Age-Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event

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Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them.

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Published in 2010


Describe cómo reaccionan los niños más pequeños, los escolares y los adolescentes ante acontecimientos traumáticos y ofrece sugerencias para que padres y cuidadores los puedan ayudar y apoyar.

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Published in 2020


Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them.

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Published in 2021


Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them.

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Published in 2021


Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them. Translated in 2022.

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Published in 2021


Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them. Translated in 2022.

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Published in 2021


Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them. Translated in 2022.

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Published in 2021


Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them. Translated March 2022.

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Published in 2022


Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them. Translated in 2023.

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Published in 2023


Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them. Translated 2023.

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Published in 2023


Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them. Translated in 2023.

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Published in 2024

Other Resources

Explains how children of different ages may react to traumatic events and offers simple strategies for parents, caregivers, and communities to provide support and promote healing.

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Published in 2025