This page features a number of external and FFF resources on childhood trauma, responding to trauma and trauma-sensitive schools. Click the "For educators" box below to limit search results to those resources that may be particularly helpful to school personnel. In addition to services and supports at schools, Virginia regional Community Services Boards offer behavioral health services for children and families. Emergency services and crisis response are among the supports offered by CSBs. Local CSBs can be found at https://dbhds.virginia.gov/community-services-boards-csbs .
Trauma-informed practices in schools by Susan E. Craig: Reaching and Teaching Children Who Hurt
Parenting After Trauma- Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents from the American Academy of Pediatrics
Parenting After Trauma- Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents
The Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative’s (TLPI) mission is to ensure that children traumatized by exposure to family violence and other adverse childhood experiences succeed in school. To accomplish this mission, TLPI engages in a host of advocacy strategies including: providing support to schools to become trauma sensitive environments; research and report writing; legislative and administrative advocacy for laws, regulations and policies that support schools to develop trauma-sensitive environments; coalition building; outreach and education; and limited individual case representation in special education where a child’s traumatic experiences are interfacing with his or her disabilities.
The Helping Traumatized Children Learn website from Massachusetts Advocates for Children.
BS International’s Disability Services Center and Georgetown University’s National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health have created an educational tool to help build state-by-state and provider capacity to serve children and youth who have experienced trauma.
Trauma-Informed Care resources and videos from the National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health at Georgetown University.
Factsheets for Families from The Children’s Bureau, HHS: Parenting a Child Who Has Been Sexually Abused: A Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents
From the Fairfax Trauma-Informed Care Network
From the Fairfax Trauma-Informed Care Network: A Guide to Educating Children, Youth and Families about Trauma and Resilience
Using Trauma-Sensitive Strategies to Support Family Engagement and Effective Collaboration, presented by Dr. Elizabeth Meeker and hosted by the National Center for Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)
