How many people would say something if they saw a harsh interaction between a parent and child at a grocery store, at a park or elsewhere? How many people would recognize distress in a child or adult related to something that happened in childhood?
More than two-thirds of children report experiencing at least one traumatic event by age 16, studies show, and health experts, caregivers, teachers and others gathered for a workshop Wednesday to find how best to help both children and their parents cope and avoid trauma.
“Trauma can be neglect or abuse, and it can also be something like a death in the family or an injury,” said Dr. Magna Dias, medical director of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Care Network at AtlantiCare.
“They have the potential to cause long-term emotional, physical and psychological impacts,” Dias said.
Dias made opening remarks to a crowd of 200 physicians, nurses, medical staff, social workers, counselors, teachers, youth organizers and others who attended CHOP and AtlantiCare’s workshop, “Working with Children: The Importance of Understanding Trauma.”
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