Research indicates that youth living with IDD experience exposure to trauma at a higher rate than their non-disabled peers.
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The following resources on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities were developed by the NCTSN.
The following resources on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilties were developed by the NCTSN.
It is important that mental health providers, family members, and other caregivers become aware of specific questions to ask when seeking the most effective services for these children.
Sex trafficking occurs among all socioeconomic classes, races, ethnicities, and gender identities and in urban, suburban, and rural communities across the US.
Training curricula developed by the NCTSN are designed to facilitate the delivery of comprehensive workshops for various audiences on child traumatic stress.
Young children depend exclusively on parents/caregivers for survival and protection—both physical and emotional. When trauma also impacts the parent/caregiver, the relationship between that person and the child may be strongly affected.
Le saludamos de parte de La Red Nacional para el Estrés Traumático Infantil.
Children who suffer from child traumatic stress are those who have been exposed to one or more traumas over the course of their lives and develop reactions that persist and affect their daily lives after the events have ended.