Children, Youth, and Families Who Experience Migration-Related Trauma and Family Separation
Offers information on unaccompanied and separated immigrant youth in the US who have experienced migration-related trauma and family separation. This brief includes information about: who unaccompanied children are and how many are in the US; how traumatic separation affects immigrant children, youth, families, and systems; and what can be done to assist immigrant children, youth, and families who experience traumatic separation.
Psychological First Aid for Unaccompanied Children
Is an evidence-informed modular approach to assist unaccompanied children immediately after arriving in the US. This approach includes a set of tools to assist staff in supporting unaccompanied children through early transitions. It is useful for working with unaccompanied children preparing to reunite with family members, or transitioning to an Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) permanent program/shelter. This approach can also support staff and volunteers in caring for themselves while engaging in this challenging work.
Understanding the Mental Health Needs of Unaccompanied Children in the United States
This video provides a brief overview of the mental health needs of unaccompanied children who have experienced significant trauma in their home countries and along their journey to the United States.
Now Available on Demand! Digital Diaries: Samantha
In this webinar which uses a new “Digital Diaries” format, we will meet Samantha, a high school student, and her trauma therapist, Dr. Ernestine Briggs-King. Samantha is a composite of several young women, not an actual client, and is portrayed by an actress in order to protect privacy. During the webinar, we will learn about Samantha’s challenges and struggles, but also her triumphs as she navigates through her traumatic experiences. In a unique approach, Dr. Briggs-King encourages Samantha to complete diary entries, not in the traditional paper and pencil way, but electronically. This affords us the opportunity to be with Samantha as she processes these experiences and discovers incredible strengths she is able to tap into.
Family Members/Caregivers: Things to Consider Before Serving on Advisory Boards
Based on contributions of family members and caregivers to help others make well-informed decisions about serving on Advisory Boards.This resource was developed as a companion to NCTSN’s “A Guide to Forming Advisory Boards for Family-Serving Organizations.”
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Authored by Jura L. Augustinavicius, Sarah R. Lowe, Alessandro Massazza, Katie Hayes, Christy Denckla, Ross G. White, Carissa Cabán-Alemán, Susan Clayton, Lena Verdeli, Helen Berry, Global Climate Change and Trauma: An International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Briefing Paper describes the current state of knowledge in relation to climate change and trauma and highlights a number of gaps to encourage rapid development and collaboration on this topic across public health, policy, clinical, and research areas. It also describes how both acute and chronic or gradual climate change conditions can impact the frequency and severity of DSM-5 Criterion A, traumatic events, which, in turn, can result in post-trauma psychopathology. The briefing paper describes a growing area of research focused on the impacts of vicariously experienced stressors and anticipation of climate change-related stressors.It highlights a range of factors that may support and enhance mental health in the context of stressful climate change conditions, promote positive collective action, and contribute to psychosocial adaptation, as well as the need for further work in these areas.
Translating Cultural Assets Research Into Action To Mitigate Adverse Childhood Experience–related Health Disparities Among African American Youth, authored by Briana Woods-Jaeger, Ernestine C. Briggs, Noni Cho Gaylord-Harden, Emily Bridget Lemon, synthesizes African American cultural assets research within a resilience after trauma framework to provide a foundation for translating research into action to mitigate ACE-related disparities among African American youth. We present task shifting and youth-partnered advocacy as two strategies supported by this framework and describe their application to responding to ACEs in the context of racism.
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