Children and families become known to the child welfare system because of suspected abuse or neglect, experiences which can result in traumatic stress reactions.
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The PERQ is designed to assess stressful parental emotional reactions to the sexual abuse of their children.
Families and children may be profoundly affected by mass violence, acts of terrorism, or community trauma in the form of shootings, bombings, or other types of attacks.
Each child grieves the death of a significant person in his or her own way. Reactions can vary according to age, ability to understand death, and personality, and children in the same family may react differently.
A trauma-informed child and family service system is one in which all parties involved recognize and respond to the impact of traumatic stress.
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), also referred to as domestic violence, occurs when an individual purposely causes harm or threatens the risk of harm to any past or current partner or spouse.
The DERS is a brief, 36-item, self-report questionnaire designed to assess multiple aspects of emotion dysregulation. The measure yields a total score as well as scores on six scales derived through factor analysis.
NCTSN.org is a resource for the public, professionals, and others who care about children and are concerned about child traumatic stress.
Due to the particular developmental risks associated with young children's traumatic experiences, it is essential that vulnerable children be identified as early as possible after the trauma.
The WBR was developed to assess common problem behaviors experienced by sexually abused children. It allows for assessment of the types of behavior problems endorsed and number of discrete episodes.