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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Offers child-serving providers information about child neglect and trauma.
Reports findings from research on crossover youth.
Highlights key points for providers, family advocates, and policymakers to understand about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and child trauma. This resource was adapted from...
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.
Discusses how child-serving systems can improve their response to the needs of youth that cross over from child welfare to juvenile justice.
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).