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Early interventions during preschool can benefit young children who have been exposed to trauma, some experts say. “If we put that money at the front end, we will spend less on special education classes for behavior disorder, we will spend less on adolescent substance abuse, we will spend less on gang violence, we will spend less on the juvenile criminal justice system,” clinical psychologist Margret Nickels said.