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Jump to navigation What is Child Trauma? About Child Trauma Trauma Types Populations at Risk Treatments and Practices Trauma Treatments Screening and Assessment Psychological First Aid and SPR Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma Trauma-Informed Care Trauma-Informed Systems Culture and Trauma Families and Trauma Family-Youth-Provider-Partnerships Secondary Traumatic Stress Resources All NCTSN Resources Training Información en Español Public Awareness About Us Who We Are Structure and Governance Network Members Strategic Partnerships Policy Issues Position Statements About This Website Contact Us GET HELP NOW Back to top Homepage OUR MISSION is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States. DEFINING CHILD TRAUMATIC STRESS The Latest Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Creating Effective Child- and Family-Focused Disaster Behavioral Health Messages on Social Media Sexual Health and Trauma Evidence-Based Practice: NCTSN Position Statement Major Events School Shooting Resources Wildfire Resources Tornado Resources PFA and SPR Trauma Types Community Violence Community violence is exposure to intentional acts of interpersonal violence committed in public areas by individuals who are not intimately related to the victim. view Complex Trauma Complex trauma describes both children’s exposure to multiple traumatic events—often of an invasive, interpersonal nature—and the wide-ranging, long-term effects of this exposure. These events are severe and pervasive, such as abuse or profound neglect. view Sexual Abuse Child sexual abuse is any interaction between a child and an adult (or another child) in which the child is used for the sexual stimulation of the perpetrator or an observer. Sexual abuse can include both touching and non-touching behaviors. view Terrorism and Violence 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. view View All Trauma Treatments Alternatives for Families - A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy AF-CBT is a trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment designed to improve the relationships between children and caregivers. view Trauma Systems Therapy TST is a model of care for traumatized children that addresses both the individual child’s emotional needs as well as the social environment in which he or she lives. view Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competence: A Comprehensive Framework ARC is a framework for intervention with youth and families who have experienced multiple and/or prolonged traumatic stress. view Family Centered Treatment FCT provides a holistic approach with families in their homes. It emphasizes all areas of family functioning relevant to treatment needs, as based on families’ identification of both their needs, and barriers to their functioning well as a family system. view View All Trauma-Informed Care Schools Children's reactions to trauma can interfere considerably with learning and behavior at school. Schools serve as a critical system of support for children who have experienced trauma. view Families and Trauma All families experience trauma differently. Some factors such as a child’s age or the family’s culture or ethnicity may influence how the family copes and recovers from a traumatic event. Trauma changes families as they work to survive and adapt to their circumstances and environment. view Secondary Traumatic Stress Secondary traumatic stress is the emotional duress that results when an individual hears about the firsthand trauma experiences of another. view Justice Children who come to the attention of the juvenile justice system are a challenging and underserved population, with high rates of exposure to trauma. view View All NCTSN Resources Childhood Traumatic Grief: Information for Pediatric Providers Resource Description Offers information on why pediatric providers are important for grieving children. view Trauma-Informed Juvenile Court Self-Assessment Resource Description Provides a juvenile justice system with a framework to examine, review, and rate day-to-day operations with a set of benchmarks to evaluate to what extent court operations reflect the content, process, and systems-level procedures reflected in each essential element. view Data at a Glance: Completing Treatment vs. Ending Early is Better for Kids - What Caregivers Should Know Resource Description Offers parents and caregivers information about the importance of treatment completion. view Intervenciones con niños muy pequeños, informadas en apego, desarrollo, trauma y cultura Resource Description Para los niños migrantes pequeños, la separación de los padres, puede peligrosamente agravar y exacerbar estresores traumáticos previos y tener efectos devastadores a corto y largo plazopara ellos. view View All Resources By Audience Families and Caregivers Child Welfare Professionals Justice System Professionals School Personnel Healthcare Providers Youth Policy Makers Join the Conversation National Child Traumatic Stress Network Tweets by nctsn Back to top CONTACT US ABOUT THIS WEBSITE SITE MAP PRIVACY DISCLAIMER THE LEARNING CENTER Offers FREE continuing education (CE) credits and e-learning resources. 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