The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network is supported
through funding from the Donald J. Cohen National Child
Traumatic Stress Initiative, administered by the Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS), Center for Mental Health
Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA).
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Mission Statement
The mission of the National Child Traumatic Stress
Network (NCTSN) is to raise the standard of care and
improve access to services for traumatized children,
their families and communities throughout the United
States.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Vision Statement
The NCTSN will raise public awareness of the scope and serious impact of
child traumatic stress on the safety and healthy development of our nation’s
children and families.
We will improve the standard of care by integrating developmental and
cultural knowledge to advance a broad range of effective services and
interventions that will preserve and restore the future of our nation’s
traumatized children.
We will work with established systems of care, including the health, mental
health, education, law enforcement, child welfare and juvenile justice
systems, to ensure that there is a comprehensive continuum of care
available and accessible to all traumatized children and their families.
We will be a community dedicated to collaboration within and beyond the
Network to ensure that widely shared knowledge and skills create a national
resource to address the problem of child traumatic stress.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• Unique legislative initiative
Innovative Collaborative Venture
• UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child
Traumatic Stress (Category I)
• 15 Intervention Development and Evaluation
Centers (Category II)
• 38 Community Treatment and Service Centers
(Category III)
• Unique opportunity
National Child Traumatic Stress Network Sites
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ME
MT
OR
ID
MA
NY
WI
MI
NYC
PA
CA
UT
MO
CO
IL
NC
TN
NM
MS
TX
AL
SC
GA
LA
FL
Category I - National Center
Terrorism and Disaster Branch
Category II – Intervention, Development, and Evaluation Centers
Category III – Community Treatment and Service Centers
NJ
MD
DC
VA
OK
LOS ANGELES
OH
CT
DURHAM
Range of Traumatic Events
• Trauma embedded in the fabric of daily life
– Child abuse and maltreatment
– Domestic violence
– Community violence and criminal victimization
– Medical trauma
– Traumatic loss
– Accidents/fires
Range of Traumatic Events
• Humanitarian crises
– Natural and man-made disasters
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Earthquakes
Floods, mudslides
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Volcanic eruptions
Major transportation accidents
Industrial accidents
Technological disasters
– Catastrophes of human origin
• Armed conflicts/wars
• Genocide
• Terrorist attacks
Service Sectors
• Pediatric Emergency, Hospital, Outpatient and
Rehabilitation Services
• Child Mental Health Hospitals and Clinics
• Child Advocacy Centers
• School Districts
• Juvenile Justice and Law Enforcement
• Regional pediatric and child mental health systems
NCTSN Five Functional Cores
• Data Core – Building a national consensus on
metrics (clinical, service and quality of care)
• Learning from Research and Clinical Practice Core –
Evidenced-based practices and adaptability
• Service Systems Core – Developing integrated
models of care
• Training Core – Platforms to produce systemic
change
• Policy Core – Informing public decision-making
NCTSN Evidenced-based Intervention Protocols
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Domestic Violence -Dyadic (Parent-young child)
Sexual Abuse
Community Violence
War
Disaster and Terrorism
Traumatic Bereavement
Life-threatening Medical Illness
Immigrant Populations with Trauma Histories
Additional NCTSN Components
• National Resource Center
• School Unit
• Terrorism and Disaster Branch
NCTSN Partnerships
• Collaboration is central to our mission
• We bridge geographical, cultural, service
sector, consumer and professional interests
• Building a nation-wide system of
collaborations