The following resources on Refugee Trauma were developed by the NCTSN. Information and resources are available for multiple audiences including mental health professionals, healthcare providers, school personnel, policy makers, and more. To identify resources tailored for a particular audience, click on the “Audience” filter below and select an option. Some NCTSN materials also indicate “related resources” that might be of particular interest to different audiences.
Provides a basic overview of the intersection of early childhood development (0-5), attachment and trauma in young migrant children.
Defines traumatic separation and grief and outlines the developmental impacts on youth. Additionally, participants will learn how to be responsive to the cultural and linguistic needs of youth.
Para los niños migrantes pequeños, la separación de los padres, puede peligrosamente agravar y exacerbar estresores traumáticos previos y tener efectos devastadores a corto y largo plazopara ellos.
Define la separación traumática y el duelo traumático y describe el impacto en el desarrollo en los jóvenes y niños. Además, los participantes aprenderán cómo responder a las necesidades culturales y lingüísticas de los jóvenes.
Describes developmental, cultural, and clinical aspects of Childhood Traumatic Separation (CTS); similarities and differences between CTS and Childhood Traumatic Grief (CTG); and how evidence-based trauma treatments for CTG can be applied for children with CTS.
Offers information about risk and protective factors as related to suicide and refugee children and adolescents. This fact sheet gives strategies for talking with refugee children and adolescents about suicide.
Este Seminario en línea ayuda a proveedores, cuidadores primarios y otros involucrados en el cuidado de los niños inmigrantes, a reconocer los efectos de la separación traumática en estos niños a diferentes edades.
Explores policy challenges and solutions relevant to working with refugee youth.
Outlines different considerations that primary care providers need to take into account when working with refugee youth and their families.
Outlines different considerations that mental health professionals need to take into account when working with refugee youth and their families.
Links
[1] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/attachment-development-trauma-and-socio-cultural-responsive-interventions-for-young-children
[2] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/culture-development-trauma-and-socio-cultural-responsive-interventions-with-youth-ages-7-and-older
[3] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/attachment-development-trauma-and-socio-cultural-responsive-interventions-for-young-children-sp
[4] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/culture-development-trauma-and-socio-cultural-responsive-interventions-with-youth-ages-7-and-older-sp
[5] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/culture-the-migration-journey-trauma-and-assessment
[6] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/trauma-informed-care-understanding-and-addressing-the-needs-of-unaccompanied-children
[7] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/applying-evidence-based-trauma-treatments-for-childhood-traumatic-separation
[8] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/suicide-and-refugee-children-and-adolescents
[9] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/giving-immigrant-children-a-voice-understanding-traumatic-separation-sp
[10] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/exploring-policy-challenges-solutions-and-resources-addressing-trauma-among-refugee-youth
[11] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/understanding-refugee-trauma-primary-care-providers
[12] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/understanding-refugee-trauma-mental-health-professionals
[13] https://www.nctsn.org/print/847
[14] https://www.nctsn.org/print/847?page=1
[15] https://www.nctsn.org/print/847?page=3
[16] https://www.nctsn.org/print/847?page=4