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PROCESSING TRAUMA in Elementary School

Signs of traumatic stress reactions might manifest as significant changes in behavior or developmental regression in younger elementary school-aged children. Older elementary-aged children may also regress to previously mastered developmental stages or start to show externalizing or internalizing signs.

Externalizing behaviors that are not typical for your child could indicate that they are dealing with a situation that

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