In this article, Maria Poyser looks at the relevance of religious education (RE) to looked-after young people who have been labelled emotionally and behaviourally disturbed (EBD). She begins by painting an overall picture of the education of looked-after young people and examines the concept of what being looked after means. The article highlights the problem of a disproportionate number of looked-after young people ending up in special schools catering for EBD children and challenges schools to look at ways of preventing this. It poses the question: are these children emotionally and behaviourally disturbed or in fact the victims of post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD). The writer goes on to examine the fact that trauma does not have to be a life sentence. It has the potential to be one of the most significant forces for psychological, social, and spiritual awakening and evolution.