Resources

This article provides insight on new trauma-informed ways to interact with youth who have challenging behaviors. By considering that their conduct may be influenced by previous traumas, professionals as well as social workers may respond in a more efficient way by providing support, thus reducing recidivism.

This fact sheet provides information about resilience for infants, children or youth exposed to intimate partner violence.

This paper proposes ways to help kids grief when facing death of a loved one.

This page provides strategies for parents to be better equipped to deal with their child's anxiety.

The overall aim of this tool is to help children develop a physical anchoring (a physical place they can call home) and an emotional anchoring (a person with whom the child can develop a relational bond). This tool enables them to assess the extent to which these children feel loved by their caregivers. Moreover, it is ideal for supporting discussions, and should be used on an annual basis.

This presentation provides information on PTSD as well as tools that can be presented to clients facing triggering situations related to PTSD.

This fact sheet gives details about the growing number of girls in the juvenile justice.It outlines the prevalence of trauma exposure among justice-involved girls, the prevalence of PTSD among justice-involved girls, potential consequences of trauma for girls, the impact of juvenile justice system on traumatized girls, and gender responsive programming.

Trauma and violence-informed approaches are policies and practices that recognize the connections between violence, trauma, negative health outcomes and behaviours. These approaches increase safety, control and resilience for people who are seeking services in relation to experiences of violence and/or have a history of experiencing violence.

This fact sheet offers parents and caregivers information about trauma. It also defines traumatic stress and describes how common it is, how it can impact a family, and things a family can do to cope with traumatic stress.

This fact sheet provides information about trauma in Indigenous Communities, the impact of trauma on Indigenous children and characteristics of trauma-informed systems.