NCTSN Resource
Tips for Families on Addressing Anniversaries
Type: Tip Sheet
Offers parents and caregivers information about ways that children may respond to the anniversary of a traumatic event.
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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.
NCTSN Resource
Family Preparedness: Thinking Ahead
Type: Tip Sheet
Accompanies the Family Preparedness Wallet Card. This guide helps families develop a safety plan so that they may be prepared in the event of disasters.
Partner-In Resource
How to Support my Child Through Loss: Multigenerational Cultural Perspectives
Type: Video
Includes information from providers and members of different Native Nations on how experiencing loss, especially the loss of elders, has impacted traditional ways of parenting in their communities.
Partner-In Resource
I Don't Know How to Talk to My Child About Being Safe Online
Type: Video
Includes discussions from providers who work with families on vulnerabilities to exploitation and staying safe online as well as personal experiences faced by those who struggle to talk to their children about being safe.
Partner-In Resource
I Don't Know How to Address Worries About My Child's Safety at School
Type: Video
Includes discussion from providers who work with families, communities, and schools before, during, and after violent events as well as parents and school staff, to explore personal experiences faced by those who have struggled to deal with and address their child’s safety at school.
Partner-In Resource
I Don't Know How to Have a Happy Holiday
Type: Video
Hear from providers who are working with bereaved parents and caregivers as well as a parent advocate to explore personal experiences faced by parents whose families are struggling with grief and loss this holiday season and talk with providers who help youth and families cope with those feelings
Partner-In Resource
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.
Partner-In Resource
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...
Partner-In Resource
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.
Partner-In Resource
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.
Partner-In Resource
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.
Partner-In Resource
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.