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Program Spotlight the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic
Type: Special Resource
Provides a focus on the Steven A. Cohen Miliary Family Clinic at Centerstone.
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All NCTSN Resources
The following resources on child trauma were developed by the NCTSN. To find a specific topic or resource, enter keywords in the search box, or filter by resource type, trauma type, language, or audience.
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Partnering is Essential to Trauma-Informed Care: Centering and Compensating Lived Expertise
Type: Resource Guide
Explores how relationships with people with lived experience are essential to trauma-informed care by emphasizing the importance of shared decision-making, mutual respect, and authentic collaboration.
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Understanding Stress vs. Trauma
Type: Infographic
Highlights the differences between stress and trauma by explaining their unique causes, effects, and timelines, helping caregivers, educators, and providers respond with the appropriate support.
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Hesitations & Motivations for Participating in Implementation Projects: Assessing Readiness ...
Type: Special Resource
Explores strategies used to engage child trauma service organizations in the NCTSN Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) on Trauma-Informed Suicide Prevention and Healing, emphasizing the importance of organizational readiness and fit.
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Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress Toolkit for Health Care Providers (in Korean)
Type: Resource Guide
Offers a compendium of tools to guide medical professionals in effectively assessing and treating medical traumatic stress in children and families. This toolkit helps providers address the emotional, as well as the physical side of trauma.
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Preparando a los niños después de que los incendios forestales hayan dañado su comunidad
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers guidance to parents and caregivers on deciding whether or not a child should return to their home or neighborhood after it was damaged in a wildfire. Translated 2024.
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Implementation: an NCTSN Video Series
Type: Video
The NCTSN Video Series on Implementation was created by members of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) to share lessons learned as organizations seek to implement trauma-informed practices or system change efforts.
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Choosing an Implementation Team Practical Strategies Learned from the National Center’s Work
Type: Video
Discover valuable insights from the National Center’s experience using implementation teams from the Training & Implementation Program's Dorothy Haskell.
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Implementation As Change
Type: Video
Join Matt Kliethermes, from the Children's Advocacy Services of Greater Saint Louis, as he shares lessons learned from the work that Project ASSIST has done on supporting the implementation of evidence-based practices and integrates research on the change process.
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Partnership on Metrics: An Approach to Code Community Voice
Type: Video
Falesha Houston of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress takes us on a journey to think about how we collect information, what we include and how we use that information to further understand the outcomes.
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Prioritizing Sustainability During System Change: Implementing the CWTTT
Type: Video
Learn about what sustainability is and why it is a critical part of implementation from NCTSN Affiliate Cambria Walsh from Cambria Walsh Consulting. This video explores how sustainability was built into the creation of Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit (CWTTT).
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The Role of Leadership in Successful Implementation
Type: Video
Lisa Conradi, current NCTSN Affiliate and former Executive Director of the Chadwick Center for Children and Families in San Diego, shares how these on-the-ground facts have hindered the type of leadership needed for a successful and robust implementation initiative and how to avoid these pitfalls.