Does a traumatic event damage a child for life?
Catherine Gallagher Clinical Practice Manager Start confirms that a traumatic event does not change a child for life. Trauma is an injury, a wound - wounds heal. Sam MacGibbon Child and Family Psychologist notes that trauma is not the event, and talks about the need to move on and grow. They talk about resilience.
Resources
Supporting your child or young person after a traumatic event
https://www.victimsupport.org.nz/resources?resources-categories=supporting-children-and-young-people
Resources to help understand and heal Developmental Trauma
https://beaconhouse.org.uk/resources/
Practice Approach: Trauma lens for children and young people Iceberg Model
https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/222652/Iceberg-Model.pdf
What survival looks like at home
https://beaconhouse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/What-Survival-Looks-Like-At-Home.pdf
Parenting a child who has experienced trauma
https://www.childwelfare.gov/resources/parenting-child-who-has-experienced-trauma/
Fact sheet for caregivers
https://www.isst-d.org/public-resources-home/child-adolescent-fact-sheet-for-caregivers/