SYMPTOMS OF TRAUMA

The behaviors caused by trauma sometimes depend on a child’s age when the symptoms appear. However, some symptoms can affect all children, including:

• Major changes in eating or sleeping
• Nightmares
• Anger or rage
• Unreasonable fear
• Unusually strong startle reactions

 

Click on the links below to learn how to recognize trauma in children of different ages.

Birth to Age 2

3 to 5 (preschool)

6 to 12 (elementary school)

13-18 (middle and high school)