The following resources on Schools were developed by the NCTSN.
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May was first declared as National Foster Care Month in 1988. Since then, May has been a time to acknowledge the contributions of foster caregivers and the needs of children in foster care.
The following resources on Refugee Trauma were developed by external partners and organizations.
The Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma (CCCT) is an innovative approach to providing mental health clinicians with foundational knowledge and case conceptualization skills.
Events that refugees have experienced related to war or persecution can all be called “traumatic events.”
Presents, through dramatized therapy sessions, traumatized youth who are profoundly emotionally shut down or dissociative and how therapists can remain attuned to clients.
Introduces key factors that juvenile court judges should consider in order to take a trauma-informed approach when newcomer immigrant youth come before them in juvenile justice cases.
Defines traumatic separation and grief and outlines the developmental impacts on youth. Additionally, participants will learn how to be responsive to the cultural and linguistic needs of youth.
Presents Joshua, whose mom abandoned him when he was a few days old. For the first three years of his life, Joshua lived with his maternal grandmother and her partner.