Impact of Trauma on Pediatric Population

When trauma affects a developing brain, the impact can look like ADHD, anxiety, behavioral challenges, or something else entirely. Are you confident you can recognize the difference—and respond with the right intervention at the right developmental stage?

This dynamic course gives clinicians a practical, neurobiologically informed framework for understanding pediatric trauma and translating that knowledge into effective, age-appropriate care.

You’ll learn how to:

• Distinguish clinical trauma from typical childhood stress by understanding changes in the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex

• Recognize overlapping symptoms of trauma, ADHD, and anxiety to reduce the risk of misdiagnosis

• Understand how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can affect development and identify relational protective factors that foster resilience

• Match interventions to a child’s age, developmental stage, and cognitive abilities

• Explore evidence-based approaches ranging from dyadic attachment therapies and caregiver strategies to TF-CBT, EMDR, and somatic modalities

• Translate neuroscience into practical clinical strategies you can use immediately

Move beyond symptom recognition to understanding what’s happening beneath the surface.

Gain the clinical insight to recognize trauma more accurately, strengthen diagnostic decision-making, support caregivers, and select interventions that meet children where they are developmentally.

Enroll today and transform your approach to recognizing, understanding, and treating pediatric trauma across the lifespan.

North Dakota Professionals Coupon Code: NDKIDS

This effort is associated with North Dakota’s Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Grant, funded by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), administered through the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services – Behavioral Health Division.