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.
Helps school professionals understand how trauma and substance use can affect students’ behavior, learning, and well-being within school settings.
Date: February 13, 2026
Author: Isaiah B. Pickens
Time: 10 minute read
Introduces learners to the symptoms of Childhood Traumatic Grief (CTG) and Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). It explores how cultural and religious rituals, holidays, school events, and personal anniversaries can both support and challenge grieving children.
Date: 09/09/2025
Authors: Alison Hendricks, Kalila Papanikolas
Time: 4 minute read
Offers information on why school personnel are important for grieving students. Translated in 2024.
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. Translated in 2023.
Provides guidance on responding to disaster, violence, or terrorism events using the Psychological First Aid intervention.
Lists common reactions educators might see in the students with whom they work and suggestions on how they may help after community trauma.
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. Translated in 2023.
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. Translated in 2023.
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. Translated in 2023.
Is a handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA). This handout provides parents with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of things you can say to your preschool-age child. Translated March 2020.