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Knowing how trauma affects a young person is crucial before imposing after-school detention, time-out or a week in jail. File Photo

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Use the T-word: Trauma Matters, Must Be Treated

Without an understanding of trauma—what often lies beneath the surface of a child who was taken out of an abusive home or a teenager in juvenile detention—the wounds won't heal.

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