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Developmental Trauma

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The impact on a child of repeated experiences of abuse and/or neglect, that started early in life and occurred within the family by adults who had the role of caring for or protecting the child. It can leave a child feeling helpless, unsafe and out of control, finding it hard to trust safe and protective caregivers in later childhood.

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