Describes common reactions to mass violence and provides tips for parents on how to care for themselves and their child. Updated March 2021.
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Offers information on coping after mass violence. This fact sheet provides common reactions children and families may be experiencing after a mass violence event, as well as what they can do to take care of themselves. Translated in 2023.
Offers parents, caregivers, and professionals guidance for restoring a sense of safety after a mass shooting.
Provides information on how to talk to children about mass shootings. This tip sheet describes ways to talk to children about mass violence events that involve a shooting. Translated 2022.
Provides information on how to talk to children about mass shootings. This tip sheet describes ways to talk to children about mass violence events that involve a shooting.
Ofrece información para adolescentes sobre reacciones comunes ante la violencia masiva, así como consejos para cuidarse y conectarse con los demás. Traducido en 2022.
Families and children may be profoundly affected by mass violence, acts of terrorism, or community trauma in the form of shootings, bombings, or other types of attacks.
The following resources on School Shootings were developed by the NCTSN.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed a variety of resources for children, youth, and young adults, to explain child trauma and its effects.
Children who suffer from child traumatic stress are those who have been exposed to one or more traumas over the course of their lives and develop reactions that persist and affect their daily lives after the events have ended.