Is professional advice needed?

A child can show a wide range of responses after a stressful event. Most children and adolescents show psychological symptoms which normally decrease of their own accord within a few weeks.

Use these questions to check whether professional advice could be helpful for you or your child. If your child has specific symptoms, you will find tips how to handle them. Please make sure that you use the Trauma Check not before at least 5 days have passed since the traumatic event.

How children react and how parents´ deal with this depend on the age of the child, so please choose a button to get to the right questions for you.