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Child and Adolescent Trauma – Caregiver

Who is this quiz for?

This quiz is intended for caregivers of children from ages 3-17 who have experienced scary, stressful, or traumatic events. To the best of your knowledge, answer these questions about your child’s experience.

How do you take this quiz?

Stressful or scary events happen to many children. Below is a list of stressful and scary events that sometimes happen. Thinking about the scary or stressful events that have happened to your child, mark how often the following things have happened to your child in the last two weeks.

  • Serious natural disaster like a flood, tornado, hurricane, earthquake, or fire.
  • Serious accident or injury like a car/bike crash, dog bite, sports injury. 
  • Robbed by threat, force, or weapon. 
  • Slapped, punched, or beat up in the family. 
  • Slapped, punched, or beat up by someone not in the family. 
  • Seeing someone in the family get slapped, punched, or beat up. 
  • Seeing someone in the community get slapped, punched, or beat up. 
  • Someone older touching his/her private parts when they shouldn’t. 
  • Someone forcing or pressuring sex, or when s/he couldn’t say no. 
  • Someone close to the child dying suddenly or violently. 
  • Attacked, stabbed, shot at, or hurt badly. 
  • Seeing someone attacked, stabbed, shot at, hurt badly, or killed. 
  • Stressful or scary medical procedure. 
  • Being around war.
  • Other stressful or scary events
Upsetting thoughts or images about a stressful event. Or re-enacting a stressful event in play.
Bad dreams related to a stressful event.
Acting, playing or feeling as if a stressful event is happening right now.
Feeling very emotionally upset when reminded of a stressful event.
Strong physical reactions when reminded of a stressful event (sweating, heart beating fast).
Trying not to remember, talk about or have feelings about a stressful event.
Avoiding activities, people, places or things that are reminders of a stressful event.
Not being able to remember an important part of a stressful event.
Negative changes in how s/he thinks about self, others or the world after a stressful event.
Thinking a stressful event happened because s/he or someone else did something wrong or did not do enough to stop it.
Having very negative emotional states (afraid, angry, guilty, ashamed).
Losing interest in activities s/he enjoyed before a stressful event. Including not playing as much.
Feeling distant or cut off from people around her/him.
Not showing or reduced positive feelings (being happy, having loving feelings).
Being irritable. Or having angry outbursts without a good reason and taking it out on other people or things.
Risky behavior or behavior that could be harmful.
Being overly alert or on guard.
Being jumpy or easily startled.
Problems with concentration.
Trouble falling or staying asleep.

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If you or someone you love are considering harming themselves, please contact emergency services by calling 911 or going to your nearest emergency room. You can also reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.

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