Aids healthcare providers to recognize how trauma and substance use intersect and affect the health and development of children and adolescents in medical settings.
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Discusses the differences between acute, chronic, and complex trauma and how each trauma type uniquely affects children. Emphasizes the importance of recognizing their overlap to provide effective trauma-informed care.
Explains how children of different ages may react to traumatic events and offers simple strategies for parents, caregivers, and communities to provide support and promote healing.
Includes discussion from providers who work with families, communities, and schools before, during, and after violent events as well as parents and school staff, to explore personal experiences faced by those who have struggled to deal with and ad
Defines acquaintance rape, discusses the occurrence of acquaintance rape, and offers suggestions to parents on how they can protect their children.
Provides parents and caregivers with information about a child disclosing sexual abuse.
Provides information to youth about how to talk about medical trauma with others.
Provides parents and caregivers with information gangs and trauma. This fact sheet offers a brief vignettes about teens who have become involved with local gangs.
Identifies specific areas of strength and opportunities to implement STS-informed policies and practices.
Describes the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5. The UCLA PTSD RI is a self-report questionnaire to screen for exposure to traumatic events and assess PTSD symptoms in school-age children and adolescents.