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This section includes key resources related to child trauma policy developed by external partners, national organizations, and federal agencies.
Refugee children may feel relieved when they are resettled in the US. However, the difficulties they face do not end upon their arrival.
Children who suffer from child traumatic stress are those who have been exposed to one or more traumas over the course of their lives and develop reactions that persist and affect their daily lives after the events have ended.
The development of secondary traumatic stress is recognized as a common occupational hazard for professionals working with traumatized children.
Date: October 27, 2025
Author: Cambria Rose Walsh
Time: 5 minute read
The CBCL/1.5-5 obtains caregivers' ratings of 99 problem items.
Date: February 13, 2026
Author: Isaiah B. Pickens
Time: 10 minute read
The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress works closely with National Child Traumatic Stress Network members to develop and expand comprehensive external partnerships.
The SDQ is a widely and internationally used brief behavioralscreening instrument assessing child positive and negative attributes across 5 scales: 1) Emotional Symptoms, 2) Conduct Problems, 3) Hyperactivity-Inattention, 4) Peer Problems, 5) Pros