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NCTSN Impact Newsletter: Summer 2013
Type: Newsletter
Showcases a few of our Category III sites and the outstanding work they are doing in their centers, as well as other highlights.
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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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Diagnostic Issues In Polyvictimized Children and Adults
Type: Webinar
Provides information about polyvictimization and resources for those working with children and adults in child welfare, medical, mental health, and educational settings.
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Polyvictimization and Complex Trauma
Type: Webinar
Focuses on complex trauma and polyvictimization. This webinar describes how they affect a wide range of populations, as well as offers useful tools to a broad range of professionals, including educators, mental health providers, law enforcement, judicial personnel, and child welfare workers.
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Tip Sheet for Youth Talking to Journalists about the Shooting
Type: Tip Sheet
Offers information to youth, parents, and caregivers on how to talk with journalists after a mass violence event or shooting. This tip sheet describes a parent's and child’s rights when talking with journalists and details the signs of a good and respectful reporter.
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Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Roundtable: Current Issues and New Directions in Creating Trauma...
Type: Fact Sheet
Provides an introduction to the NCTSN Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Roundtable.
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Birth Parents with Trauma Histories in the Child Welfare System: A Guide for Court-Based Child...
Type: Fact Sheet
Highlights the importance for court-based advocates to understand the serious consequences that trauma histories can have for birth parents and the subsequent potential impact on their parenting.
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NCTSN Impact Newsletter: Spring 2013
Type: Newsletter
Introduces the new NCTSN Advisory Board, describes new and returning centers of the NCTSN at the beginning of this new four-year grant cycle, honors the life of a young man touched by the Juvenile Justice System, and other highlights.
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Talking to Children about the Bombings
Type: Tip Sheet
Provides information on how to talk to children about the bombings in Boston. This tip sheet describes how to talk to children about the bombings in Boston and applies to mass violence events that involve bombings in general.
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Community Violence: Reactions and Actions in Dangerous Times
Type: Fact Sheet
Helps youth recognize that community violence does not have to dominate their lives if they understand their reactions to it, understand how to keep themselves safe, and understand how to make positive choices in dangerous times.
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NCTSN Bench Cards for the Trauma-Informed Judge
Type: Special Resource
Provides judges with useful questions and guidelines to help make decisions based on the emerging scientific findings in the traumatic stress field. These bench cards assist judges and court-appointed professionals doing mental health assessment of children.
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Testifying in Court about Trauma: How to Prepare
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers guidance to clinicians called upon to testify as an expert witness for a client’s court case.
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Violent Places, Dangerous Times: Does Community Violence Control Your Life?
Type: Special Resource
Gives questions for youth to answer to determine if they have experienced community violence.