Assessment

This document provides a table of standardized measures that are appropriate for children and families dealing with complex trauma.

This fact sheet offers information on the assessment of complex trauma in children. It provides general guidelines for assessing complex trauma such as gathering information, a variety of approaches and techniques, how to work with a child's family and care team, and assessing over time. It also gives helpful tips providers can use.

This fact sheet describes how young children, school-age children, and adolescents react to traumatic events and offers suggestions on how parents and caregivers can help and support them.

This fact sheet details the importance of a trauma assessment when families have experienced a trauma and guides clinicians in the assessment process. It provides information on how to get families to embrace the need for assessment, the best practices in and appropriate domains for family trauma assessment, how to choose instruments and decide what to measure, and how to present results to the family.

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.

This information sheet summarizes recent findings presenting the benefits and limitations of using the ACE questionnaire as part of routine screening in community and clinical samples.  

This 2-5 minutes assessment tool provides a more accurate picture of your organization’s approach to trauma-informed principles. Once completed, it provides an 8-page detailed report that will help you evaluate, understand, and discuss how your organization can become more trauma-informed.