highlights the importance of screening for trauma and provides recommendations for the state of California and providers to prevent and treat childhood trauma.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Lishaun Francis: lfrancis@childrennow.org

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Lucy ChaidezMember

Excellent brief which raises important issues!

The document referred to below about screening young children for trauma is an excellent one. Please read if you can! The references that follow the document are great, too. The document asks California to step up to implement trauma-screening policies for our youngest children. Such policies can alleviate physical and mental health illnesses and help to prevent future trauma. We should consider how to implement resilience against trauma in our child care provider training. It can help children’s brains and bodies to overcome trauma they have experienced and also make them more resilient to trauma-caused physical and mental health problems in their adult lives.

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