Youths and Families

Videos & Podcasts for for Parents/Caregivers

Quick Clip

Responsive Relationships Build Resilience: The Importance of Parent Self-Care

2022 | CTDTD, CTRJJ

In this quick clip – Dr. Archana Basu highlights the importance of parent and caregiver self-care.

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Quick Clip

How Parents Can Help Protect Their Children Online

2022 | CTDTD, CTRJJ

In this quick clip – Dr. Michael Salter highlights some tips and strategies for how parents can help protect their children online.  (For more in-depth information on this topic see this page.)

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Podcast

What is Trauma?

2022 | CTDTD, CTRJJ

In this podcast, Drs. Amanda Zelechoski and Julian Ford have conversation with other child trauma experts who help answer the question – “what is trauma?”  The team discusses the difference between trauma and everyday stress and provides some helpful information on how childhood experience of trauma impacts our brains and bodies while also discussing how these experiences can show up in behavior.

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Podcast

How Parents Can Foster Resilience

2022 | CTDTD, CTRJJ

In this podcast, Drs. Amanda Zelechoski and Julian Ford have conversation with four guest experts offering their perspectives on how parents can foster resilience.  Through conversation, our guest experts discuss the big and small ways that parents and caregivers can help foster resilience.

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Webinar

The Impact of Developmental Trauma in Communities of Color During the Pandemic

2020 | NTCSN

Features Andrew Woods, a clinician with over two decades of experience working with boys and men of color. Speakers interview Mr. Woods and discuss the impact of developmental trauma in communities of color during the pandemic. This video also includes Mr. Woods describing his experience and work developing and implementing culturally appropriate, high quality, and evidence-based crisis response, mental health and supportive programs, partnerships, and policies for victims of violence and trauma to improve the lives of youth and adult victims of crime and their families in the Greater Hartford Area of CT.

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Webinar

Safe Places, Safe Spaces: Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Environments for Traumatized LGBTQ Youth Video

2015 | NTCSN

Introduces the viewer to the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth who have experienced trauma. This video discusses how to create welcoming and inclusive environments for youth who have experienced trauma and identify as LGBTQ. It may be used in conjunction with the discussion guide as a training tool or in supervision with staff.

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Webinar

LGBTQ+

2023 | CTDTD

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Fact Sheets Resources for Youth

Fact Sheet

Taking Care of You

2021 | NCTSN

This resource provides some tips and strategies to help youth practice self-care – including information on what it means to take care of yourself and some resources that you can connect with for support.

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Fact Sheet

Childhood Traumatic Grief:  Youth Information Sheet

2020 | NCTSN

This resource sheet offers information for youth to help them understand the differences between grief and traumatic grief, the signs and symptoms of traumatic grief, and what to do to feel better.

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Fact Sheet

Teen Sexual Assault:  Information for Teens

2015 | NCTSN

This resource sheet provides information to teens about consent, coercion, and guidance related to dating violence and sexual assault.  The content speaks directly to teens about both risks and tips for staying safe.

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Fact Sheets Resources for Parents and Caregivers

Fact Sheet

Assisting Parents/Caregivers in Coping with Collective Traumas

2021 | NCTSN

This resource sheet offers strategies to help parents and caregivers to consider and cope with the number of different types of stressors and potential traumatic experiences that can “collect” over time.  This resource provides guidance on what parents and caregivers can do to care for themselves and their children in coping with “collective traumas”.

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Fact Sheet

Helping Teens with Traumatic Grief:  Tips for Caregivers

2014 | NCTSN

This resource contains practical tips for parents and caregivers who have a teen who may be struggling with the death of someone close to them.  The resource offers some practical suggestions on what caregivers can do to help a teen struggling with this type of loss.

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Fact Sheet

Cultural Responsiveness To Racial Trauma

2020 | NTCSN 

Offers mental health providers information on understanding cultural responsiveness to racial trauma, why it matters, and what to do. This infographic includes information on what is racial trauma, what is cultural responsiveness, how did we get here, what are the effects of racial trauma and discrimination, as well as your responsibility as a mental health provider.

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Fact Sheet

Identifying the Intersection of Trauma and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Part I: Key Considerations

2021 | NCTSN

Addresses why providers should ask about sexual orientation and gender identity, identifies the intersection of trauma, sexual orientation and gender identity, and provides goals for the screener. This resource also includes what studies have revealed about LGBTQ+ youth and trauma and key implementation considerations for trauma-informed organizations and providers.

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Training Curriculum

Training Curriculum

Mental Health, Racial Trauma, and Health Inequities Confronting Boys and Men of Color

2020 | NTCSN

Features Dr. Wizdom Powell, an artist, Director of the Health Disparities Institute and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and a Senior Consultant for the Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders, at UConn Health, who has worked to advance health equity for boys and men of color. During this segment, Dr. Powell will describe the impact of chronic exposure to racial and developmental trauma on young Black men and share how intergenerational trauma has affected families and communities of color. She will highlight creative pathways that can be considered to promote healing for boys and men of color who have experienced racial and developmental trauma.

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