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This article presents a framework for understanding the developmental significance of violence-related trauma in the lives of young children. It emphasizes the importance of the distinction between acute and chronic trauma. Acute trauma is more readily dealt with through "psychological first aid" and a "therapy of reassurance." Chronic trauma requires a more systematic reconstruction of the child's "social map" of the world. The socioeconomic and demographic correlates of violent trauma predict an accumulation of risk factors in the child's life that compounds the problem of developmental disability. The problem community violence poses for the child must be understood in the larger context of greater risk for family disruption (including less than secure attachment) as well as domestic violence, poverty, and minority group status. The increasing incidence and prevalence of community violence poses a major challenge to the mental health of children. R&SUME: Cet article presente un plan pour la comprehensionpour ce qui concerne le developpementde traumatismes lies a la violence chez les jeunes enfants. Nous mettons plus particulierement l'accent sur la distinction entre le traumatisme severe et le traumatisme chronique. Le traumatisme severe est plus rapidement trait6 grlce aux "soins d'urgence psychologiques" et a la "therapie de reconfort." Le traumatisme
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