Finding Connection: Therapist Attunement and Self-Regulation When Clients Shut Down or Dissociate

Thursday, July 19, 2018
10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT
Presents, through dramatized therapy sessions, traumatized youth who are profoundly emotionally shut down or dissociative and how therapists can remain attuned to clients while managing their own affect. When children shut down or dissociate they may seem unreachable or impossible to engage; yet thr...

Giving Immigrant Children a Voice: Understanding Traumatic Separation

Focuses on helping providers, current caregivers, and others understand and recognize the effects of Traumatic Separation in immigrant children of different ages, understand immigrant children’s prior trauma experiences, and provide practical suggestions for how to support immigrant children who h...

Calm in the Storm: Therapist Attunement and Self-Regulation When Crises Occur in Session

Moments of crisis (as seen in dramatized therapy sessions) will be viewed and discussed with a focus on how therapists can handle the challenge of remaining attuned to intensely distressed clients while also recognizing and regulating their own stress reactions. When children or adult caregivers exp...

Networking with Community Partners in Times of Disasters

Strong community partnerships are critical to serving children and families following a disaster or terrorist event. Understanding which organizations are commonly active in disasters and their functions can help child-serving providers build relationships that will strengthen their response in time...

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.

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...