Helps juvenile justice agencies support children and youth during and after natural disasters. This toolkit is for juvenile justice staff, supervisors, and administrators who work with and on behalf of children, youth, and families who experience
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Provides staff in child-serving systems with best practices for trauma screening.
Discusses the correlation between victimization and juvenile offending.
Defines child traumatic stress. This fact sheet gives an overview of trauma, describes traumatic stress symptoms, and ways children may be impacted.
Outlines practice examples for continuity of care and collaboration across systems, a vital activity for youth involved in multiple service systems.
Provides judges with useful questions and guidelines to help make decisions based on the emerging scientific findings in the traumatic stress field.
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.
Provides guidance to judges and attorneys on how to recognize trauma and its effects on birth parents. This fact sheet helps judges and attorneys recognize the potential impact of trauma on parenting.
Offers practical guidance for developing and sustaining collaborative co-response models between law enforcement and social service agencies.