When children deal with trauma, Dr. Marty Schwartzman said their response can show up in many different ways.
“Through anxiety depression, conduct problems, sleep problems,” Schwartzman said.
It’s a topic he’s come to know well through his decades with Bridges Healthcare, where he’s the chief of program operations. And now, Bridges will have trauma treatment in West Haven and Milford public schools.
“It is about seeing children, in the schools, during the school day, using research-based practices to treat them for symptoms of trauma that they’ve experienced,” he said.
The trauma can come from anywhere in a young person’s life. And many may have lingering issues post-pandemic.
“With remote learning, with isolation with financial problems, with families. They all have impacts,” Schwartzman said.
The group was awarded an annual federal grant of $600,000 for the next five years. It will fund the “Supporting Our Students” project, which will bring in six behavioral health specialists to four schools across West …