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Complex Trauma: Facts for Caregivers
Type: Fact Sheet
Helps parents and caregivers recognize the signs and symptoms of complex trauma and offers recommendations on how to help children heal.
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NCTSN Resources
The following resources on Complex Trauma were developed by the NCTSN.
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Complex Trauma: Facts for Service Providers Working with Homeless Youth and Young Adults
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers information to service providers on how to support teens and young adults who are experiencing homelessness with a trauma history.
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Complex Trauma: Facts for Shelter Staff Working with Homeless Children and Families
Type: Fact Sheet
Guides shelter staff in offering support to children and families who are experiencing homelessness and who have experienced trauma.
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Polyvictimization: Speaker Series Summary
Type: Webinar
Reviews key points from the webinars within the Enhancing Multidisciplinary Responses to Polyvictimization: Complex Trauma Speaker Series and answers participants' questions.
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The Impact of Polyvictimization in Victims of Human Sex Trafficking
Type: Webinar
Discusses the complex issues of human trafficking. This webinar offers information on how human trafficking transects with both polyvictimization and complex trauma and how to serve survivors.
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Impact of Polyvictimization on LGBTQ Youth and Adults
Type: Webinar
Discusses the complex trauma adaptations employed by LGBTQ youth and adults who have experienced victimization and polyvictimization.
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Impact of Polyvictimization on Early Learning
Type: Webinar
Discusses the scope of polyvictimization in young children. This webinar describes its impact in early learning programs and emerging intervention practices with emphasis on work underway in Alaska and Washington State.
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Polyvictimization and Urban Communities of Color
Type: Webinar
Discusses the impact, as well as historical and societal context, of polyvictimization in urban communities of color.
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Impact of Polyvictimization on K-12 Schools
Type: Webinar
Examines the effects of polyvictimization on the K-12 school environment, particularly examining risk for truancy, drop-out, and need for special education services.
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Polyvictimization and Sexual Exploitation of Young Boys and Men
Type: Webinar
Discusses polyvictimization as it relates to the commercial sexual exploitation of boys and adolescent males. This webinar describes unique issues for both runaway and "throwaway" youth, as well as implications for contracting HIV.
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Polyvictimization and Sexual Exploitation of Young Girls and Women
Type: Webinar
Defines CSEC and the scope of the problem of the commercial sexual exploitation of both girls and young women in the US.
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Polyvictimization Considerations in the Judicial System
Type: Webinar
Provides an overview of the effects of polyvictimization on youth involved in the juvenile justice system. This webinar offers approaches to identifying this highly vulnerable subgroup and providing them and their families with help in recovering from victimization.