NCTSN Resource
The Role of Family Engagement in Creating Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Systems
Type: Fact Sheet
Outlines the role of family engagement in creating trauma-informed juvenile justice systems.
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NCTSN Resources
The following resources on Justice were developed by the NCTSN.
NCTSN Resource
Trauma and the Environment of Care in Juvenile Institutions
Type: Fact Sheet
Outlines the environment of care in juvenile institutions.
NCTSN Resource
Cross-System Collaboration
Type: Fact Sheet
Outlines practice examples for continuity of care and collaboration across systems, a vital activity for youth involved in multiple service systems. This brief, written by Macon Stewart from the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform describes its Youth Practice Model.
NCTSN Resource
Trauma-Informed Assessment and Intervention
Type: Fact Sheet
Outlines the importance of trauma-informed assessment and intervention in the juvenile justice system.
NCTSN Resource
Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Roundtable: Current Issues and New Directions in Creating Trauma...
Type: Fact Sheet
Provides an introduction to the NCTSN Trauma-Informed Juvenile Justice Roundtable.
NCTSN Resource
NCTSN Bench Cards for the Trauma-Informed Judge
Type: Special Resource
Provides judges with useful questions and guidelines to help make decisions based on the emerging scientific findings in the traumatic stress field. These bench cards assist judges and court-appointed professionals doing mental health assessment of children.
NCTSN Resource
Testifying in Court about Trauma: How to Prepare
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers guidance to clinicians called upon to testify as an expert witness for a client’s court case.
NCTSN Resource
Core Data Set Policy Brief: Trauma Exposure, Psychosocial Functioning and Treatment Needs of...
Type: Fact Sheet
Describes child and adolescent trauma exposure and psychosocial functioning among NCTSN care recipients in residential care.
NCTSN Resource
Ten Things Every Juvenile Court Judge Should Know About Trauma and Delinquency
Type: Resource Guide
Highlights what ten things juvenile court judges should know to best meet the needs of traumatized children who come into their system.
NCTSN Resource
Cops, Kids, and Domestic Violence Law Enforcement Training Video
Type: Video
Describes the impact of domestic violence on children. This video provides law enforcement officers with concrete information about what they can do when responding to the scene of a domestic violence call.
NCTSN Resource
Cops, Kids, and Domestic Violence Law Enforcement Training Video Support Materials
Type: Resource Guide
Provides links and resources for additional information to support the Cops, KIds, and Domestic Violence training video.
Partner-In Resource
Secondary Traumatic Stress Core Competencies in Trauma-Informed Supervision Self-Rating Tool
Type: Special Resource
Is a self-rating tool that walks users through each of the competencies in STS cross-disciplinary version.