Scroll down to see resources and links to print and web-based materials that may be useful to you as a health care provider in helping children cope with illness and injury. Other parts of this site have:
- additional resources and links for patients and parents
- and a reading and reference list of relevant research.
Click for resources on:
Medical traumatic stress & trauma-informed pediatric health care
Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress Toolkit
Article describing contents and use of the Toolkit
Stuber, M., Schneider, S., Kassam-Adams, N, Kazak, A, & Saxe, G. (2006). The Medical Traumatic Stress Toolkit. CNS Spectrums, 11 (2): 137-142.
Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress (CPTS), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Resources including informational handouts for parents and children
Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Resources including informational handouts for injured children and their parents, information for primary care providers
Website summarizing research on children’s and parents’ experiences in the pediatric ICU
(including traumatic stress)
General resources on traumatic stress and PTSD
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
A network of academic and community-based centers providing education and services for children and families who have experienced a traumatic event.
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
A professional membership organization that promotes advancement and exchange of knowledge about severe stress and trauma.
National Center for PTSD
Developed originally to serve the needs of war veterans, this organization also has resources for a broad range of traumatic events for children and adolescents.
National Institutes of Mental Health
Information explaining what PTSD is, when it starts, how long it lasts, and how to get help.
Other types of traumatic events (disaster, family violence, etc)
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Information on an anonymous 24-hr a day hotline that provides support and assistance to victims of domestic violence.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Resources on a range of child maltreatment topics
Disaster resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information for parents, children, and professionals on coping with a disaster.
Disaster resources from the American Psychological Association
Tips for recovering from a natural disaster.
Disaster resources from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Tools for dealing with specific types of natural disasters for families, schools, and healthcare providers.
Disaster resources from the American Red Cross (PDF)
Information about helping children cope with effects of disaster, and how to be prepared before a disaster
Violence and disaster resources from the National Institute of Mental Health
Information on the impact of violence and disasters on children and adolescents, with suggestions for minimizing long-term emotional harm.
Traumatic grief resources from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Educational materials for parents and professionals on childhood traumatic grief
Prevention and treatment of traumatic stress reactions
Psychological First Aid: Field Operations Guide, Second Edition.
From the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and National Center for PTSD.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): The management of PTSD in adults and children in primary and secondary care
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Clinical Guideline(UK) 2005.
TFCBTWeb
Online training for mental health care providers in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with children
Family-centered care
Institute for Family-Centered Care
AAP Committee on Hospital Care – Core Principles of Family-Centered Care
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine & American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Joint Policy Statement on Family-Centered Care
Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Core Principles of Family-Centered Care
