Resources

Parents’ past or present trauma can make it difficult for them to work effectively with case workers and resource parents toward reunification with their children. Even if you don’t know a parent’s personal history of trauma, your recognizing that trauma may have played a role in their lives will help you more effectively support and work with the entire family.

This page highlights strategies that can be effective when trying to strengthen the parent-child relationship in preparation for and during a separation.

This tip sheet, created for parents and caregivers, provides tools to help children become more resilient.

This fact sheet series provides parents and caregivers with tools to help them support children who have been victims of sexual abuse, information on the importance of talking to children and youth about body safety, and guidance on how to respond when children disclose sexual abuse. It also includes advice on how to cope with the shock of intrafamilial abuse and with the emotional impact of legal involvement in sexual abuse cases.

The CASTER is a screening tool which allows trauma exposure and symptoms to be identified early in the assessment and treatment process. It helps child and youth-serving sectors identify traumatic stress in presenting clients and allows for appropriate clinical and case-planning responses.

These fact sheets provide guidance about child development and trauma, grouped by age, as well as possible indicators of trauma and trauma impacts.

This fact sheet provides information to parents and caregivers on Childhood Traumatic Grief. It outlines how children grieve, what Childhood Traumatic Grief is, who develops Childhood Traumatic Grief, the signs a child might have Childhood Traumatic Grief, and what parents or caregivers can do to help.

This page provides information on child maltreatment, including: scope of the problem, consequences of maltreatment, risk factors, prevention, and the World Health Organization (WHO) response.

This fact sheet series offers support to parents whose children have been affected by domestic violence. It also provides education to support their resilience and recovery.

This guide offers information about child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), more precisely about who victims and offenders are, as well as ways to intervene with victims. It also highlights resources to guide professionals as well as children or families affected by child sexual abuse.