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Trauma

Trauma ImageThis section of this website contains links to documents and websites that we believe will be useful to practitioners and other professionals working in the area of child and adolescent trauma.

ACATLGN Resources

How Young People Experience and React to Traumatic Events

This resource discusses how children and young people may react to a traumatic event. It discusses different reactions that may occur at different ages. It also discusses what may help children and young people to recover from a traumatic event.

Trauma, young people and Juvenile Justice

The majority of young people who are involved in the juvenile justice system have faced traumatic experiences and serious adversities.


Other Resources

 

Child Safety Commission, Victoria
This guide is for people working with, caring for, or in contact with children and young people whose lives have been hurt by abuse, neglect or other trauma. 

Child Development and Trauma Guide
Department of Human Services, Victoria
A guide that has been developed to assist practitioners to understand the typical developmental pathways of children and to recognise indicators of trauma at different ages and stages. Offers practical, age-appropriate advice as to the needs of children, parents and carers when trauma has occurred.

Trauma and Children
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health
This resource provides information for families and professionals on symptoms that children may display following a traumatic event and how the child can be supported.  

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), US
This resource provides an understanding of the different ways that children experience traumatic events, the different factors that can influence their response to them and the ways that this response may impact on the child and the family. 
 
Office for Victims of Crime, US
This website features great videos that discuss the impact of trauma and also look at the treatments that work with traumatised children. 

Caring for kids after a traumatic event
Child Study Center, New York University, US
A resource sheet developed for professionals who want to help children cope with traumatic events.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): NICE Guideline
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK
Best practice guidelines for the management of PTSD in adults and children in primary and secondary care.

 
Weblinks

Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health
Provides trauma-related research, policy advice, service development and education. Assists organisations and health professionals who work with people affected by traumatic events.

Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
This society provides a forum for extending the understanding of, prevention and treatment of major stress and trauma.

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies
This journal provides access to original material on disaster and psychological trauma studies.

Child Study Center

New York University, US
List of resources to provide information to parents, educators and mental health and medical practitioners to help children cope with trauma, terrorism, war and death.  

Disaster and Trauma Resource Center
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, US
This website provides free resources for families and professionals, including fact sheets, clinical resources and online video education clips.

The Child Trauma Academy, US
The website for the Child Trauma Academy features many articles and resources.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), US
The NCTSN website contains a wealth of information relating to trauma and children.

NCTSN Learning Center
National Child Traumatic Stress Network, US
This website is currently free to join and is an online resource for professionals and families seeking to learn more about childhood traumatic stress. The website hosts online training in the area of child trauma.

American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, US
A multidisciplinary network of professionals that are committed to the advancement of intervention for survivors of trauma. 

Canadian Foundation for Trauma Research and Education
Furthers the understanding of fields of neurobiology and psychophysiology through education and research as they pertain to the treatment of traumatic conditions.

David Baldwin’s Trauma Information Pages, US
Primarily adult-focused information on emotional trauma and traumatic stress.

European Traumatic Stress Studies
Network for professionals in the field of psychotraumatology. 

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, US
International multidisciplinary, professional membership organisation that promotes advancement and exchange of knowledge about severe stress and trauma.

John Briere, Ph.D., US
John Briere is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Southern California. His website provides access to publications, tests and links relating to trauma in adolescent populations.

Skylight, New Zealand
An organisation that helps children and young people deal with trauma, change, loss and grief. Information for professionals, early childhood, family, young people, research support, books for sale.

The Consortium on Trauma, Illness and Grief in Schools, US
An organisation that assists to develop, implement and maintain community and school-based support services in order to respond to trauma, violence, illness, grief and loss.

Trauma Center, US
A website with resources and information on research in the area of trauma.

Updated:  16 July, 2012/Responsible Officer:  earlytraumagrief@anu.edu.au/Page Contact:  anu.edu.au