Reports on recommendations from the Sandy Hook Commission that was established by the Connecticut governor following the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Highlights the recommendations of the Attorney’s General’s Advisory Committee on American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence.
Reports on the 2012 recommendations from the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence, which was established to recommend ways to prevent, reduce, and treat children’s exposure to violence.
Reviews findings of the National Commission on Children and Disasters, an independent, bipartisan body established by Congress and the President to identify gaps in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery for children and to make recommendat
Describes child and adolescent trauma exposure and psychosocial functioning among NCTSN care recipients in residential care.
Describes the need for an integrated system of care for youth with traumatic stress and substance use disorders.
Presents recommendations from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for eliminating the use of conversion therapy among youth.
Introduces a concept of trauma and offers a framework for becoming a trauma-informed organization, system, or service sector.
Provides an overview of child traumatic stress and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
Updated September 2023
Offers information on unaccompanied and separated immigrant youth in the US who have experienced migration-related trauma and family separation.