Children with childhood traumatic grief often try to avoid talking about the deceased person or their feelings about the death, but talking about it may be important for resolving trauma symptoms that are interfering with the child’s ability to grieve. If symptoms similar to those listed on this sheet persist, professional help may be needed. The professional should have experience in working with children and adolescents and specifically with issues of grief and trauma.
Child Trends studies children of all stages of development. They strive to improve the outcome of children by providing research, data, and analysis to people and organizations who actions and decisions affect youth. Topic areas include child poverty, child welfare, early childhood development, education, indicators of child well-being, marriage and family, positive development, parenting, health, and youth development.
Connecting children to welfare and related professionals that help children and strengthen families.
Child Welfare League of America is a coalition of private and public agencies that offer publications, membership services, conferences, consultations and special initiatives to help ensure the safety and well-being of youth and their families who have experienced abuse, neglect or family disruption.
The third edition of the Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit (CWTTT) incorporates two foundational trainings, a specialized skills training for supervisors and caseworkers, and a supervisor consultation series to enhance transfer of learning into day-to-day practice.
An investigation of the different types of child care arrangements, including unsupervised 'self-care' that has school-age children home alone after school without supervision or structured activities.
ChildFocus is a national consulting firm that brings together innovative people, programs, and policies to help non-profit organizations, foundations, and government agencies support America’s children and families.
Childhelp National Child abuse hotline is dedicated to prevent child abuse. Childhelp focuses on the approach of prevention, intervention, and treatment of child abuse within communities.
The Children & Nature Network offers resources for parents and teachers to learn more about what outdoor education is. The section of the site give resources to pdfs and videos that can help with an outdoor educational curriculum.
CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) is the nation’s leading non-profit organization serving individuals with ADHD and their families. CHADD has over 16,000 members in 200 local chapters throughout the U.S. Chapters offer support for individuals, parents, teachers, professionals, and others. CHADD was founded in 1987 in response to the frustration and sense of isolation experienced by parents and their children with ADHD.
Children & Families of Iowa’s Elevate is a youth-driven program that inspires change, compassion and connection for foster and adoptive youth in Iowa. Elevate members are youth ages 13 and up who have been involved in foster care, adoption or other out-of-home placements. We are young people who want to make a difference in the child welfare system. We come from every background and we all have stories to tell. Elevate's mission is to inspire others to new levels of understanding and compassion to the life connection needs of foster care and adoptive teens by sharing their personal stories of hope.
Children Desiring God provides lessons for junior and high school students that encourage youth to develop biblical study skills.
Children Now is a national organization for people who care about children and want to ensure that they are the top public policy priority. Children Now addresses issues around health, media, education, and research.
Resources for youth and adults about foster care in the state of New Mexico.
Children, Inc.'s Mayerson Service Initiative hopes to develop children into valued community members of change. The initiative provides lesson plans, projects, and trainings to help educators create customized projects for their schools.
The Children, Youth, and Families At-Risk (CYFAR) is a national initiative that provides funding for Sustainable Community Projects (SCP). These projects are developed to meet locally identified needs, are research-based, and provide quality programs for vulnerable, at-risk, low-income, and low-resource children, youth, and families to promote positive life outcomes. This initiative was developed in collaboration with The United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture through a cooperative agreement with The University of Minnesota.
The CareForKids organization advocates for the kids of Kern County through the administration of funds received by the Children's Advocates Resource Endowment (C.A.R.E.) to benefit local children's organizations. CareForKids.org volunteers raise money and awareness through special events and provide an endowment fund for the future needs of the children, with 100% of the proceeds to stay in Kern County.
Children's Defense Fund is a non-profit child advocacy group that champions policies and programs that lift children from poverty, protect them from abuse and neglect, ensure them access to quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation. The site includes advocacy resources and child research data.
The Children’s Safety Network works with state and jurisdiction Maternal & Child Health and Injury & Violence prevention programs to create an environment in which all children and youth are safe and healthy. Our goal is to equip states and jurisdictions to strengthen their capacity, utilize data and implement effective strategies to make major reductions in injury-related deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits.
Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County (CSC) is a Federal Full-Service Community School Grantee that partners with local nonprofit and government agencies to provide health and human services for youth and their families. The CSC works to reduce school drop outs, teen pregnancies, drug use, and crimes by fostering strong bonds with young people and community affiliates.