Childhood Trauma Theory

Research Analyzing in depth material on the effects that childhood trauma has on the social development of adults concluded alarming statistics. According to Mental Health Connection of Tarrant County Trauma Statistics, throughout the average person's lifetime, 60% of adult report having a family, sexual, or some form of a traumatic childhood event occur (2012). That is a potential indicator that about 60% of adults that could suffer from traumatic childhood events that affect their social development. According to Epidemiology of Traumatic Experiences in Childhood by Zachary W. Adams and Benjamin E. Saunders, about 28% of children before the age of 4 year old have witnessed or experienced a traumatic event (2015). While most adults, especially

The Social Work Policy Institute defines evidence based practice as “ a process involving creating an answerable question based on a client or organizational need, locating the best available evidence to answer the question, evaluating the quality of the evidence as well as its applicability, applying the evidence, and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the solution. EBP is a process in which the practitioner combines well-researched interventions with clinical experience, ethics, client preferences, and culture to guide and inform the delivery of treatments and services” (2008). Child Welfare Information Gateway conducted research on Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development. To further investigate the social development of adults suffering from childhood trauma and gain an indepth view on why it is affected mimicking their study would provide ultimum results. How social development occurs biologically would be the first concept covered in the research to define exactly what social development is referring to. Trauma would then be defined. The research will be observational research, non-experimental. Advertising in social welfare institutions and on social media will be used to recruit about 25 participants that will be select for through survey method. The participants will be observed for a year in their natural setting and asked to keep journal entries to monitor the progress of their social interactions and decision making. Desired demographics will consist of individuals who have experienced childhood trauma, must be seeing someone to resolve trauma, aged 18-65, and all gender, sex, religions, and ethnicities are welcomed to participate. A couple of strengths of this research design include providing information directly related to childhood trauma and social development, a hands on approach, and promotion of evidence-based practice. A few