NCTSN Resource
At Intersection of Trauma and Disabilities: A New Toolkit for Providers [1]
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers guidance on working with children and families living with disabilities.
The following resources on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilties were developed by the NCTSN.
Offers guidance on working with children and families living with disabilities.
Describes integrating behavioral health services in rural and urban Native American communities, outlines the story of healing for three survivors of child sex trafficking, and other highlights.
Provides an overview for providers on how to work with children and families who are living with intellectual and development disabilities (IDD) and have experienced trauma.
Describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them.
Explains the prevalence and consequences of child physical abuse. This fact sheet offers guidance on how to recognize and help children who are being physically abused.
Discusses the special challenges of treating deaf and hard of hearing children, and the hearing children of deaf parents, who have been traumatized.
Provides information on how to enhance opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing children who experience traumatic stress to receive treatment.
Presents an overview of the issues of traumatic stress among hard of heating children or children with hearing loss.
Provides background on developmental disabilities, statistical information regarding the incidence of trauma for this population, special characteristics of the population that may influence the incidence of trauma, and additional information.
Links
[1] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/intersection-trauma-and-disabilities-new-toolkit-providers
[2] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/nctsn-impact-newsletter-spring-2016
[3] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/road-recovery-supporting-children-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities-who-have
[4] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/age-related-reactions-traumatic-event
[5] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/child-physical-abuse-fact-sheet
[6] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/addressing-trauma-treatment-needs-children-who-are-deaf-or-hard-hearing-and-hearing-0
[7] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/addressing-trauma-treatment-needs-children-who-are-deaf-or-hard-hearing-and-hearing
[8] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/facts-trauma-and-deaf-children
[9] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/facts-traumatic-stress-and-children-developmental-disabilities