Provides community violence workers with information about secondary traumatic stress (STS).
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Provides parents and caregivers with information gangs and trauma. This fact sheet offers a brief vignettes about teens who have become involved with local gangs.
Offers guidance on talking with children and youth when scary things happen.
Offers guidance on creating supportive environments for youth when scary things happen. This fact sheet includes information on routines, rhythm, and rituals.
Offers guidance on talking with teens when violence happens. This fact sheet includes information on checking in with yourself, clarifying your goal, providing information and options, reflection, asking helpful questions, going slow, labeling emotions, validating, and monitoring media and social media exposure.
Offers strategies for supporting youth who recently experienced a shooting on how to cope with 4th of July celebrations.
Offers parents and caregivers information to help support their children after the loss of a family member due to homicide.
Offers information for caregivers on unconfirmed death, how it relates to forced displacement, how it is traumatic for children, and how children might respond.
Provides information for parents and caregivers about how to support their family when a large community event is happening in their city or town.
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.