Community violence is exposure to intentional acts of interpersonal violence committed in public areas by individuals who are not intimately related to the victim.
Community violence is exposure to intentional acts of interpersonal violence committed in public areas by individuals who are not intimately related to the victim.
The NCTSN offers both online and in-person training on a range of topics.
Trauma-informed screening and assessment practices help providers identify children’s and families’ needs early in the process and to tailor services to meet those needs.
This searchable database contains detailed reviews of measures utilized in the field of child traumatic stress, designed to allow comparison across measures.
The dissemination of standardized, effective, trauma-informed clinical interventions is a central means by which the NCTSN seeks to advance the standard of care for traumatized children.
Psychological First Aid (PFA) and Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) are promising practices for disaster behavioral health response and recovery.
Children who suffer from child traumatic stress are those who have been exposed to one or more traumas over the course of their lives and develop reactions that persist and affect their daily lives after the events have ended.
Complex trauma describes both children’s exposure to multiple traumatic events—often of an invasive, interpersonal nature—and the wide-ranging, long-term effects of this exposure.
Links
[1] https://www.nctsn.org/what-is-child-trauma/trauma-types/community-violence
[2] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/training
[3] https://www.nctsn.org/resources/informacion-en-espanol
[4] https://www.nctsn.org/treatments-and-practices/screening-and-assessment
[5] https://www.nctsn.org/treatments-and-practices/screening-and-assessments/measure-reviews
[6] https://www.nctsn.org/treatments-and-practices/trauma-treatments
[7] https://www.nctsn.org/treatments-and-practices/psychological-first-aid-and-skills-for-psychological-recovery
[8] https://www.nctsn.org/standardized-measures-assess-complex-trauma
[9] https://www.nctsn.org/what-is-child-trauma/about-child-trauma
[10] https://www.nctsn.org/what-is-child-trauma/trauma-types/complex-trauma
[11] https://www.nctsn.org/Search
[12] https://www.nctsn.org/Search?page=7
[13] https://www.nctsn.org/Search?page=4
[14] https://www.nctsn.org/Search?page=5
[15] https://www.nctsn.org/Search?page=6
[16] https://www.nctsn.org/Search?page=9
[17] https://www.nctsn.org/Search?page=10
[18] https://www.nctsn.org/Search?page=11
[19] https://www.nctsn.org/Search?page=12
[20] https://www.nctsn.org/Search?page=166