Child sex trafficking is a severe form of trauma exposure that may have significant immediate and long-term impacts for survivors.
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Each child grieves the death of a significant person in his or her own way. Reactions can vary according to age, ability to understand death, and personality, and children in the same family may react differently.
Due to the particular developmental risks associated with young children's traumatic experiences, it is essential that vulnerable children be identified as early as possible after the trauma.
More than 80% of juvenile justice-involved youth report experiencing trauma, with many having experienced multiple, chronic, and pervasive interpersonal traumas.
Trauma screening should measure a wide range of experiences and identify common reactions and symptoms of trauma.
The following resources on Early Childhood Trauma were developed by the NCTSN.
Trauma-informed mental health assessment offers a framework for gathering information, identifying needs, and summarizing information.
Events that refugees have experienced related to war or persecution can all be called traumatic events.
The following treatments have been shown to be effective in improving trauma-specific outcomes for children and/or teens after sexual abuse or assault.