It Takes a State: Best Practices for Children Exposed to Trauma

Nationally, the percentage of youth exposed to some form of trauma is high, ranging from 8 to 53 percent (Copeland, Keeler, Angold, & Costello, 2007; Finkelhor, Ormrod, Turner, & Hamby, 2005; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2010). Studies have reported that approximately 20 percent of children exposed to trauma later develop symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; Fletcher, 2002) that may linger over time or develop into...