The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) was created to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for children and families who experience or witness traumatic events.
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Offers parents and caregivers information to help support their children after the loss of a family member due to homicide.
Offers guidance on the importance of taking care of oneself while parenting children with IDD.
Provides data and infographics outlining states' efforts to improve their existing legal protections for child sex trafficking victims.
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.
Features Youth Task Force members discussing Never Give Up, a video that offers hope for their peers who have experienced complex trauma.
Provides information and resources offered by the Center, which is dedicated to understanding and promoting the healthy adjustment of refugee children and adolescents who have resettled in the United States.
NCCTS policy activities are guided by Ellen Gerrity, PhD, Diane Elmore Borbon, PhD, MPH, and Lauren Absher, MSW, in collaboration with the NCTSN Policy Task Force.
Provides a brief overview of the mental health needs of unaccompanied children who have experienced significant trauma in their home countries and along their journey to the United States.
Presents the coordinated model of care to prepare programs to serve military families.