Outlines and describes a range of points that practitioners and agencies should consider as they strive to assess, understand, and assist youth and families with children living with disabilities who have experienced trauma.
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Offers information about how to work with children and use a developmental lens.
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Discusses how every traumatic event is made up of traumatic moments that may include varying degrees of objective life threat, physical violation, and witnessing of injury or death.
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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,
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Helps learners to create a trauma lens through which they can view and better comprehend the effects of traumatic experiences and losses.
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The following resources on the Core Curriculum were developed by the NCTSN.
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Provides an introduction and overview to the NCTSN Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma (CCCT). This fact sheet offers information on the CCCT including its strengths-based approach, learning objectives, its elements, and its case studies.
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A trauma-informed child and family service system is one in which all parties involved recognize and respond to the impact of traumatic stress.
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