addiction treatment. (7) Findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have shown that adverse childhood experiences predispose children towards negative trajectories from infancy through adolescence. Followup representative studies have shown the long-range impact of early trauma exposure on adult health conditions, including heart disease, asthma, and mental health. (8) According to a subsequent study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults who had been exposed to multiple adverse childhood experiences were significantly more likely to be unemployed, to be living in poverty, and not to have graduated high school than adults who had zero adverse childhood experiences. (9) According to a 2008 finding by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, educators who work directly with traumatized children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to secondary traumatic stress, experiencing burnout, fatigue, irritability, and other symptoms, and can be supported through early recognition of that stress, self-care, and trauma-informed support systems. (10) Findings from a 2012 study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included an estimate that the total lifetime burden of child maltreatment cases that occur each year in the United States, including medical, welfare, and criminal justice costs, is $124,000,000,000. (11) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, only half of children ages 8 through 15 with a mental disorder had received treatment for their disorder within the past year. Children with anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder were the least likely to be treated, with only 32.2 percent having received treatment for a mental disorder in the past year. (12) According to a 2014 report of the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies entitled New Directions in Child Abuse