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AFTER THE FACT: The NCTSN's Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress Toolkit for Health Care Providers provides information and worksheets to children who have experienced medical trauma.

Patients with medical complexity undergo a variety of tests, medical interventions, and hospitalizations, which can result in medical trauma. Healthcare practitioners, mental health providers, and families can collaborate to mitigate the effects of medical trauma in medically complex individuals, and improve resilience.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Lauren Agoratus, M.A. is the NJ Coordinator for Family Voices, NJ Regional Coordinator for the Family-to-Family Health Information Center, and Product Development Coordinator for RAISE (Resources for Advocacy, Independence, Self-Determination, and Employment). She also serves as NJ representative for the Caregiver Community Action Network as a volunteer. Nationally, Lauren has served on the Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities transplant committee (antidiscrimination), Center for Health Care Strategies Medicaid Workgroup on Family Engagement, Family Advisor for Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs National Research Network, National Quality Forum-Pediatric Measures Steering Committee, and Population Health for Children with Medical Complexity Project-UCLA. She has written blogs and articles nationally, including publications in two academic journals (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=agoratus+l). Lauren was named a Hero Advocate by Exceptional Parent Magazine (epmagazine.com) Archives June 2022.