Discusses how child-serving systems can improve their response to the needs of youth that cross over from child welfare to juvenile justice.
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Describes the many transitions experienced by young traumatized children in the child welfare system and the challenges that they pose for young children.
Reports on the 2012 recommendations from the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence, which was established to recommend ways to prevent, reduce, and treat children’s exposure to violence.
Provides a juvenile justice system with a framework to examine, review, and rate day-to-day operations with a set of benchmarks to evaluate to what extent court operations reflect the content, process, and systems-level procedures reflected in eac
April was first declared as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in 2001.
The following resources on Child Sex Trafficking were developed by the NCTSN.
The following resources on Children's Advocacy Centers were developed by the NCTSN.
The experience of trauma takes away choice and control. The trauma-informed healing environment maximizes opportunities for choice and control.
The PECFAS is a measure of functional impairment related to behavioral, emotional, psychological, or psychiatric problems.
This section includes key resources related to child trauma policy developed by external partners, national organizations, and federal agencies.