A look at ‘toxic stress’ during Child Abuse Prevention Month
By Logan Bagett on Friday, April 9th, 2021 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
JOHN DAY/BURNS – April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Grant Harney County CASA Executive Director Hannah Hinman explains that when a child experiences abuse or neglect, they are undergoing a form of toxic stress, which could lead to further complications in life:
“It might lead to things like lifelong difficulties in learning and self-regulation.
You know, we can teach coping skills, but sthere is something that’s been done to the brain at the architectural level when a child experiences toxic stress.”
Hinman shared this link from Harvard University regarding the effects of toxic stress: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/stress-and-resilience-how-toxic-stress-affects-us-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/.
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