
All NCTSN Resources
The following resources on child trauma were developed by the NCTSN. To find a specific topic or resource, enter keywords in the search box, or filter by resource type, trauma type, language, or audience.


Separación Traumática, Niños Migrantes y Refugiados: Consejos para Padres, Cuidadores Primarios y...
Provides tips for current caregivers and others to help address the needs of immigrant and refugee children who have experienced traumatic separation.

Key Points: Traumatic Separation and Refugee and Immigrant Children
Provides key points related to traumatic separation and immigrant and refugee children, adapted from the NCTSN fact sheet Children with Traumatic Separation: Information for Professionals.

Traumatic Separation and Refugee and Immigrant Children: Tips for Current Caregivers
Provides tips for current caregivers and others to help address the needs of immigrant and refugee children who have experienced traumatic separation.

Calm in the Storm: Therapist Attunement and Self-Regulation When Crises Occur in Session
Focuses on how therapists can handle the challenge of remaining attuned to intensely distressed clients while also recognizing and regulating their own stress reactions.

NCTSN Resources Related to Traumatic Separation and Refugee and Immigrant Trauma
Identifies existing NCTSN resources related to traumatic separation, refugee and immigrant trauma, and best practices in trauma-informed care for refugee and immigrant children and families.

Networking with Community Partners in Times of Disaster
Provides strategies for establishing and expanding partnerships, discusses considerations for networking in rural and frontier communities, and highlights the role of health care coalitions and schools.

Preparing Your Organization to Respond to Disasters and Terrorism
Provides current recommendations for partnering with local organizations; resources available after a disaster or terrorism event; and strategies for staging response activities to address recovery.

Core Data Set Policy Brief: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth
Discusses a study comparing a clinical CSEC cohort with a clinical group of youth who had no reported involvement in prostitution, but had a history of sexual abuse/assault. Updated May 2021.

Helping a Family Cope with the Threat of Revictimization
Focuses on Michael (12-years old) and Trisha (16-years-old), who live with their mother Monica in a single-parent household. Five years ago, their father Neil was incarcerated after violently attacking and nearly killing Monica while the children were upstairs in their bedrooms.

Exploring Policy Challenges, Solutions, and Resources for Addressing Trauma Among Refugee Youth
Explores policy challenges and solutions relevant to working with refugee youth.

Using the Secondary Traumatic Stress Core Competencies in Trauma-Informed Supervision
Discusses the importance of quality supervision that organizations can provide to staff members at risk for secondary traumatic stress (STS).