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.
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Discusses the differences between acute, chronic, and complex trauma and how each trauma type uniquely affects children. Emphasizes the importance of recognizing their overlap to provide effective trauma-informed care.
Explains how children of different ages may react to traumatic events and offers simple strategies for parents, caregivers, and communities to provide support and promote healing.
Offers strategies to help parents and caregivers cope with collective traumas. This fact sheet also provides guidance on what parents and caregivers can do to care for their children as they cope. Updated May 2024.
Discusses Islamophobia and hate-based violence against Muslims, highlights strategies that parents and caregivers can usd to facilitate effective conversations, offers age-specific guidelines, and provides actions families and communities can take before an event occurs.
Helps parents and caregivers recognize the signs and symptoms of complex trauma and offers recommendations on how to help children heal.
Offers parents and caregivers a brief checklist to use to determine if a complete assessment for complex trauma should be scheduled. This fact sheet will help parents and caregivers determine when to seek professional help.
Explores the complex relationship between bullying and trauma. Highlights how both targets and perpetrators can be affected by their environments and how these experiences shape emotional and behavioral responses.
Offers practical tips for children and caregivers to stay safe online, recognize the risks of cyberbullying and AI misuse, and promote healthy, responsible digital habits.
Helps new and expectant parents prepare for hurricanes by outlining practical steps to protect their health, baby, and birth plan.