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Understanding Childhood Trauma

Understanding Childhood Trauma

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Featuring Dr. Bruce D. Perry, Chief of Psychiatry at Texas Children's Hospital and founder of the Child Trauma Academy, this comprehensive five-part series presents the latest information on childhood trauma and its causes and effects. This series provides caregivers, teachers, health care providers, and others with observational criteria for identifying traumatic behavior in children and with techniques for intervention.

Closeup on a table with empty beer bottles and landline phones on the table in a home setting. Family gathered and talking as a group in the faded background. Caption. Or sibling, parental abuse, and neglect, divorce.
Understanding Childhood Trauma
Episode 1
44 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Woman follows and watches a young child as they ride a toy tricycle through an apartment parking lot. Caption. It feels better than to feel afraid.
Understanding Childhood Trauma
Episode 2
28 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Young child lying back against pillows and under blankets in bed. Caption. The upset and pain caused by these effects make it natural.
Understanding Childhood Trauma
Episode 3
28 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Woman in floral dress grabs the arm of a man in blue button up shirt and khaki slacks as he walks around a sofa away from her toward a closed white door. Caption. And very often have cut off whole parts of themselves.
Understanding Childhood Trauma
Episode 4
28 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Woman with curly blonde hair wearing a brown and tan blouse bends down to look at a male student's work on his desk. Caption. Can disrupt a teacher's lesson plan.
Understanding Childhood Trauma
Episode 5
28 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Closeup of a baby with short brown hair wearing a white shirt with lace sleeves and opening its mouth, revealing 2 lower teeth. Caption. If not, the child will be unable.
Understanding Childhood Trauma
Episode 6
Grade Level: PT/TT
Closeup side view of a toddler with curly blonde hair and a blue and white tank top looking up. An adult's leg with black shorts is slightly visible to the right. Caption. We didn't know what it was.
Understanding Childhood Trauma
Episode 7
28 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT
Hallway looking into 2 open doors at the end. 1 blonde woman holds a young child, another carries a white box, and 2 children sit leaning against a wall. Caption. Effective treatment of traumatized children.
Understanding Childhood Trauma
Episode 8
28 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: PT/TT