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Longing to Reconnect with Family: A Teenager and His Father Encounter Their Losses and Fears
Joshua’s mom abandoned him when he was a few days old. For the first three years of his life, Joshua lived with his maternal grandmother and her partner. When Joshua began preschool, his teachers had some concerns about his overall hygiene and care. A few months later, his teacher called DCF to re...Managing Parental Dissociation During a Dyadic Therapy Session: Meeting the Needs of a Dysregulated Parent and Child
Debbie is a 10 year old multiracial girl who lives with her 27 year old African American mother Sharon. Sharon has struggled for years with substance abuse. The family lived for several years in a shared space which was quite chaotic. During this time, Debbie often would be with other children in th...Applying Evidence-Based Trauma Treatments for Childhood Traumatic Separation
Childhood Traumatic Separation is a trauma in which children experience familial separation under sudden, chaotic, frightening circumstances and develop traumatic stress reactions. Unprecedented numbers of families are being separated at our southern border, and many children experience traumatic se...Addressing Patient Needs While Maintaining Boundaries: A Triggered Patient Seeks Physical Comfort
Eleven-year-old Clara is in her third treatment session, sharing about the first sexual abuse she experienced. Clara’s growing discomfort is evident as she describes her mother’s former live-in boyfriend, Michael, and how the abuse progressed. Clara becomes overtly distressed and leaps onto the ...
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Promoting Trauma-Informed Policies and Practices to Address Child Sex Trafficking
This webinar will provide examples of state and federal policy issues related to child sex trafficking. Further, NCTSN resources related to the topic will be shared.Understanding the Complex Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Children
This speaker series will tackle the specific strategies and challenges within each child serving system providing services to commercially sexually exploited children.
Addressing Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence in Families Affected by Substance Use
In this webinar, presenters describe the connections between intimate partner violence and substance use. They discuss the impact of these challenges on parenting and children, and suggest strategies for working with affected families. In their presentation speakers focus on the perpetrator of the ...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...
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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...