National Resources

Office of Justice Programs: Office for Victims of Crime “Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma” Videos and Resources
Click on the link below to download a free video about children exposed to violence. It’s a great eight-minute video about how children’s exposure to violence affects them.

http://www.ovc.gov/pubs/ThroughOurEyes/index.html

Helping Traumatized Children Learn
Check out a link to a great website for helping traumatized children learn.

http://traumasensitiveschools.org

Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative: Helping Traumatized Children Learn Volume 1
Click on the below link to download “The Purple Book” which summarizes the research from psychology and neurobiology that documents the impact trauma, from exposure to violence, can have on children’s learning, behavior and relationships in school.

https://traumasensitiveschools.org/tlpi-publications/download-a-free-copy-of-helping-traumatized-children-learn/

Helping Traumatized Children Learn: Creating and Advocating for Trauma-Sensitive Schools Volume 2

http://traumasensitiveschools.org/tlpi-publications/download-a-free-copy-of-a-guide-to-creating-trauma-sensitive-schools/

Book Study / Helping Traumatized Children Learn: Volume 2
Creating and Advocating for Trauma-Sensitive Schools

https://traumasensitiveschools.org/tlpi-publications/download-a-free-copy-of-a-guide-to-creating-trauma-sensitive-schools/

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

http://nctsnet.org/

Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention

https://www.nctsn.org/interventions/child-and-family-traumatic-stress-intervention

The National Child Traumatic Stress - Creating, Supporting, and Sustaining Trauma-Informed Schools: A System Framework

https://www.nctsn.org/resources/creating-supporting-and-sustaining-trauma-informed-schools-system-framework

Number Story

https://numberstory.org/

Kognito

https://kognito.com/resources

Center on the Developing Child Harvard University

https://developingchild.harvard.edu/#