Defines child traumatic stress. This fact sheet gives an overview of trauma, describes traumatic stress symptoms, and ways children may be impacted.
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Highlights key points for providers, family advocates, and policymakers to understand about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and child trauma. This resource was adapted from...
Describes what comprehensive care for children in the child welfare system looks like.
Provides staff in child-serving systems with best practices for trauma screening.
Helps organizations assess their current practices in the context of serving children and families who have experienced trauma. It is an important part of an organizational transformation process to create trauma-informed organizations.
Is a professional membership organization on a mission to make one big difference, one child at a time.
Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them.
Discusses the importance of quality supervision that organizations can provide to staff members at risk for secondary traumatic stress (STS).
Helps learners to create a trauma lens through which they can view and better comprehend the effects of traumatic experiences and losses.
Addresses the importance of understanding the special developmental needs of young traumatized children.