Highlights how healing is strengthened through trauma-informed partnerships between families, youth, and providers.
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Introduces trauma-informed care and explains how recognizing the impact of trauma helps create safe, supportive environments for children, families, and providers.
Introduces the 12 Core Concepts for Understanding Traumatic Stress Responses in Children and Families, a research-based framework developed by the NCTSN to explain how trauma affects children, families, and the systems that support them.
Provides information for parents and caregivers on intrafamilial sexual abuse. This fact sheet describes what intrafamilial sexual abuse is, its effects on children, its impact on a family, coping for parents, and how to move forward.
Highlights the nationwide impact of the NCTSN, showing how federal investment translates into trauma-informed care, workforce development, and crisis response across the country.
Helps families understand what trauma-informed care looks like in practice and supports caregivers in preparing for conversations that center safety, collaboration, and their child’s strengths.
Offers practical tips for children and caregivers to stay safe online, recognize the risks of cyberbullying and AI misuse, and promote healthy, responsible digital habits.
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.
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.