States and Early Childhood Systems Can Improve Trauma-Informed Approaches to Address Mental-Health Challenges for Young Children in Immigrant Families

WASHINGTON – There is growing recognition that infants and toddlers can be profoundly affected by traumatic experiences, with research firmly disproving that they are too young to feel these effects. As a result, the early childhood education and care (ECEC) field and policymakers are becoming more cognizant of the need for early childhood programs to take a trauma-informed approach in providing services to young children.