The booklet "How trauma affects children and young people" is designed for frontline professionals and caregivers detailing what trauma is, how it affects children, and what are the effects of trauma on children, risk (vulnerability) factors, protective (resilience) factors, resilience framework and how to apply it, as well as common barriers to helping vulnerable children, including societal barriers.

More documents provided by WACIT are available on the link below.

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Priya Patel, Panos Vostanis
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13
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