 Significance: This will be the first study to screen for depression, anxiety, and trauma mental health symptoms in youth with T1DM within the west Texas - eastern New Mexico geographic region served by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center TTUHSC. Additionally, self-reported parenting behaviors and parenting styles will be identified. Gender and racial differences among the participants will be analyzed with respect to parent reported parenting style. The robust Latino population, combined with the rural community setting provides a unique perspective regarding measured outcomes. Furthermore, amidst the wave of implementation of trauma-informed care services across the United States, the field calls for a closer look at the traumatic experiences resulting from type I diabetes complications, many of which can be life threatening, and have been found to lead to traumatic stress symptomatology. The data collected in this study may serve to inform future directions regarding screening protocols and interventions created to address these issues and subsequently impact diabetes control and complications among this population. 