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Responding to Crisis in the Aftermath of Disasters (n.d.) (Video)
Type: Video
Demonstrates intervention strategies with children and adults after a terrorist event or disaster.
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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.
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The Hope of Family Focused Interventions for Child Abuse
Type: Video
Outlines the causes and consequences of child abuse. This video describes how family-focused interventions can help families make a new beginning.
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Consultation in Child Care and Head Start Centers
Type: Webinar
Discusses the need for an early childhood mental health consultation program within child care settings and describes the two types of consultation programs and the goals of each.
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Responding To the Complex Issues of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Child Welfare
Type: Webinar
Provides an overview of current issues, challenges, and emerging practices facing child welfare jurisdictions as it relates to children who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation.
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Clinical Implications of Spirituality, Religion, and Child Trauma Recovery
Type: Webinar
Discusses the relationship between spirituality, religiosity, and psychological trauma. This webinar addresses the therapist's role in assisting children to reconcile conflicts with spirituality and religiosity.
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Introduction to Infant and Young Child Mental Health
Type: Webinar
Defines infant mental health and why it is important, with particular emphasis on the relationship context of early development.
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It's Not All Black and White: Working with African-American Families in Post-Katrina New...
Type: Webinar
Provides an introduction to white privilege and its historical underpinnings. This webinar defines and identifies personal and professional microaggressions.
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Holidays, Celebrations and Traumatically Bereaved Children
Type: Webinar
Discusses the ways holidays and other personally meaningful dates can serve as trauma and grief reminders. This webinar points out how culture can dictate children's reactions to reminders and stresses the importance of therapists understanding their clients' culture.
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Trauma, Spirituality, and Provider Care
Type: Webinar
Discusses the distinction between spirituality and religion, as well as the consequences trauma has on spirituality. This webinar addresses the signs and symptoms of a moral injury and the importance of self-care for mental health providers.
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Child Physical Abuse Fact Sheet
Type: Fact Sheet
Explains the prevalence and consequences of child physical abuse. This fact sheet offers guidance on how to recognize and help children who are being physically abused.
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Parent Guidelines for Helping Children Impacted by Arson and Fires
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers parents guidance on helping their children after an arson or fire. This fact sheet describes common reactions children may have after an arson or fire, what to do to help, and self-care tips for parents.
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Sibling Death and Childhood Traumatic Grief: Information for Families
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers parents and caregivers information about particular grief reactions that a child may have when a brother or sister dies, and provides tips to help the grieving child.