The 12 Core Concepts for Understanding Traumatic Stress Responses in Children and Families provide a rationale for trauma-informed assessment and intervention. The Concepts cover a broad range of points that practitioners and agencies should consider as they strive to assess, understand, and assist trauma-exposed children, families, and communities in trauma-informed ways. View PDFRead more
The following resources provides multiple trafficking screening tools that can be used with youth as well as questions to ask youth if you do not have access to other tools. View PDFRead more
This website has grief resources for kids, teens, young adults, parents/caregivers, living with an advanced serious illness and supporters of grievers. Visit the WebsiteRead more
Resource for services providers to help eliminate biases while increasing support and awareness to help boys and young men thrive. There is additional resources listed, including: Understanding the Commercially Sexual Exploitation of Boys & Young Men & Understanding Commercial Sexual Exploitation of LGBTQIA2S+ Youth. Visit the WebsiteRead more
This website gives an overview of student homelessness and housing, how this affects their mental health, and strategies for supporting the mental health of students experiencing homelessness. Visit the WebsiteRead more
TCTY collaborated with ND Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program and ND Behavioral Health to develop a website for the training of the trauma screening tool: The University of Minnesota’s Traumatic Stress Screen for Children and Adolescents (TSSCA). Unrecognized and untreated child traumatic stress can lead to the development of trauma-related symptoms. These symptoms canRead more
This website defines bullying and also lists out ways to prevent bullying, including additional resources on prevention and the Be Someone's Hero short video. Visit the WebsiteRead more
The University of Minnesota’s Traumatic Stress Screen for Children and Adolescents (TSSCA) is designed to provide clinicians, caseworkers, educators, and other staff with a tool for screening children and adolescents (ages 5-18 years) that have or may have experienced a traumatic event and are in need of services. View PDFRead more
In response to the recent events affecting our Fargo, ND community, NCTSN has created this resource guide for those seeking information on next steps. View PDFRead more