Compiled resources for schools and caregivers to understand common reactions about a catestropic event such as a school shooting, how to support students and school communities, and includes guides and fact sheets.
Download the Psychological First Aid (PFA) mobile app to accompany PFA training, which is an evidence-informed modular approach to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism. It includes helpful and easy to access information and strategies to implement during times of crises.
Download the PFA Field Guide that accompanies Psychological First Aid (PFA) training, which is an evidence-informed modular approach to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism.
Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidenced-informed strategy that school communities can implement after crises to support students, staff and families. It includes a 5-hour online, interactive course that puts the participant in the role of a provider in a post-disaster scene. This course is for individuals new to disaster response who want to learn the core goals of PFA, as well as for seasoned practitioners who want a review.
This guide offers actionable principles that organizations and child-serving systems can implement to move toward the fundamental transformation of becoming anti-racist and trauma-informed. This list of principles is a companion document to the Being Anti-Racist is Central to Trauma- Informed Care: Principles of an Anti-Racist, Trauma-Informed Organization resource, which includes further explanation and strategies for how organizations can put these principles into action.
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Pause-Reset-Nourish (PRN)* to Promote Wellbeing; Provides information about the specific self-care strategy of Pause-Reset-Nourish, or PRN. This fact sheet acknowledges the levels of stress that professionals may experience and offers a way to address unwanted symptoms and promote and replenish wellbeing and enhance resilience.
This video features teachers who have implemented trauma-informed strategies in their schools and classrooms to support students. It includes discussion of how these schools have communicated to staff about these efforts and training they have used.
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This framework presents a tiered approach to creating a trauma-informed school environment that addresses the needs of all students, staff, administrators, and families who might be at risk for experiencing the symptoms of traumatic stress. This framework offers a vision of a trauma-informed school, adhering to the “4 Rs”.
Creating, Supporting, and Sustaining Trauma-Informed Schools System Framework Read More »
Keeping our school campuses safe from active shooters or intruders is one component of a school emergency plan. Part of being prepared is planning safety drills. The type of drills or exercises your school conducts should map on to your school emergency operations plan. This fact sheet provides guidance on steps to consider when performing an active shooter/ intruder drill.
Compiled resources developed by NCTSN, including webinars, toolkits, and handouts, related to children and youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities who have experienced trauma.
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