Coping with Trauma
Tools for Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Youth
While fewer children and youth have been sick with COVID-19 compared to adults, the COVID-19 pandemic has still had a major impact on their lives. Though typically resilient to everyday…
Trauma and Early Head Start and Head Start Families
The Early Head Start and Head Start programs serve our most vulnerable children and families, including those who have experienced trauma. These Training Modules are designed towards Early Head Start…
Trauma Guide from Healthy Foster Care America and American Academy of Pediatrics
Healthy Foster Care America (HFCA) is an initiative of the AAP and its partners to improve the health and well-being outcomes of children and teens in foster care. Trauma Toolbox…
Trauma-Informed Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: From Disparity to Policies for Effective Action
People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are an often overlooked minority population. They experience significant health disparities and a high risk of exposure to traumatic events that can lead to stress-related…
Trauma Lingers for Those Who Have Experienced Seclusion and Restraint
Seclusion and restraint can hurt children, said Ross Greene, a clinical child psychologist who taught at Harvard Medical School for more than 20 years and wrote four books on behavioral…
The Ultimate Guide to Talking About Tough Topics with Young Children
In this article, you will find important information about how to talk to children about common tough topics, including shootings, death, racism, mental health, illness, divorce, and more. Also find…
Ways to Counter the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences
Groundbreaking research conducted in the 1990s found that the greater number of negative childhood experiences a person had, the more likely they were to experience poor health outcomes later in…
When Someone A Child Loves Dies (PDF)
This guidance from Fred Rogers provides tips on how to talk to your child about death, alerts you to common reactions that you may see while your child grieves and…
Zero to Three: Trauma and Stress
Strong, caring and loving relationships can shield children from the impact of negative experiences, and they can be mutually healing. Children are deeply impacted by the events that take place…
