Features a first-person narrative illustrating how a family can move through the pain of loss and go on to heal. The family shares their personal experiences of the traumatic grief experienced by one daughter after her sister's sudden death.
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Describes the challenges that Emergency Medical Service Personnel and their families face.
Is a handout from Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S) Field Operations Guide. This handout provides information on how family members can help each other after an emergency and what some common caregiver reactions are.
Summarizes findings from a survey done by the NCTSN Refugee Working Group Sites in 2004.
Features a number of articles on the Network's disaster-related work, including its response to the earthquake in Haiti and trainings in American Samoa.
Provides information and suggestions for helping children who experience traumatic separation from a caregiver.
Provides background on the issues of trauma among homeless children, including what homelessness looks like in America, the interplay between trauma and homelessness, how programs and services help families exposed to trauma, and providing trauma-specific services.
Offers information on military children who are grieving the loss of a loved one. This tip sheet describes how military children dealing with trauma and grief responses may be feeling and what educators and school staff can do to help.
Helps educators and school staff recognize the signs and symptoms of complex trauma and offers recommendations on how to help students heal.
Offers information to service providers on how to support teens and young adults who are experiencing homelessness with a trauma history.