May was first declared as Mental Health Awareness Month in 1949. In 2006, Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day was chosen as a special day during this month to focus on the mental health needs of children.
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October was first declared as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in 1989.
KIPS is a structured observation tool to assess parent-child interaction during play. KIPS assesses the parent's (or other significant caregiver's) behavior in the context of the child's needs.
The Professional Quality of Life Scale is a 30 item self-report measure of the positive and negative effects of working with people who have experienced extremely stressful events.
The following resources on Economic Stress were developed by the NCTSN.
This section includes key resources related to child trauma policy developed by external partners, national organizations, and federal agencies.
The BDI-II is a widely used 21-item self-report inventory measuring the severity of depression in adolescents and adults. The BDI-II was revised in 1996 to be more consistent with DSMIV criteria for depression.
The following resources on child trauma were developed by the NCTSN.
The following resources on Families and Trauma were developed by the NCTSN.