Children's responses to medical trauma are often more related to their subjective experience of the medical event rather than its objective severity. Reactions vary in intensity and can be adaptive or may become disruptive to functioning.
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Even in the closest of families, it is sometimes hard to remember that family members may have different reactions to the same traumatic event.
The interventions below are among those that are being used by NCTSN members to help children who have been, or are at risk of becoming, victims of physical abuse.
The Intervention Fact Sheets included on this page offer key information related to some of the interventions developed and used by members of the NCTSN.
November was first declared as Military Family Month in 1996. Since then, November has been a time to acknowledge the tremendous sacrifices our military families make.
The following resources on Physical Abuse were developed by the NCTSN.
The CCCT is a professional development program that builds trauma-informed, healing-centered skills for working with children and families. It provides applied practice for both clinical care and community response.
Research suggests that approximately 25% of American children will experience at least one traumatic event by the age of 16. A child's reactions to trauma can interfere considerably with learning and/or behavior at school.