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Talking to Children When Scary Things Happen
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers guidance on talking with children and youth when scary things happen.
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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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Talking to Teens When Violence Happens
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers guidance on talking with teens when violence happens. This fact sheet includes information on checking in with yourself, clarifying your goal, providing information and options, reflection, asking helpful questions, going slow, labeling emotions, validating, and monitoring media and social media exposure.
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Well-being Practices: Gentle Reminders for Times of Stress
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers gentle reminders for well-being practices in times of stress. This fact sheet includes information on welcoming the body's stress response, completing the stress cycle, connection & relationship, emotion skills & practices, and mindfulness & attention.
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After a Crisis Helping Young Children Heal (in Romanian)
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers tips to parents on how to help young children, toddlers, and preschoolers heal after a traumatic event. Translated 2022.
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After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal (in Norwegian)
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers tips to parents on how to help young children, toddlers, and preschoolers heal after a traumatic event. Translated March 2022.
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After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal (in German)
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers tips to parents on how to help young children, toddlers, and preschoolers heal after a traumatic event. Translated March 2022.
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After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal (in Russian)
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers tips to parents on how to help young children, toddlers, and preschoolers heal after a traumatic event. Translated March 2022.
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After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal (in Ukrainian)
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers tips to parents on how to help young children, toddlers, and preschoolers heal after a traumatic event. Translated March 2022.
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Después De Una Crisis: Cómo Sanan A Los Niños
Type: Fact Sheet
Ofrece consejos a los padres sobre cómo ayudar a los niños pequeños, niños pequeños y niños en edad preescolar a sanar después de un evento traumático.
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After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal (in Pashto)
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers tips to parents on how to help young children, toddlers, and preschoolers heal after a traumatic event.
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After a Crisis: Helping Young Children Heal (in Dari)
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers tips to parents on how to help young children, toddlers, and preschoolers heal after a traumatic event.
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Children who are Impacted by a Family Member's Death Sentence or Execution: Information for...
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers guidance for supporting children who have family members on death row or who have been executed after serving a death sentence. This fact sheet provides information on what children may be experiencing and how you can help them.