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.
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NCTSN members Wanda Vargas and Sara Fernandez-Marcote discuss Core Concept 2: Life Experiences.
Offers strategies to help parents and caregivers cope with collective traumas. This fact sheet also provides guidance on what parents and caregivers can do to care for their children as they cope. Updated May 2024.
Provides information about how traumatic events often generate secondary adversities such as family separations, financial hardship, relocations to a new residence and school, social stigma, ongoing treatment for injuries, physical rehabilitation,
Why Trauma-Informed Police Response Matters: A Critical Moment to Support Children Exposed to Trauma
Explores how trauma-informed police responses can reduce harm and create opportunities for safety and support when children are exposed to violence or trauma.
Teaches the application of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) principles and methods in cases where a child or adolescent has experienced the unexpected/traumatic death of an important person resulting in symptoms of PTSD, depres
Offers training on the various components of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Explores Core Concept 2: Life Experiences, one of the NCTSN’s research-based Core Concepts for Understanding Child Traumatic Stress.
NCTSN Affiliate Dr. Ginny Sprang from the University of Kentucky and National Center Co-Director Dr. Lisa Amaya-Jackson discuss Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS).
National Center Co-Director Dr. Lisa Amaya-Jackson and Center member Dr. Mia Tankersley discuss trauma, emotional dysregulation, and outbursts.