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As part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), the Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma offers Free Online Education with:

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  • Supporting a Recently Traumatized Youth in a Crisis of Dissociation and Self-Harm

    Samantha is a 15-year-old African American girl who lives in public housing in an urban area rife with violence and drug use. Samantha is an outstanding student and attends private school on scholarship, where her friends describe her as beautiful, popular, brilliant, and a star athlete. At age 10, ...
  • Engaging a Sexually Traumatized Youth in Therapy

    Adam a 15-year-old, is referred to therapy after several weeks of unexplained sickness. Adam has always excelled in school despite having been sexually abused by his soccer coach in his past. About a year ago, Adam’s grades and sports performance started to slip when an adult female tutor became s...
  • Guiding Youth through Loss and Betrayal

    A client reveals during her first therapy session that she discovered her adoptive mother hid letters from her biological mother. In her past, she was placed in several foster care homes after incidents of physical and sexual abuse and family violence related to drug use by her mother and male partn...
  • Supporting Military Children with Traumatic Grief

    During both peace and conflict, children with parents in the military face unique military related stressors. Military children may develop childhood traumatic grief following the death of caregiver from combat or non-combat situations. This presentation will provide an overview of issues specific t...

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  • Trauma and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Toolkit

    The Road to Recovery: Supporting Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Who Have Experienced Trauma Toolkit was developed by the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS) and the NCTSN Trauma & IDD Expert Panel, a national selection of individuals with expert...
  • Trauma Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Youth

    In this webinar Heidi Stern-Ellis and Al Killen-Harvey raise awarenessof the vulnerability to abuse and neglect among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender adolescents. During the presentation the stages of sexual identity development as they relate to LGBTQ youth and the barriers to LGBTQ yout...
  • Resource Parent Curriculum (RPC) Training Modules

    The Online Training Modules were developed as a complementary resource to the RPC. These modules can be used by resource families and RPC facilitators in a variety of ways. For example, families who are considering attending a RPC group may complete a module to determine whether it would be worth th...
  • The Role of Trauma Among Families Struggling with Substance Abuse

    In this series, members of the NCTSN Trauma and Substance Abuse Committee, as well as presenters with lived experience, offer perspectives on the intersections between trauma, caregiver substance use, parenting, and prenatal substance use exposure.

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  • Psychological First Aid Online

    PFA online includes a 6-hour interactive course that puts the participant in the role of a provider in a post-disaster scene. This professionally-narrated course is for individuals new to disaster response who want to learn the core goals of PFA, as well as for seasoned practitioners who want a r...

  • The 12 Core Concepts for Understanding Traumatic Stress Responses in Children and Families

    The Core Curriculum on Childhood Trauma (CCCT) is a tool developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network to promote a trauma-informed mental health workforce. The 12 Core Concepts for Understanding Traumatic Stress Responses in Children and Families form the theoretical fo...
  • Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit

    The Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit course assists those in the field of child welfare who wish to learn more about child welfare and trauma. The backbone of the course is the newly released second edition of the Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit which teaches basic knowledge, skills, and ...
  • Addressing Transition Issues for Young Foster Children

    Presenters discuss the many transitions experienced by and the challenges transitions pose for young traumatized children in the child welfare system. Whether responding to the transition from the biological parents' home to a foster home, from foster home to foster home, or the changes accompanying...

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