A network of academic and community-based centers providing education and services for children and families who have experienced a traumatic event.
Resources
Resources
For more information on how to find a therapist:
For more information about traumatic stress and PTSD:
A professional membership organization that promotes advancement and exchange of knowledge about severe stress and trauma.
Developed originally to serve the needs of war veterans, this organization also has resources for a broad range of traumatic events for children and adolescents.
Over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, and injuries compiled by the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Information explaining what PTSD is, when it starts, how long it lasts, and how to get help.
Information on dealing with other types of traumatic events:
Resources for military families, including ways to help children prepare for and deal with a parent's deployment.
Lotsa Helping Hands is a simple, immediate way for friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors to assist loved ones in need.
Educational materials for parents and professionals on childhood traumatic grief.
Information on the impact of violence and disasters on children and adolescents, with suggestions for minimizing long-term emotional harm.
Information about helping children cope with effects of disaster, and how to be prepared before a disaster.
Tools for dealing with specific types of natural disasters for families, schools, and healthcare providers.
Tips for recovering from a natural disaster.
Information for parents, children, and professionals on coping with a disaster.
Information on an anonymous 24-hr a day hotline that provides support and assistance to victims of domestic violence.
For help with worry or stress in children and teens:
Information to help teens and families cope with the pressures of day-to-day life
For help with sleep problems:
Information for parents and educators on sleep and sleep disorders for children and teens
For information on injury prevention:
Multiple topics on injury prevention.
Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia offers tools and tips for parents and teens to promote safe driving.
Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia offers tips to help families choose and install child restraint systems safely.
For more information on pain and injury care:
Tips on communicating with kids about injury, illness, medicine, and going to the doctor.
Information on helping children with pain from a leading pediatric pain research group.
BOOKS FOR PARENTS:
A Parent’s Guide to Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Your Child Roots and Wings.
Kenneth R. Ginsburg & Martha M. Jablow. Published by the American Academy of Pediatrics; 2006
Freeing Your Child from Anxiety: Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries and Phobias.
Tamar Chansky, Broadway Books; New York; 2004
Children and Trauma: A Guide For Parents and Professionals
Cynthia Monahon, Jossey-Bass Publishers; San Francisco; 1997
BOOKS FOR KIDS:
When I Feel Scared (for young children)
Cornelia Maude Spelman, Albert Whitman & Co.; Morton Grove; 2002
What to Do When You’re Sad & Lonely: A Guide for Kids
James J. Crist, Free Spirit Publishing; Minneapolis; 2004
What to Do What You’re Scared and Worried: A Guide for Kids
James J. Crist, Free Spirit Publishing; Minneapolis; 2004