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Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Children
How abuse and neglect in childhood impact social and emotional development. Includes advice for caregivers who want to help maltreated children. By Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, et. al., at Scholastic Inc.

Child Abuse - The Hidden Bruises
Briefly explains the symptoms an abused child may display and why early identification is important. From the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Child Trauma Institute
Maintained by Ricky Greenwald, PsyD, this Web site contains a wealth of information for parents, researchers, and professionals on the recognition and treatment of trauma in children.

Children in Natural Disaster
A research article on the impact of the 1988 Earthquake in Armenia. By Anait Azarian, PhD, ETS, & Vitali Skriptchenko-Gregorian, PhD from the The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, Inc. (1998)

Children's Response to Exposure to Traumatic Events
Description and discussion of a study conducted after Hurricane Marilyn hit the Virgin Islands. By Richard D. Allen & William Rosse in Quick Response Reports (1998) at the Natural Hazards Center.

Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters
A set of resources for teachers and youth workers designed to prepare them for helping children who have survived disasters. A teacher's guide and activities for children. From the University of Illinois Extension Disaster Resources.

The Child's Loss: Death, Grief and Mourning
Advice for caregivers on helping children who have been exposed to traumatic death. By Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, & Jana Rubenstein, MEd, LPC, at Scholastic Inc.

The Effects of a "Benign" Disaster
A study of PTSD symptoms in children following a series of volcanic eruptions. By Kevin R. Ronan in the Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies (1996).

Helping Children After a Disaster
How to act around children after a disaster and how to be aware of PTSD symptoms. From the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Principles of Working with Traumatized Children
Excellent advice for parents, caregivers and teachers, including how to talk to and behave with a traumatized child. By Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, at Scholastic Inc.

Study of PTSD in Children Involved in Traffic Accidents
Results of a 12-month study which found that 1 in 3 children involved in car accidents experienced PTSD 6 weeks after the accident -- but many are not being properly treated. By Paul Stallard, et. al., in the British Medical Journal. Dec 1998

PTSD in Children and Adolescents
Causes, effects and symptoms of PTSD in children. A fact sheet from the National Center for PTSD.

Responding to Child Sexual Abuse
What to do and say if a child tells you that he/she has been sexually abused. From the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Understanding Childhood Trauma
Explains the causes of trauma; delayed traumatic reactions; and symptoms of trauma as well as how to resolve a traumatic reaction and how to heal past trauma. By Peter Levine, PhD, of The Foundation for Human Enrichment.