Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs
youth.gov
youth.gov’s Trauma-Informed Approaches webpage
features a webinar and brief on implementing a trauma-informed approach for
youth across service sectors. The webinar and brief discuss the concept and
prevalence of trauma; techniques for coping with and recovering from trauma at
an individual and systems level; the core principles for building a framework
for understanding trauma; and implementation of elements essential for a
trauma-informed system as presented by the featured experts. Visit the webpage.
Youth
Engaged for Change (YE4C)
YE4C’s Current Events webpage
gives priority focus to the best federal resources for youth that are timely
and responsive to the issues that are top-of-mind to youth today. The current
focus is on what to do in an active shooter event, coping with community
tragedies, building resilience, dealing with trauma, and finding mental health
resources. Visit the webpage.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National
Child Traumatic Stress Network
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s Responding to a School Crisis webpage
provides resources for parents and caregivers, youth, and schools, including
individualized guidelines for key school personnel to respond to school crises.
The page also provides access to psychological first aid for schools and the
3r's of school crises and disaster. Visit the webpage.
National
Resource Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
The National Resource Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence
Prevention’s Trauma, Violence and School Shooting
webpage provides resources for parents, service
providers, and educators who work with youth who are experiencing or have
experienced trauma. Visit the webpage.
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA’s Incidents of Mass Violence webpage
provides information about who is most at risk for emotional distress from
incidents of mass violence and where to find disaster-related resources. Visit the webpage.
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA’s Coping with Traumatic Events: Resources
for Children, Parents, Educators, and Other Professionals webpage
provides resources and publications from the National Child Traumatic Stress
Network, resources to address re-traumatization and chronic stress, and
resources for disaster response professionals. Visit the webpage.
U.S. Department of Education
National
Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE)
NCSSLE’s Resilience Resources webpage
provides two resources on resilience. Bolstering
Resilience in Students: Teachers as Protective Factors provides
an overview of research on student resilience, particularly teachers' role in
creating an environment where students can develop the ability to overcome
challenges, and reviews key protective factors and seven strategies teachers
can employ in creating environments that foster resilience in students. Adolescent Health Highlight — Positive
Mental Health: Resilience presents key research findings on
characteristics that are associated with resilience, describes program
strategies that promote resilience, discusses links between resilience and
avoidance of risk-taking behaviors, and provides helpful resources on
resilience. Visit the webpage.
Readiness
and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) TA Center
REMS TA Center’s Adversarial- and Human-Caused Threats
webpage offers a variety of federal agency partner
resources related to planning for adversarial- and human-caused threats that
may affect school districts, schools, institutions of higher education,
community partners, and parents. Visit the webpage.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Ready.gov
Ready.gov’s Active Shooter webpage
describes what to do if you find yourself in an active shooting event, how to
recognize signs of potential violence around you, and what to expect after an
active shooting takes place. Remember during an active shooting to RUN. HIDE.
FIGHT. Additional resources, including booklets, pamphlets, posters, and pocket
cards, are also available. Visit the webpage.
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Young people who are struggling with their thoughts
and feelings about the stories and images of the recent school shooting may
turn to trusted adults for help and guidance. The National Child Traumatic Stress
Network offers a guide for talking to children about the
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