As I write this the planet is in the grasp of a global pandemic in which 28 million individuals have become ill and nearly one million have died. This event has changed the lives of nearly everyone in the world. By the time you read this it is my sincere hope that there are effective vaccines and ample quantities to address this catastrophe. I feel the pandemic has been able to put the focus of this book into perspective. As terrible and heartbreaking as the COVID 19 pandemic has been, the impact of trauma on the children of the world has been and continues to be much greater. However, unlike the pandemic crisis that headlines the news, children living with trauma is a hidden crisis that only catches the attention of media and world leaders periodically and that attention is sadly not sustained, and no vaccine will address this hidden crisis