NCTSN Resource
Impacto Psicológico y Conductual del Trauma: Niños Preescolares
Type: Fact Sheet
Describes the psychological and behavioral impact of trauma on preschool children.
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School Personnel
Research suggests that approximately 25% of American children will experience at least one traumatic event by the age of 16. A child's reactions to trauma can interfere considerably with learning and/or behavior at school. Schools serve as a critical system of support for children who have experienced trauma. Administrators, teachers, and staff can help reduce the effects of trauma on children by recognizing trauma responses, accommodating and responding to traumatized students within the classroom, and referring children to outside professionals when necessary. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed tools and materials to help educators, school staff, and administrators understand and respond to the specific needs of traumatized children. In addition to the NCTSN resources highlighted below, School Personnel can learn more about creating trauma-informed schools in the Trauma-Informed Care section of this website.
NCTSN Resource
Sugerencias para Educadores
Type: Tip Sheet
Offers suggestions for educators about what can be done at a school to help a traumatized child. This tip sheet, a part of Caja de Herramientas Para Educadores Para el Manejo de Trauma Infantil, describes very practical ways to help children who have experienced trauma while at school.
NCTSN Resource
Traumatic Grief in Military Children: Information for Educators
Type: Fact Sheet
Provides educators with information about traumatic grief in military children.
NCTSN Resource
Guidance for School Personnel: Students Who had a Loved One Die in The Earthquake
Type: Resource Guide
Provides information for teachers and school personnel about children and teens who have had a loved one die in an earthquake.
NCTSN Resource
Culture and Trauma Brief: Cultural and Family Differences in Children's Sexual Education and...
Type: Fact Sheet
Describes the cultural and family differences in children’s sexual education and knowledge.
NCTSN Resource
Suggestions for Educators (Helping Traumatized Children in School)
Type: Tip Sheet
Offers suggestions to educators about what can be done at a school to help a traumatized child. This tip sheet describes very practical ways school staff can help children who have experienced trauma.
NCTSN Resource
Teacher Guidelines for Helping Students after a Hurricane
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers teachers guidance on helping students after a hurricane. This fact sheet describes common reactions students may have, how teachers and school staff can help them, as well as self-care for school personnel.
NCTSN Resource
Children of War: A Video for Educators
Type: Video
Includes a segment from the play Children of War and a documentary about the scope and impact of refugee trauma and its consequences for youth in schools.
NCTSN Resource
Children of War: A Video for Educators Resource Guide
Type: Resource Guide
Accompanies the Children of War video and includes discussion questions, suggestions about ways schools and teachers can help refugee students and families, and provides information on the effects of traumatic stress on school performance.
NCTSN Resource
Gid pou pwofesè kap vle ede elèv aprè tranbleman de tè (in Creole)
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers teachers guidance on helping students after an earthquake. This fact sheet describes common reactions students may have, how teachers and school staff can help them, as well as self-care after an earthquake.
Partner-In Resource
Trauma ScreenTIME
Type: Website
Provides staff in child-serving systems with best practices for trauma screening.