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.
National Center Co-Director Dr. Lisa Amaya-Jackson and Center member Dr. Mia Tankersley discuss trauma, emotional dysregulation, and outbursts.
NCTSN Affiliate Dr. Ginny Sprang from the University of Kentucky and National Center Co-Director Dr. Lisa Amaya-Jackson discuss Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS).
Highlights how healing is strengthened through trauma-informed partnerships between families, youth, and providers. Outlines key principles like trust, collaboration, empowerment, and shared decision-making to support meaningful, respectful care.
Aids healthcare providers to recognize how trauma and substance use intersect and affect the health and development of children and adolescents in medical settings.
Provides a focus on the Steven A. Cohen Miliary Family Clinic at Centerstone.
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.
Helps learners to create a trauma lens through which they can view and better comprehend the effects of traumatic experiences and losses.
Identifies the core competencies that STS-informed supervisors in any discipline should have. This fact sheet defines terms, outlines benchmarks for each competency, and offers supervisors guidance on ways...
Helps organizations assess their current practices in the context of serving children and families who have experienced trauma. It is an important part of an organizational transformation process to create trauma-informed organizations.
Highlights key points for providers, family advocates, and policymakers to understand about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and child trauma. This resource was adapted from...
Outlines different considerations that primary care providers need to take into account when working wih reugee youth and their families.This fact sheet describes the cultural, child and youth, family, and provider considerations that healthcare providers should understand when working with this
Outlines different considerations that primary care providers need to take into account when working with refugee youth and their families.