Provides a brief overview of the mental health needs of unaccompanied children who have experienced significant trauma in their home countries and along their journey to the United States.
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Features Samantha, a high school student, and her trauma therapist, Dr. Ernestine Briggs-King. Samantha is a composite of several young women, not an actual client, and is portrayed by an actress in order to protect privacy.
Provides information for family members and caregivers who are trying to decide whether or not to serve on advisory boards.
Features Joshua, a young adult struggling to find his place in the world, and his therapist Dr. Michael Gomez.
Offers information about how to work with children and use a developmental lens.
Provides the PEARR Tool, to help guide social workers, nurses, and other profesionals on how to provide assistance to those who have experienced trauma, in a trauma-informed manner.
Offers information and guidance to parents, caregivers, and other adults to help them understand the reality of human trafficking, and most importantly, what they can do to safeguard youth and others in their communities.
Offers parents and caregivers information about traumatic separation and reunification, including what traumatic experiences are, how children react to trauma, and ways to heal.
Ofrece a los padres y cuidadores información sobre la separación traumática, incluyendo qué son las experiencias traumáticas, cómo reaccionan los niños al trauma y formas de sanar.
Helps child welfare agencies support children and youth during and after natural disasters. This toolkit is for child welfare staff, supervisors, and administrators who work with and on behalf of children, youth, and families who experience a natu