By Mark Eichmann, WHYY, July 26, 2019
When a child experiences trauma like a domestic violence incident at home, the impact on their life can last weeks, months or even years. It can also have an immediate effect on their success in the classroom.
Gov. Carney signed a law on Friday that’s designed to provide more support for those students — immediately following a traumatic incident. The Take Care Delaware law calls for police or emergency care providers to inform school officials if a student is involved in or present at the scene of a traumatic event.
“Our children in this generation are faced with new and unique and novel challenges that we’re still trying to figure out how best to deal with,” said state Rep. Sean Lynn who sponsored the legislation. “This bill gives us an opportunity to look out for, and using the parlance of the bill, take care of children who are involved in trauma-related incidents.”
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