Your Child and Gangs: What You Need to Know about Trauma

Your Child and Gangs: What You Need to Know about Trauma - Tips for Parents [1]

NCTSN Resource

Resource Description

Provides parents and caregivers with information gangs and trauma. This fact sheet offers a brief vignettes about teens who have become involved with local gangs. It highlights what traumatic stress is, why gangs appeal to traumatized youth, and what parents can do to help their children.

Resource Type:

Type: Fact Sheet

Trauma Type:

Community Violence

Language:

English

Audience:

Families and Caregivers

Published in 2008