Section outline

    1. Why is working with children/adolescents different from working with adults? 
    2. Inequality and inequity as key contexts for understanding the impact of trauma across multiple domains
    3. Moving away from diagnosis to emphasis on impact across developmental domains:  The impact of traumatic stress on development reconsidered
    4. The ACEs studies: Strengths and limitations of the studies
    5. Review the ACE pyramid and the Pair of ACES Tree: Social work emphasis on holistic view of the person in the context of broader environmental factors and influences
    6. Time to meet in groups for your project will be given in this class.

    Engage, Reflect and Create:

    1. Small Group Discussion:  As a group, discuss the multiple developmental domains potentially impacted by childhood traumatic stress.  In your small groups, individually spend time filling out the worksheet on multiple ways that complex trauma impact child/adolescent development.  Take turns in your group presenting your work to each other.