The following resources on Secondary Traumatic Stress were developed by the NCTSN.
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The Professional Quality of Life Scale is a 30 item self-report measure of the positive and negative effects of working with people who have experienced extremely stressful events.
Provides a juvenile justice system with a framework to examine, review, and rate day-to-day operations with a set of benchmarks to evaluate to what extent court operations reflect the content, process, and systems-level procedures reflected in eac
Articulates how a trauma-informed and anti-racist approach can and should drive the NCTSN's collaborative work.
Considerations for Clinicians Working with Children and Families from Different Cultural Backgrounds
Presents three dramatized therapy sessions and hear from seasoned trauma therapists reflecting on their experiences working with clients of different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Presents brief vignettes from three dramatized therapy sessions with commentary from seasoned trauma therapists who reflect on their own experiences in working with clients of similar and different backgrounds to their own.
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Delineates the path from complex trauma exposure to involvement in the juvenile justice system.
Depicts Debbie, a 10 year old multiracial girl who lives with her 27 year old African American mother Sharon. Sharon has struggled for years with substance abuse. The family lived for several years in a shared space which was quite chaotic.
Provides mental health clinicians and professional interpreters with information about a trauma-informed approach to mental health interpretation that is socio-culturally and linguistically- responsive to the needs of children and families receivi