Helping Children and Adolescents Cope With Traumatic Events
Department of Health and Human Services
This webpage provides parents with information on how children respond to traumatic events and corresponding resources to help.
SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment.
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Department of Health and Human Services
This webpage provides parents with information on how children respond to traumatic events and corresponding resources to help.
Department of Justice, April 2012
This survey provides the general public with results regarding authorities’ knowledge of victimization incidents involving children and youth, particularly police, school and medical authorities.
Department of Justice, December 2016
This report provides youth with information on intentional gun violence in youths ages 10 to 24, including school shootings.
Department of Justice
This toolkit provides information for law enforcement officers on how to improve their responses to children exposed to violence, especially in school shooting situations.
Department of Justice, 2013
This guidance is a training resource for professionals that teaches best practices in working with children who have experienced or witnessed serious violence. The courses describe the prevalence and characteristics of different forms of victimization, their psychological, behavioral, social and health consequences, and implications for practice.
Department of Justice
This virtual training program educates the general public with on the importance of communities, states, and regional planning to respond to incidents of mass violence and terrorism.
Department of Justice
This virtual training program educates the general public on the definition of terrorism and mass violence, describes the effects on victims and survivors, and identifies resources for victims and communities.
Department of Justice, July 2017
This guidance provides victim-serving organizations with a training session that addresses how to create and maintain partnerships, address resources gaps, develop victim assistance protocols and use the protocols after incidents of mass violence or terrorism.
Department of Justice
This guidance provides training for victim service providers, mental health professionals, and law enforcement officers on best practices for supporting youth who have experienced events that lead to trauma or grief.
Department of Justice
This guidance provides victim-serving organizations with a training session that addresses how to create and maintain partnerships, address resources gaps, develop victim assistance protocols, and use the protocols after incidents of mass violence or terrorism.