When a child feels intensely threatened by an event he or she is involved in or witnesses, we call that event a trauma. There is a range of traumatic events or trauma types to which children and adolescents can be exposed.
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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), also referred to as domestic violence, occurs when an individual purposely causes harm or threatens the risk of harm to any past or current partner or spouse.
There are a wide variety of counseling and mental health interventions available to families affected by intimate partner violence (IPV).
The following resources on Intimate Partner Violence were developed by the NCTSN.
The following resources on child trauma were developed by the NCTSN.
This listing of NCTSN members includes current grantees as well as NCTSN Affiliates, former grantees who have maintained their ties to the Network.
Community violence is exposure to intentional acts of interpersonal violence committed in public areas by individuals who are not intimately related to the victim.
Le saludamos de parte de La Red Nacional para el Estrés Traumático Infantil.
Trauma-informed screening and assessment practices help providers identify children’s and families’ needs early in the process and to tailor services to meet those needs.