The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed a variety of resources for children, youth, and young adults, to explain child trauma and its effects.
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The following resources on Refugee Trauma were developed by external partners and organizations.
The Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma (CCCT) is an innovative approach to providing mental health clinicians with foundational knowledge and case conceptualization skills.
NCCTS policy activities are guided by Ellen Gerrity, PhD, Diane Elmore Borbon, PhD, MPH, and Lauren Absher, MSW, in collaboration with the NCTSN Policy Task Force.
Children's responses to medical trauma are often more related to their subjective experience of the medical event rather than its objective severity. Reactions vary in intensity and can be adaptive or may become disruptive to functioning.
Community violence is exposure to intentional acts of interpersonal violence committed in public areas by individuals who are not intimately related to the victim.
There is a strong connection between traumatic stress and substance abuse that has implications for children and families.
Secondary traumatic stress is the emotional duress that results when an individual hears about the firsthand trauma experiences of another.
Enhancing cultural competence and encouraging cultural humility are essential to increasing access and improving the standard of care for traumatized children, families, and communities across the nation.