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.
Describes a community system that impacts the lives of young children, addressing the context of the system and its impact on young children, as well as means to achieve effective collaborations within these systems.
Addresses clinical, organizational, and staff training issues and describes unique challenges faced by specific populations at high risk for traumatic stress. This webinar series discusses a variety of issues at the intersection of culture and trauma in children and adolescents.
Discusses the development of Strengthening Family Coping Resources (SFCR).
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.
Demonstrates intervention strategies with children and adults after a terrorist event or disaster.
Outlines the causes and consequences of child abuse. This video describes how family-focused interventions can help families make a new beginning.
Discusses the need for an early childhood mental health consultation program within child care settings and describes the two types of consultation programs and the goals of each.
Provides an overview of current issues, challenges, and emerging practices facing child welfare jurisdictions as it relates to children who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation.
Discusses the relationship between spirituality, religiosity, and psychological trauma. This webinar addresses the therapist's role in assisting children to reconcile conflicts with spirituality and religiosity.
Defines infant mental health and why it is important, with particular emphasis on the relationship context of early development.
Provides an introduction to white privilege and its historical underpinnings. This webinar defines and identifies personal and professional microaggressions.
Discusses the ways holidays and other personally meaningful dates can serve as trauma and grief reminders. This webinar points out how culture can dictate children's reactions to reminders and stresses the importance of therapists understanding their clients' culture.