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    Complex Trauma – Easy Read Fact Sheets

    By Blue Knot Foundation

    Easy Read
    Help & Support
    Types of Violence

    The Blue Knot Foundation has made a lot of easy read fact sheets.

    These fact sheets tell you about complex trauma, like childhood trauma and abuse.


    The fact sheets are for

    • people who have experienced trauma and

    • people who support others through trauma.


    The fact sheets you can find on this page are

    1. information about how to support adults with experiences of complex childhood trauma

    2. information about trauma-informed principles and how to use them

    3. information about the differences between a trauma response and a stress response

    4. information about how complex trauma can affect emotions, arousal and disassociation

    5. information about coping strategies

    6. information about the possible impacts of complex childhood trauma

    7. information about healing and recovery from complex trauma