Offers a compendium of tools to guide medical professionals in effectively assessing and treating medical traumatic stress in children and families. This toolkit helps providers address the emotional, as well as the physical side of trauma.
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Offers a compendium of tools to guide medical professionals in effectively assessing and treating medical traumatic stress in children and families. This toolkit helps providers address the emotional, as well as the physical side of trauma.
In any given year, approximately one million children come to the attention of the U.S. child welfare system.
Partnership among family, youth, and providers merges professional expertise and the experiences of trauma and healing.
Collaborative work with policymakers has been an essential part of the mission and activities of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network since it began in 2000 as part of the Children’s Health Act.
This section includes key resources related to child trauma policy developed by external partners, national organizations, and federal agencies.
Depicts Maya, a 9-year-old girl, was referred for therapy due to numerous instances of domestic violence by her father toward her mother (some of which she witnessed), physical abuse by her father, and possible sexual abuse with no specific disclo
The CAP Inventory is a caretaker-report measure developed to estimate the risk of a parent physically abusing a child. The test consists of 160 questions with a total of 10 standard scales and 2 special scales (added to the measure in 1990).
Discusses early work in the NCTSN to describe the prevalence of complex trauma and polyvictimization. This webinar describes ongoing efforts to support the new diagnosis of Developmental Trauma Disorder.