Trauma early in life can significantly impair children’s development, mental health, and learning, placing them at risk
for poor mental and physical health problems throughout life. Young children experience trauma more often, and are
more vulnerable to its harmful eects, than older children. Early childhood education (ECE) programs regularly work with
traumatized children and their families, often without adequate training in trauma-informed care (TIC). Implementing TIC
in ECE can increase the chances that young traumatized children recover, thrive, and enter kindergarten ready to learn.
This article discusses specific approaches to TIC in ECE and related implications for the field.
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