The development of secondary traumatic stress is recognized as a common occupational hazard for professionals working with traumatized children.
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Gives details about the growing number of girls in the juvenile justice system.
Offers information to parents and caregivers about child sexual abuse and coping with the emotional stress of the legal system.
Offers guidance to help those working with youth involved in multiple systems (YIMS) and their families to use a traumatic stress perspective and provide trauma-informed care.
Widens the trauma-informed care lens by focusing on familial responses to trauma.
Outlines core competencies which pinpoint skill sets that health care and behavioral health practitioners should acquire to identify, respond to, and serve individuals who have experienced trafficking and individuals at risk of trafficking.
Highlights the importance of birth parents understanding the serious consequences their trauma histories can have on them and the subsequent potential impact on their parenting.
Provides guidance to judges and attorneys on how to recognize trauma and its effects on birth parents. This fact sheet helps judges and attorneys recognize the potential impact of trauma on parenting.
As awareness increases about the effects of traumatic experiences, it has become more important for medical and behavioral health providers to integrate their care for children and families.