Explores Core Concept 2: Life Experiences, one of the NCTSN’s research-based Core Concepts for Understanding Child Traumatic Stress.
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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.
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Discusses the differences between acute, chronic, and complex trauma and how each trauma type uniquely affects children. Emphasizes the importance of recognizing their overlap to provide effective trauma-informed care.
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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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Explains how everyday sights, sounds, and experiences can unexpectedly trigger memories or emotions tied to trauma or loss. Helps caregivers understand these reminders and recognize how they may show up differently for each child.
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Explica cómo ciertas imágenes, sonidos y experiencias cotidianas pueden despertar de manera inesperada recuerdos o emociones relacionados con el trauma o la pérdida.
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Muestra las diferencias entre el trauma agudo, crónico y complejo, y cómo cada tipo de trauma afecta de manera única a los niños(as).
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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.
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Offers practical guidance for developing and sustaining collaborative co-response models between law enforcement and social service agencies.
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