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I Don't Know How To: Parent Series
Type: Video
Explores difficult topics to help equip parents with the tools to navigate and provide support for various mental health conditions.
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Families and Caregivers
Parents and caregivers play an essential role in helping children and teenagers recover from traumatic events. These resources are for parents, adoptive parents, resource/foster parents, grandparents, caregivers, and all others who care for children and teens. The more caregivers learn about how traumatic events affect their children (whether toddler, school-age, teen, youth, or adult), the more they understand the reasons for their children’s behaviors and emotions, and the better prepared they are to help them cope. When children know that caring adults are working to keep them safe and support them in understanding their reactions to trauma, most can recover and go on to live healthy and productive lives.
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My Child is Suicidal and I Don't Know How to Help
Type: Video
Explores personal experiences faced by parents who learn that their child is struggling with suicidal thoughts, teachers who support youth struggling with suicidal thoughts in school, and providers who help youth and families negotiate recovery...
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Turning the Tide: Parenting in the Wake of Past Trauma
Type: Resource Guide
Gives voice to the struggles of parents and caregivers who experienced trauma growing up in their own families. For adults who are living with the painful effects of their own childhood environment, becoming a parent may introduce a variety of new emotional and functional challenges.
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Creando Ambientes de Apoyo Cuando Suceden Hechos Alarmantes
Type: Fact Sheet
Cómo crear ambientes de apoyo cuando ocurren hechos atemorizantes: ofrece orientación para crear ambientes de apoyo para los jóvenes cuando ocurren hechos atemorizantes. Esta hoja informativa incluye información sobre rutinas, ritmos y rituales.
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Hablando con los Adolescentes Cuando Sucede la Violencia
Type: Fact Sheet
Cómo hablar con los adolescentes cuando ocurren hechos atemorizantes: ofrece orientación para hablar con adolescentes cuando ocurren hechos violentos.
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Hablando con los Niños Cuando Sucede La Violencia
Type: Fact Sheet
Cómo hablar con los niños cuando ocurren hechos atemorizantes: ofrece orientación para hablar con niños y jóvenes cuando ocurren hechos atemorizantes.
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Prácticas para el Bienestar: Breves Recordatorios para Tiempos de Estrés
Type: Fact Sheet
Amables recordatorios para tiempos de estrés: ofrece amables recordatorios de prácticas de bienestar en tiempos de estrés.
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Creating Supportive Environments When Scary Things Happen
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers guidance on creating supportive environments for youth when scary things happen. This fact sheet includes information on routines, rhythm, and rituals.
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Talking to Children When Scary Things Happen
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers guidance on talking with children and youth when scary things happen.
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Talking to Teens When Violence Happens
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers guidance on talking with teens when violence happens. This fact sheet includes information on checking in with yourself, clarifying your goal, providing information and options, reflection, asking helpful questions, going slow, labeling emotions, validating, and monitoring media and social media exposure.
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Well-being Practices: Gentle Reminders for Times of Stress
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers gentle reminders for well-being practices in times of stress. This fact sheet includes information on welcoming the body's stress response, completing the stress cycle, connection & relationship, emotion skills & practices, and mindfulness & attention.
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After a Crisis Helping Young Children Heal (in Romanian)
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers tips to parents on how to help young children, toddlers, and preschoolers heal after a traumatic event. Translated 2022.