A series of five webinars and community discussions that offer information and assistance on how to support young children and
families who have experienced traumatic events, including the collective experience of COVID-19, is being offered.

Session #1: Tackling Trauma: Understanding and Identifying Early Childhood Trauma in Our Changing World
Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 12:00-1:30pm CT
• Even very young children can experience trauma. Their limited capacity to use language often makes the identification of
trauma and recognizing its impact on the child difficult. Throughout the last couple of years, the collective experience of
COVID-19 has introduced challenges to providing the essential ingredients for children to develop on a healthy trajectory,
often exacerbating or creating other traumatic experiences or resulting in a lack of resources to help identify and heal
from trauma. This 1½ hour webinar provides a basic overview of early childhood trauma, including definitions, impacts,
and symptoms of trauma in young children. It also includes some strategies that are effective in supporting young
children and their families or caregivers who have experienced trauma.