ASSIGNMENT | Critical issues in Early Childhood education/trauma Informed care

Please write a research paper on the topic Trauma Informed Care in Early Childhood Education.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Introduction
Understanding traumatic experiences among children continues to be one of the complex situations especially in early childhood education. One reason as to why this challenge exists is the difficulty in judging whether a child has been traumatized or not. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) report indicate that 26% of children in the US will witness or experience a traumatic incident before they are age 4 (Chafouleas, Johnson, Overstreet & Santos, 2016). These statistics indicate that childhood trauma is quite common as close to two thirds of children in US undergo traumatic events such as neglect or abuse, death of a loved one as well as community violence. This shocking revelation provides the reason as to why understanding trauma informed care is important in early childhood learning.
According to SAMHSA, trauma informed care should entail realizing the prevalent effect of trauma as well as prospective paths for recovery, identify the…