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Complex Trauma: Facts for Educators
Type: Fact Sheet
Helps educators and school staff recognize the signs and symptoms of complex trauma and offers recommendations on how to help students heal.
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School Personnel
Research suggests that approximately 25% of American children will experience at least one traumatic event by the age of 16. A child's reactions to trauma can interfere considerably with learning and/or behavior at school. Schools serve as a critical system of support for children who have experienced trauma. Administrators, teachers, and staff can help reduce the effects of trauma on children by recognizing trauma responses, accommodating and responding to traumatized students within the classroom, and referring children to outside professionals when necessary. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed tools and materials to help educators, school staff, and administrators understand and respond to the specific needs of traumatized children. In addition to the NCTSN resources highlighted below, School Personnel can learn more about creating trauma-informed schools in the Trauma-Informed Care section of this website.
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Understanding the Intersection Between Cyberbullying and Trauma
Type: Webinar
Focuses on understanding the intersection between cyberbullying and trauma.
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Helping Military Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Educators
Type: Tip Sheet
Offers information on military children who are grieving the loss of a loved one. This tip sheet describes how military children dealing with trauma and grief responses may be feeling and what educators and school staff can do to help.
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Providing Psychological First Aid: Health-Related Professionals
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers school health professionals a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.
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Providing Psychological First Aid: Principals and Administrators
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers principals and administrators a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.
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Providing Psychological First Aid: Support Staff
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers school support staff a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.
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Providing Psychological First Aid: Teachers
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers teachers a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.
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Teacher Guidelines for Helping Students after Mass Violence
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers teachers guidance on helping students after a mass violence event. This fact sheet describes common reactions students may have, how teachers and school staff can help, as well as engage in self-care after a mass violence event.
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Secondary Traumatic Stress for Educators
Type: Webinar
Describes risk factors for and signs of secondary traumatic stress in educators, as well as techniques for prevention and self-care.
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Preparing Our Children for Emergencies
Type: Webinar
Describes how best to prepare our children for emergencies. This webinar discusses how to prepare for events from a community preparedness and resilience standpoint, as well as emergency preparedness within school settings.
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Teacher Guidelines for Helping Students after a Tornado
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers teachers guidance on helping students after a tornado. This fact sheet describes common reactions students may have, how teachers and school staff can help, as well as engage in self-care after a tornado.
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Coping in Hard Times: Fact Sheet for School Staff
Type: Fact Sheet
Discusses how challenging financial circumstances may affect you, other school staff, students, and their families and provides specific ways to help.