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.
Defines and answers commonly-asked questions about child sexual abuse. This fact sheet outlines myths and facts about child sexual abuse and provides tips to help protect children. Translated in 2025.
Helps parents and caregivers recognize the signs and symptoms of complex trauma and offers recommendations on how to help children heal. Translated in 2025.
Offers teens information about acquaintance rape. This fact sheet provides information on what acquaintance rape is, how common it is, what date rape drugs are, how to stay safe, and common myths and facts about acquaintance rape. Translated in 2025.
Provides information to teens about staying safe while they are online. This fact sheet describes why sexting is not smart and how sexts can be used to hurt or bully. It offers tips for keeping teens safe when they are online, including privacy settings and protecting their identity.
Provides an introduction and overview to the NCTSN Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma (CCCT). This fact sheet offers information on the CCCT including its strengths-based approach, learning objectives, its elements, and its case studies.
Offers information on military children who are grieving the loss of a loved one. This tip sheet describes how military children dealing with trauma and grief responses may be feeling and what parents can do to help. Translated in 2025.
Provides parents and caregivers with information about traumatic grief in military children.
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.
Provides military parents and caregivers with several ways to mitigate the negative effects of deployment including maintaining well-being, fostering positive family dynamics, and using effective parenting strategies.
Provides information for parents and caregivers about how to support their family when a large community event is happening in their city or town.
Provides parents and caregivers information on sexual development and behavior in children.
Provides information about suicide risk and ethnoracial identity.