The focus of this All Party Parliamentary Group Meeting was the Cost of Childhood Trauma with some excellent presentations:
The impact of trauma on infants and in the early years
Judith Rees
Director, For Baby’s Sake Trust
The impact of unresolved trauma on education
Dr Jon Reid
Senior Lecturer in Child Development and Special Educational Needs (SEN)/ Inclusion, Oxford Brookes
Unresolved childhood trauma and mental health
Dr Rachel Hiller
Child Trauma and Recovery Research Group, UCL
Unresolved childhood trauma and the criminal justice system
David Jones
Psychotherapist in Prisons, Health and Social Care
More information is available in the Briefing Papers provided for the meeting.