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Complex Trauma: Facts for Educators
Type: Fact Sheet
Helps educators and school staff recognize the signs and symptoms of complex trauma and offers recommendations on how to help students heal.
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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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Helping Youth after Community Trauma: Tips for Educators
Type: Tip Sheet
Lists common reactions educators might see in the students with whom they work and suggestions on how they may help after community trauma.
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Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S) Field Operations Guide Recommendations For School Staff
Type: Special Resource
Is the first appendix for the Psychological First Aid Field for Schools (PFA-S) Operations Guide.
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Helping Military Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Educators
Type: Tip Sheet
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 educators and school staff can do to help.
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Helping School-Age Children with Traumatic Grief: Tips for Caregivers
Type: Tip Sheet
Describes how school-age children may feel when struggling with the death of someone close and offers tips on what caregivers can do to help.
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PFA-S: Provider Self-Care
Type: Special Resource
Is a handout from Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S) Field Operations Guide. This handouts includes information for providers on stress reactions they may experience when providing support in the immediate aftermath of a crisis and ideas for self-care.
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PFA-S: Provider Worksheet - Survivor Current Needs
Type: Special Resource
Is a handout from Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S) Field Operations Guide. This worksheet helps providers document what survivors need most and can be used to communicate with referral agencies to help promote continuity of care.
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Providing Psychological First Aid: Health-Related Professionals
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers school health professionals a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.
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Providing Psychological First Aid: Principals and Administrators
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers principals and administrators a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.
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Providing Psychological First Aid: Support Staff
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers school support staff a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.
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Providing Psychological First Aid: Teachers
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers teachers a quick resource for using the Core Actions of Psychological First Aid in response to an emergency event on school grounds.
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Teacher Guidelines for Helping Students after Mass Violence
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers teachers guidance on helping students after a mass violence event. This fact sheet describes common reactions students may have, how teachers and school staff can help, as well as engage in self-care after a mass violence event.