Types of Trauma

Historical trauma

• refers to childrens experiences or multiple traumatic events that occur within the primary caregiving system

• Refers to the stressful impact or emotional pain experienced as a result of witnessing or experiencing racism, discrimination, or structural prejudice

• Results from prolonged events or experiences that have an impact across generations within a group or community

• Refers to when someone important to the child dies

Racial trauma

• Results from prolonged events or experiences that have an impact across generations within a group or community

• Refers to the stressful impact or emotional pain experienced as a result of witnessing or experiencing racism, discrimination, or structural prejudice

• refers to children's experiences or multiple traumatic events that occur within the primary caregiving system

• Results from events or experiences that affect one family across two or more generations and are transmitted through family norms, beliefs, habits, and genetics

Intergenerational trauma

• Refers to when someone important to the child dies

• Refers to the stressful impact or emotional pain experienced as a result of witnessing or experiencing racism, discrimination, or structural prejudice

• refers to children's experiences or multiple traumatic events that occur within the primary caregiving system

• Results from events or experiences that affect one family across two or more generations and are transmitted through family norms, beliefs, habits, and genetics

Childhood bereavement

• Refers to when someone important to the child dies

• Refers to children's experiences or multiple traumatic events that occur within the primary caregiving system

• Refers to the loss of a caregiver for varying lengths of time due to circumstances other than death

• Results from events or experiences that affect one family across two or more generations and are transmitted through family norms, beliefs, habits, and genetics

Traumatic separation

• refers to children's experiences or multiple traumatic events that occur within the primary caregiving system

• Results from prolonged events or experiences that have an impact across generations within a group or community

• Refers to the loss of a caregiver for varying lengths of time due to circumstances other than death

• Refers to the stressful impact or emotional pain experienced as a result of witnessing or experiencing racism, discrimination, or structural prejudice

Complex Trauma

• Refers to child's experiences of multiple traumatic events that occur within the primary caregiving system

• Refers to when someone important to the child dies

• Results from prolonged events or experiences that have an impact across generations within a group or community

• Refers to the stressful impact or emotional pain experienced as a result of witnessing or experiencing racism, discrimination, or structural prejudice