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After a period of extreme heat, most families will recover and be able to return to their normal routines rather quickly. Most children will demonstrate resilience after a heat wave.
A 6-item self-report questionnaire assessing children’s dispositional hope.
June was first declared as World Refugee Awareness Month in 2001. Since then, June has been a time to acknowledge strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees who live around the globe.
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed modular approach to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism.
Even in the closest of families, it is sometimes hard to remember that family members may have different reactions to the same traumatic event.
The development of secondary traumatic stress is recognized as a common occupational hazard for professionals working with traumatized children.
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) proposes to include a new grief disorder—Prolonged Grief Disorder—in its forthcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5-Text Revised (DSM-5-TR), which is scheduled for release in 2021.
Outlines recommendations for how jurisdictions can understand Family First’s policy requirements for trauma-informed approaches and ensure that implementation of the law meets the trauma-related needs of children, youth and families.
The experience of trauma takes away choice and control. The trauma-informed healing environment maximizes opportunities for choice and control.