Developmental Trauma: The Invisible Loop

In this blog, we explore what developmental trauma looks like and what parents, carers and professionals can do to help. Our experience working with children who have experienced early trauma shows that they are often misdiagnosed and misunderstood by professionals, family, and friends.

These children are often labeled as naughty, autistic, ADHD, or having behavioral problems. The purpose of this article is to help the adults around the child understand their behavior and hidden needs from a trauma-informed perspective. Research shows that trauma can affect an unborn child, and toxic stress in the early years can have a similar effect.

Developmental trauma can result from situations such as abusive relationships, divorce, medical procedures, and emotional and physical neglect. A baby's first eight weeks have the greatest impact on its later well-being. Research shows that children who have experienced significant trauma do not feel safe and appear to fight, fight, freeze, or collapse to deal with the real and imagined threats they face. Even when they move to a safe environment, their survival responses do not shut down.

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