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Why the nation should screen all students for trauma like California does

  • Written by Sunny Shin, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
The effects of childhood trauma can be long-lasting.shutterstock.com/lightspring

As the first person to hold the new role of Surgeon General of California, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is pushing an unprecedented plan to implement universal screenings for childhood trauma within the state’s schools.

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