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How Educators Can Help Children Exposed to Trauma
November 28, 2005
Catherine Ayoub co-director, Risk & Prevention Project, HGSE
William Beardslee professor, child psychiatry, HMS
Jesse Howes clinician, Children's Trauma Recovery Foundation
Kathleen McCartney professor, education, Harvard
Gerald S. Lesser professor, early childhood dev, HGSE

This forum, specially designed for school leaders, teachers, counselors, and community interventionists, discusses potential student and family reactions to trauma, as well as immediate and sustained ways for assisting in their continued emotional and educational development. The panelists discuss how, in the wake of traumatic events, educators often grapple with understanding and responding to the needs of affected children.

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