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.
Using her specific work in the area of Secondary Traumatic Stress, Dr. Ginny Sprang of the University of Kentucky has explored what it is that champions do to make an initiative successful.
Provides military parents and caregivers with several ways to mitigate the negative effects of deployment including maintaining well-being, fostering positive family dynamics, and using effective parenting strategies.
Highlights the importance of the community in driving the direction for, and positive changes to, suicide prevention and response systems.
Provides information for parents and caregivers about how to support their family when a large community event is happening in their city or town.
Provides parents and caregivers information on sexual development and behavior in children.
Provides information about suicide risk and ethnoracial identity.
Provides information to parents and caregivers on Childhood Traumatic Grief.
Offers information on why school personnel are important for grieving students. Translated in 2024.
Outlines the feelings of young children struggling with the death of someone meaningful and offers suggestions on what caregivers can do to help. Translated in 2024.
Helps learners to create a trauma lens through which they can view and better comprehend the effects of traumatic experiences and losses.
Provides activities designed to help military families navigate the often complex layers of Native, military, and other identities.
Offers information about complex trauma, how it can impact youth, both good and harmful coping strategies, and ways to improve. This guide is for youth who have experienced complex trauma or who know someone who has.