Resources

This fact sheet provides information on a range of traumatic events or trauma types to which children and adolescents can be exposed.

This fact sheet provides child welfare attorneys with knowledge about trauma, practice tips for incorporating trauma-informed practices into legal representation, and resources to assist in the representation of clients with histories of trauma. This guide aides in the representation of their clients, with the understanding that not all suggestions will be applicable or appropriate in all cases.

This page explains the role of compassion in healing and treating trauma. It also provides information on how one's attachment can affect their compassion.

This fact sheet offers parents information about child traumatic stress (CTS), the best way to treat CTS, what parents can do at home for their children, and how parents can make sure their children receive support at school.

This resource guide offers details about using trauma-informed child welfare practice to improve placement stability. This guide outlines the need for trauma-informed child welfare practices, how to build that knowledge within a workforce, the use of trauma-informed mental health screening and assessment, case planning and management, referral for treatment, and cross-system partnerships and collaboration.

This document will help you learn more about child maltreatment among young children and adolescents in Quebec. It also provides a better understanding of the consequences and how to prevent further victimization.

This page provides a clear understanding of the various consequences that can result from sexual abuse, including physical, emotional, psychological and academic consequences.

This page, addressing attachment theory, focuses on relationships and bonds (particularly long-term) between people, including those between a parent and child and between romantic partners. Children diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), conduct disorder (CD), or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) frequently display attachment problems, possibly due to early abuse, neglect, or trauma.

This fact sheet will help you learn more about childhood trauma and answer the following questions: What is a traumatic event? What experiences might be traumatic? What is child traumatic stress? What are the risk and protective factors? It provides information on risk factors that contribute to the development of symptoms. It also discusses how protective factors on the child, family, and community levels can reduce the adverse impact of trauma.

This fact sheet defines child traumatic stress, gives an overview of trauma, and describes traumatic stress symptoms as well as ways children may be impacted.