Features a first-person narrative illustrating how a family can move through the pain of loss and go on to heal. The family shares their personal experiences of the traumatic grief experienced by one daughter after her sister's sudden death.
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Describes the challenges that Emergency Medical Service Personnel and their families face.
Explores links between trauma and substance abuse.
Offers parents and caregivers information about ways that children may respond to the anniversary of a traumatic event.
Is a handout from Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S) Field Operations Guide. This handout provides information on how family members can help each other after an emergency and what some common caregiver reactions are.
Summarizes findings from a survey done by the NCTSN Refugee Working Group Sites in 2004.
Discusses ways to better engage adolescents who have experienced trauma in treatment.
Features a number of articles on the Network's disaster-related work, including its response to the earthquake in Haiti and trainings in American Samoa.
Offers parents information about child traumatic stress (CTS), the best way to treat CTS, what parents can do at home for their children, and how parents can make sure their children receive support at school.
Provides background on the issues of trauma among homeless children, including what homelessness looks like in America, the interplay between trauma and homelessness, how programs and services help families exposed to trauma, and providing trauma-specific services.