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.
Provides suggestions that resource parents can use to recognize how trauma may have impacted the way birth parents parent.
Considers the challenges and opportunities arising from the introduction of evidence-based programs for children across a range of established organizations.
Introduces ways to incorporate parents to improve outcomes for children exposed to trauma. This webinar discusses ways parents' own histories of trauma exposure can impact their parenting and offer strategies for intervention.
Describes the prevalence of trauma exposure and service use among NCTSN children in the Core Data Set and offers the study's results, recommendations, and policy implications.
Describes the complex trauma and mental health of children placed in foster care among NCTSN care recipients as well as policy recommendations.
Introduces core concepts for enhancing diversity-informed practice. This webinar presents vignettes to highlight how each core concept can be applied to child welfare practice.
Highlights the face-to-face Advisory Board meeting which occurred this summer at Duke University, the programs for diverse youth at a Network center in Hawaii, and one woman’s tireless efforts to honor those lost in the terrorist attacks, as well as other stories.
Provides an overview of the application and utility of the NIRN Active Implementation Frameworks.
Describes programs to serve New York National Guard and their families.
Explains traumatic grief in preschool- and school-aged children.
Discusses important policy issues related to the delivery of trauma-informed evidence-based care to children and families affected by traumatic events.
Addresses attachment and its implications for young traumatized children in the child welfare system and discusses the nature of typically developing attachment relationships, as well as the impact of trauma and maltreatment on such relationships.