Offers information to providers about the impact of traumatic medical events.
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Offers information about distress, emotional support, and working with families after a medical trauma.
Discusses an integrated approach to recognizing and responding to child and family traumatic stress when a child has cancer.
Provides tips for medical professionals on how to assess a family of ill or injured children and how to help their families.
Provides tips for medical professionals on how to assess distress in ill or injured children and how to help their families.
Provides tips for medical professionals on how to assess emotional support in ill or injured children and how to help their families.
Offers information on integrated care approaches to supporting children and families dealing with traumatic stress and chronic health conditions.
Provides a brief overview of medical traumatic stress, the D-E-F protocol (Reduce Distress, Promote Emotional Support, and Remember the Family) and traumatic stress reactions.
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.
Helps parents and caregivers understand children's reactions to injuries, and advises them on how they can help children respond in healthy ways.