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Understanding Child Trauma and the NCTSN
Type: Fact Sheet
Provides an overview of child traumatic stress and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
Updated October 2024
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NCTSN Resources
The policy resources below address research, education, and training, and include NCTSN products and materials developed by the NCCTS Policy Program and the NCTSN Policy Task Force.
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Children, Youth, and Families Who Experience Migration-Related Trauma and Family Separation
Type: Fact Sheet
Offers information on unaccompanied and separated immigrant youth in the US who have experienced migration-related trauma and family separation.
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Congressional Testimony of Lisa Amaya-Jackson: COVID-19 and the Mental Health and Substance Use...
Type: Special Resource
Provides an overview of common pandemic-related stressors among children and families, highlights NCTSN efforts to mitigate these issues, and offers priority recommendations.
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Child Trauma and Opioid Use: Policy Implications
Type: Fact Sheet
Provides policymakers and other stakeholders with an overview of how substance use and trauma affects children, adolescents, and families; substance use-related impaired caregiving; and the impact of the opioid crisis on children and families.
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Promoting Trauma-Informed Policies and Practices to Address Child Sex Trafficking
Type: Webinar
Gives examples of state and federal policy issues related to child sex trafficking. This webinar provides an overview of activities and resources related to child sex trafficking.
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Trauma-Informed Schools for Children in K-12: A System Framework
Type: Fact Sheet
Highlights the key elements of the 2017 NCTSN System Framework for Trauma-Informed Schools, while also underscoring the public health implications of trauma exposure and the benefits of having trauma-informed schools. Updated March 2021.
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Core Data Set Policy Brief: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth
Type: Fact Sheet
Discusses a study comparing a clinical CSEC cohort with a clinical group of youth who had no reported involvement in prostitution, but had a history of sexual abuse/assault. Updated May 2021.
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Exploring Policy Challenges, Solutions, and Resources for Addressing Trauma Among Refugee Youth
Type: Webinar
Explores policy challenges and solutions relevant to working with refugee youth.
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Trauma-Informed Integrated Care for Children and Families in Healthcare Settings
Type: Fact Sheet
Provides policymakers and other stakeholders an overview of trauma-informed integrated care and its importance for children who have experienced trauma.
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Understanding and Addressing Trauma and Child Sex Trafficking: Policy Brief
Type: Fact Sheet
Provides policymakers and other stakeholders with an overview of child sex trafficking and its relationship to child trauma, as well as policy-relevant and child trauma-focused recommendations to assist them in their response to child sex trafficking. Updated March 2021.
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Intimate Partner Violence and Child Trauma: Policy Brief
Type: Fact Sheet
Provides policymakers and other stakeholders with an overview of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its relationship to child trauma, as well as policy-relevant and child trauma-focused recommendations to assist them in their response to intimate partner violence.
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Complex Trauma, Children, and the Health Home Option: Moving Research and Practice to Policy
Type: Webinar
Details how NCTSN researchers and practitioners and their partners established complex trauma in children as an eligible condition for health home coverage.