Using the Core Concepts of Childhood Trauma as a Foundation for Evidence-Based Trauma Therapy of Children and Adolescents.

The Core Concepts of Childhood Trauma and the curriculum devised to teach them, have been created by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. These are meant to provide a conceptual framework as clinicians and other professional approach children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events. The Core Concepts provide a background, not replace evidence-based therapies. In this paper we present the Core Concepts, in brief and in detail, and describe how they can be used in understanding a variety of situations. Training in the Core Concepts of Childhood Trauma curriculum is now widely available for trainees of many professions.