What's New
Check here for the Network's most recent products, website updates, and initiatives. Items are listed in the order they were released, with the newest items listed first.
Page Contents:
January - March 2012
NCTSN website
Culture and Trauma webpage
Spotlight on Culture
NCTSN resources
Birth Parents and Trauma Histories in the Child Welfare System: A Guide for Birth Parents (2012) (PDF)
Birth Parents and Trauma Histories in the Child Welfare System: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys (2011) (PDF) 
Birth Parents and Trauma Histories in the Child Welfare System: A Guide for Resources Parents (2011) (PDF)
Coping in Hard Times: Fact Sheet for Community Organizations and Leaders (2011) (PDF)
NCTSN eBulletin
Events and resources on child trauma from the Network, and beyond.
October - December 2011
NCTSN website
Culture and Trauma webpage
Spotlight on Culture
- Summer 2011 Implementing Cultural Competence (PDF)
- Fall 2011 Working with Immigrant Latin-American Families Exposed to Trauma (PDF)
NCTSN resources
Back to School Resources for School Personnel (2011) (PDF)
Now that school is back in swing, NCTSN has released Back to School Resources for School Personnel. Designed to bring awareness to trauma-related topics for teachers, school staff, and administrators, this compilation of Network products is brought to you by the NCTSN Schools Committee and is available now.
Coping in Hard Times: Fact Sheet for Parents (2011) (PDF)
The Terrorism and Disaster Network Committee has released the third fact sheet in the series on managing stress in difficult economic times. Coping in Hard Times: Fact Sheet for Parents helps parents talk with their spouses and children about how challenging financial circumstances can affect their sense of safety, ability to calm, self and community efficacy, connectedness, and hope. In addition, the fact sheet gives practical ways to help families address problems, stay connected, network, and cope better during economic downturns.
IMPACT Newsletter Winter (2011) (PDF)
The Winter 2011 edition of IMPACT highlights the face-to-face Advisory Board meeting which occurred this summer at Duke University, the programs for diverse youth at a Network center in Hawaii, one woman’s tireless efforts to honor those lost in the terrorist attacks, the efforts to increase families ties for children of incarcerated parents, and a two-part Spotlight on Culture on helping immigrant Latin-American families.
National and Community Partners Report (2011) (PDF)
Together with the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress the centers that comprise the National Child Traumatic Stress Network—including currently funded and affiliate members—work collaboratively within the Network and in their communities to create and support sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships with governmental and non-governmental bodies.
Ready to Remember: Jeremy's Journey of Hope and Healing (2011) (PDF)
Ready to Remember: Jeremy's Journey of Hope and Healing is a newly released electronic children's book that tells the story of a young boy whose father has died tragically a year before. Designed for children who suffer from childhood traumatic grief (CTG), Ready to Remember depicts Jeremy's journey—from distress and pain at his loss to the eventual start of healing. Judy Cohen, Danny Miller, and Robin Goodman have written a sensitive and realistic story, while Christopher H. Major's delicate illustrations enrich the readers' understanding. Ready to Remember includes a guide that both describes the signs and symptoms of CTG and tells caregivers how to help children in their lives who may be experiencing atypical grief following the traumatic death of a loved one.
Secondary Traumatic Stress: A Fact Sheet for Child-Serving Professionals (2011) (PDF)
This resource details a concise overview of secondary traumatic stress and its potential impact on child-serving professionals; outlines options for assessment, prevention, and intervention relevant to secondary stress; and describes the elements necessary for transforming child-serving organizations and agencies into systems that also support worker resiliency.
NCTSN eBulletin
Events and resources on child trauma from the Network, and beyond.
July - September 2011
NCTSN website
The NCTSN-Affiliated Resources are now more easily searchable through our new database. Resources include papers, websites, toolkits, and learning platforms developed by Network sites or through significant collaboration between the Network and other organizations.
NCTSN resources
Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: A Workshop for Resource Parents: Tips from Experienced Trainers (2011) (PDF)
In this document, expert trainers from diverse centers in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network offer their best advice on how to use the Resource Parent Curriculum. They base their answers on their experience piloting and teaching the curriculum in varied settings over the past several years.
IMPACT Newsletter Summer (2011) (PDF)
The Summer 2011 issue of IMPACT showcases the progress the NCTSN has made in the field of child trauma in the last ten years, the impact the Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: A Workshop for Resource Parents curriculum has had on parents, the use of trauma narratives with clients, how to define trauma-informed systems, managing secondary traumatic stress, how to implement cultural competence in your work, and ways to help facilitate staff resilience.
NCTSN Catastrophic Mass Violence Resources
- Psychological Impact of the Recent Attacks (98)
- Tip Sheet for Youth Talking to Journalists about the Shooting (60)
- Tips for Parents on Media Coverage (57)
- Parent Guidelines for Helping Teens after the Recent Attacks (28)
- Norwegian Version of PFA available here
NCTSN eBulletin
Events and resources on child trauma from the Network, and beyond.
April - June 2011
NCTSN resources
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day 2011 Webinar (2011) (Audio)
Resource Packet for NCTSN Members (2011) (PDF)
PowerPoint: Building Resilience for Young Children Dealing with Trauma (2011) (PDF)
Child Sexual Abuse Factsheets for Teens
These factsheets have been designed for youth to learn what sexual abuse is, how to stay safe, and seeking help.
- Sex or Sexual Abuse? Respect Yourself — Know the Difference (2011) (PDF)
- But Who Should I Tell? Questions and Answers about Seeking Help after Sexual Abuse (2011) (PDF)
- Staying Safe While Staying Connected Facts and Tips for Teens (2011) (PDF)
- It's Never Your Fault: The Truth about Sexual Abuse (2011) (PDF)
Birth Parents with Trauma Histories and the Child Welfare System: A Guide for child Welfare Staff (2011) (PDF)
The Birth Parent Subcommittee of the Child Welfare Committee is releasing its first of five factsheets for child welfare workers highlighting the importance of understanding the effect trauma histories can have on birth parents and parenting.
NCTSN eBulletin
Events and resources on child trauma from the Network, and beyond.
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