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Pediatric primary care providers are well positioned to manage trauma in the primary care setting. The trusting, longitudinal relationships providers have with children and their families make them the ideal provider to screen, assess, and intervene. Educating, establishing safety for the child and family, providing techniques to manage difficult behaviors, educating the school, and coordinating further care for the family and child can profoundly help children and their families access appropriate and timely interventions. Childhood trauma, intimate partner violence, neglect, sexual abuse, or household dysfunction impact youth across all ethnic groups, gender identity, socioeconomic status, and ages. Families, communities, and society are all enriched if trauma can be prevented or treated before symptoms have lifelong consequences.
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Durham, M.P. (2018). Trauma. In: Vinson, S., Vinson, E. (eds) Pediatric Mental Health for Primary Care Providers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90350-7_3
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