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This article is about how to help children when there are tragic events transpiring.
Helping Traumatized Children Learn is the result of an extraordinary collaboration among educators, parents, mental health professionals, community groups, and attorneys determined to help children experiencing the traumatic effects of exposure to family violence succeed in school.
This report from Child Trends and the National Center for Children in Poverty includes a review of the prevalence of early childhood trauma and its effects. The report offers promising strategies for child care and preschool programs looking to help young children who have endured trauma, and presents recommendations for policymakers to support trauma-informed early care.
This article is about how teachers help students who’ve survived trauma.
In this article published by Edutopia, using a trauma-informed approach, learn how to boost students’ sense of optimism.
This article is about “how trauma is changing children’s brains”.
NCSSLE has provided a number of in-depth guides and training products to help build and promote a safe and supportive learning environment.
Established by Congress in 2000, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) brings a singular and comprehensive focus to childhood trauma. NCTSN’s collaboration of frontline providers, researchers, and families is committed to raising the standard of care while increasing access to services. Combining knowledge of child development, expertise in the full range of child traumatic experiences, and dedication to evidence-based practices, the NCTSN changes the course of children’s lives by changing the course of their care.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) hopes to develop understanding and treatment of mental illness through research to foster a means for prevention, recovery, and cure. The institute works to ensure this mission by encouraging innovative thinking that catalyze scientific breakthroughs through the study of the brain, behaviors, and experience.
After tragedies, kids will have questions. How do we respond?
This factsheet discusses the nature of trauma, its effects on children and youth, and ways to help your child. By increasing your understanding of trauma, you can help support your child’s healing, your relationship with them, and your family as a whole.