
Empowering Justice: Addressing Trauma in the Juvenile System
Explores both the historical and current causes for disproportionality.
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Explores both the historical and current causes for disproportionality.

Is a compilation of resources stemming from the NCTSN Implementation Summit including the full Implementation Summit Panel video, bibliographies from the Summit and Implementation Task Force (ITF), an Implementation Glossary, Evidence-Based Treatment Resources Abstract list and more.

Provides information and suggestions for helping children who experience traumatic separation from a caregiver. This fact sheet describes how many children experience the loss of a caregiver, either permanently due to death, or for varying amounts of time due to other circumstances.

Encourages providers to share power in the context of trauma-responsive practice.

Helps parents talk to their kids about the disasters they may face and know how best to support them throughout—whether sheltering-in-place at home, evacuating to a designated shelter, or helping your family heal after reuniting.

Helps parents talk to their kids about the disasters they may face and know how best to support them throughout—whether sheltering-in-place at home, evacuating to a designated shelter, or helping your family heal after reuniting.
Features five LGBTQ youth who discuss their own trauma experiences related to their respective LGBTQ identities, how they strengthened their resilience, and how professionals helped them.

Has a list of questions and answers related to the Sharing Power Series. This fact sheet includes information on how to use the Sharing Power resources and questions that may arise.

Offers tips for providers on sharing power in trauma-responsive care. This tip sheet encourages providers to broaden their perspective and deepen their insights by “wearing the hats” of others at their agency (i.e., parents, intake workers, administrators).
Explores the common reasons CSEC youth seek care, as well as challenges to victim identification.
Gives an overview of current issues and challenges for law enforcement and the juvenile justice system in assisting children and adolescents who face commercial sexual exploitation.
Highlights two examples of state-based child trauma policy innovations. This webinar discuses the many states playing a leadership role in enacting and implementing policies to support trauma-informed services for children and families.