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Creating Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Systems ... - Pal-Tech

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What Is <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Trauma</strong>tic Stress?• <strong>Child</strong> traumatic stress refers to the physicaland emotional responses of a child to eventsthat threaten the life or physical integrity ofthe child or of someone critically important tothe child (such as a parent or sibling).SDM Safety Threats• <strong>Trauma</strong>tic events overwhelm a child’scapacity to cope and elicit feelings of terror,powerlessness, and out-of-controlphysiological arousal.21Live Well, San Diego!21

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