During the holiday season, families are dealing with stress from multiple sources, including navigating how to safely gather given the COVID-19 safety protocols. This National Child Traumatic Stress Network fact sheet offers parents and…

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact sheet offers a summary of research findings that examine adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), the extent of ACEs among adults in a survey of 25 states, the consequences of ACEs, and ACEs…

This factsheet discusses the nature of trauma, abuse, and neglect, as well as the effects of trauma on children and youth. Additionally, it suggests ways to help a child who has experienced trauma. Parents or foster parents who do not understand the…

This guide was created by the Children's Bureau to help caseworkers, foster parents, and other stakeholders learn about trauma experienced by youth in foster care. Additionally, the guide includes treatment options, including…

This brief fact sheet from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) gives an overview of the key ideas that drive a trauma-informed practice. For example, a trauma-informed organization is physically and psychologically…

This research, from the National Center for Children in Poverty, looks at the role of trauma long- and short-term for children. Trauma not only can cause physical and emotional health conditions, but can cause difficulties in learning, ongoing…