Trauma Sensitive Approaches for Home and School videos– produced by Formed Families Forward as part of our work with the Virginia Tiered Systems of Supports project. Under 10 minutes in length, each video provides an introduction to critical trauma content.
The videos include:
1) Understanding Trauma
2) Responding to Trauma
3) Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools
Three fact sheets are designed to support the Trauma Sensitive Responses at Home and School video series.
Individual Fact Sheets are available as separate documents, and all three fact sheets in one document. Accessible text versions of all fact sheets are also available in English and Spanish.
Video Series
Fact Sheets for Videos 1 through 3
Video 1 Fact Sheet Understanding Trauma
Video 2 Fact Sheet Responding to Trauma
Video 3 Fact Sheet Trauma Sensitive Schools
Video 1 Fact Sheet Understanding Trauma accessible version
Video 2 Fact Sheet Responding to Trauma accessible version
Video 3 Fact Sheet Trauma Sensitive Schools accessible version
SPANISH Video 1 Fact Sheet accessible version
SPANISH Video 2 Fact Sheet accessible version
SPANISH Video 3 Fact Sheet accessible version
ARABIC Video 1 Fact Sheet
ARABIC Video 2 Fact Sheet
ARABIC Video 3 Fact Sheet
Families formed by foster care, kinship care, or adoption, especially those raising children with special needs, face unique challenges. Formed Families Forward helps families find and navigate services here in Northern Virginia, including:
MTSS Fact Sheet from FFF
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This one page sheet overviews Formed Families Forward’s services and resources.
What Can FFF Do For You? fact sheet
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This infographic summarizes FFF services, accomplishments and outcomes.
2024 FFF Snapshot inforgaphic
This Fact Sheet, produced by GMU Intern Charlotte Walmsley in Spring 2023, provides suggestions based on lived experiences of parents and caregivers raising children, youth and young adults with FASD. Links to additional resources are included.
Parenting FASD Fact Sheet
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From Formed Families Forward, this tip sheet covers 10 tips for helping to keep children and youth safe online.
Internet Safety Tip Sheet for Parents and Caregivers
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From Formed Families Forward, 10 tips for teens to stay safe online.
Internet Safety for Teens Tip Sheet
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Child traumatic stress refers to the physical and emotional responses of a child to events that threaten the life or physical integrity of the child or of someone critically important to the child (such as a parent or sibling). Traumatic events can overwhelm a child’s capacity to cope. Children may feel terror and powerlessness; they may act out. The fact sheet provides information to understand the types of trauma, potential responses to the trauma and ways to support a child who has experienced trauma.
Children and Trauma fact sheet
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It is often difficult for parents, caregivers, teachers and others to know how best to respond to children’s behavioral and emotional needs. Download our fact sheet for proven strategies for responding to children and youth impacted by trauma.
Responding to Trauma Fact Sheet
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This fact sheet by Formed Families Forward details what foster parents should know about the educational supports their child can receive.
Foster Families Did You Know Fact Sheet
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This fact sheet by Formed Families Forward details what adoptive parents should know about the education supports their child can receive.
Adoptive Families: Did You Know? fact sheet
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This fact sheet by Formed Families Forward discusses the mental health challenges that can affect foster, adoptive, and kinship families.
Mental Health Needs in Formed Families Fact Sheet
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Download our fact sheet for the answers.
This fact sheet from Formed Families Forward provides Virginia-specific information about rights and responsibilities for families providing informal and formal kinship care.
Kinship Rights and Responsibilities Fact Sheet
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This fact sheet details what kinship families should know about the educational supports their child can receive.
Kinship Families: Did You Know factsheet
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