Crisis Intervention Using the NASP PREPaRE Model (2nd ed.)

Evaluate Psychological Trauma
Assessment Variables
Variable 4c: Developmental Variations
ii. School-age children
1. Reactions tend to be more directly connected to crisis event.
2. Event-specific fears may be displayed.
3. Reactions are often expressed behaviorally.
4. Feelings associated with the traumatic stress are often expressed
via physical symptoms.
5. Trauma-related play becomes more complex and elaborate.
6. Repetitive verbal descriptions of the event.
7. Problems paying attention.
Note. American Psychiatric Association (2000); Berkowitz (2003); Cook-Cottone (2004); Dulmus (2003);
Joshi & Lewin (2004); Yorbik et al. (2004).