Family counselors working cross-culturally with children with traumatic injuries and their families assist them through the psychosocial stages of adjustment from a developmental and cultural perspective. Combining a developmental and cultural focus in family counseling with traumatically injured children provides the family counselor with an effective framework for selecting appropriately timed interventions.
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