The three behaviors that might indicate a child has experienced trauma are “early aggressive behavior” (DHSS) in which the child may hit, kick or hurt other children physically. Post-traumatic play in which “young children often reenact aspects of the trauma in their play” (Lally, 2006, p.79) such as “hitting the doll for misbehaving, engaging in this behavior repeatedly and with much high emotional intensity.” (Lally, 2006, p.79) and losing developmental gain (Lally, 2006, p.82) in which a young child will regress into baby talk when they have achieved child speech or “stop showing joy, spontaneity, pleasure in learning and interest in exploration.” (Lally, 2006, p.82) in where they regressed from that of which they knew. Early identification
