Trama in ECE by MaRiesha Chambers

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-28 22:59:53 UTC

This resource is defining what trauma is and how it effects a person naturally. It explains how trauma is a natural reaction to a horrible or impactful event. How it will naturally affect a person's day to day life and how they react to things because of the trauma they have experienced.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-28 23:14:33 UTC

This is informing us that there are so many different signs that show from a child suffering from trauma. It gives examples and things to look for and questions to ask in order to identify if a child may be suffering from a type of trauma. Understanding the trauma the child may be suffering will help us better to know how to help the child suffering from it.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-28 23:20:40 UTC

This video is a phycologist explaining how trauma can become so severe overtime. Also, how bodies reject trauma and store it somewhere that they "think" they can forget it happened. He explains how the burden of trauma can wear and tear on the body physically and mentally.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-28 23:23:48 UTC

This video shows us visually how trauma can impact the body and what that can look like. Ways we can learn to cope or deal with trauma in the best way that works for us. It shows us how the brain dissects the trauma and does with it what your body thinks it needs to do naturally.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-28 23:35:21 UTC

This is a resource explaining what this could look like in different scenarios. This resource is specifically talking about the trauma that happens within children in foster care or suffering from an absent parent in the home. It gives us examples of how this can affect the children or person in different ways because sometimes trauma doesn't show until later on in the person's life.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-28 23:39:33 UTC

This clip educates us on what trauma is. How it exists in a person's body. How it develops over time. The many ways that it can affect the body as a whole. The amount of the brain that it can impact. They also give us things to do to help cope with trauma so that it doesn't have to affect the body in such an aggressive way.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-28 23:40:57 UTC

This is a video providing factual information about the effects trauma has on the rest of the body. She goes into detail about specific scenarios involving children and the automatic stress trauma puts on a child.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-28 23:43:54 UTC

This video is helpful because he thoroughly explains in great detail what Trauma is. Not just the word but how it is created, developed and its growth over time within a person. The minimal and major effects that it can have on a person and how and why it can alter the decision making in their life.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-29 00:13:10 UTC

This recourse gives an insight of what different types of traumas may come with women in particular. Some natural traumas that women will encounter and how to avoid them affecting lives long-term. It tells us natural ways to maneuver around things that may be out of our control but will affect us in life.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-29 00:16:53 UTC

This is a resource within a resource. It not only gives us a very detailed definition of what trauma is, it also gives a lot of additional resources within the website for those that are suffering from some type of trauma that may need help with dealing with it.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-05-29 00:20:17 UTC

This is a good resource because I have learned that not everyone understands Trauma and the many ways it can affect a person especially if they have never experienced trauma themselves. It defines the term and feelings that come with them. It is explained in a way that you have to look at it from a different perspective.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-02 22:40:53 UTC

This article emphasized the importance of paying attention. Children show us signs of trauma in so many different ways. it is important to listen and pay attention to what these children are saying and doing. Understanding where these uncommon behaviors are triggered from.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-02 22:52:31 UTC

This is a website that provides information about trauma and children. It provides information as well as resources for helping children that are suffering from some type of trauma. It information provides facts about the signs and symptoms of children that are struggling with dealing with trauma.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-02 23:07:43 UTC

This video provides insight from the child's brain. So, it gives a different perspective of understanding of how a situation has changed a child's way of thinking and it has now turned into a form of trauma. It breaks down the things to look for in the child's behavioral or social changes.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-02 23:20:45 UTC

This video explains how trauma in a child can look. The symptoms of childhood trauma can look different on each child as well as at different times with the same child. Children are labeled into certain categories so often when the issue is really being held due to this trauma that has never been addressed or cared for appropriately.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-02 23:21:39 UTC

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-06 23:57:04 UTC

this video is the perspective of a gentleman regarding behavioral signs that a child is suffering from some kind of trauma. he gives behaviors start from infants and beyond. He emphasized how much every behavior is a form of communication.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-06 23:58:42 UTC

This resource is great for learning about trauma in children specifically. It allows you to explore multiple different tabs that provide information with helping a child suffering from Trauma as well as getting information for yourself with how to deal yourself having a child that suffers from some kind of trauma.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-07 00:05:59 UTC

An emotional or psychological trauma is an experience that makes you feel unsafe or helpless. Some trauma may be physical, such as a car accident or assault, but you do not have to sustain a physical injury to experience emotional trauma.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-07 00:06:54 UTC

This video gives an in-depth, breath-taking example of a scenario where a family is introducing and enabling childhood trauma to 2 children in different ways. Then the psychologist breaks down the cause and effect of the trauma and how it effects the brain in the long run. The importance of understanding how a comment or gesture can mold a child's way of thinking and feeling sometimes permanently.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-09 22:55:55 UTC

This Author gives an in-depth breakdown of what neglect can look like in children. This Author explains to us how there are so many different levels to neglect alone that we need to understand and recognize.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-09 23:02:15 UTC

This video tells the story of a little boy named Daniel whose brain showed evidence of cognitive delay due to him growing up in a neglecting situation. The narrator explains that in this time era, things and laws were different than they are now which set up unfortunate situations for children.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-09 23:06:30 UTC

The title of this video speaks for itself and literally breaks my heart but this video also put it all in line to make sense of exactly what neglect is...Learned Helplessness. This video shows us how we may have good intentions of trying to make our children independent but then we quickly get too comfortable and forget that they are still kids and kids need adults.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-09 23:10:09 UTC

This article just gives us a background of what neglect is and how it can have a long-term effect on not only a person but the severity it carries when children are experiencing some form of neglect.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-09 23:14:12 UTC

This article also gives us a lot of knowledge about neglect. It gives specific examples of signs that children may show. It also gives possible cause and the impact that neglect may hold on a child.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-09 23:16:14 UTC

This article explains what trauma looks like when children are possibly suffering from it. It then provides resources of where we can go to find some additional information and help for the family or child in need.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-09 23:28:17 UTC

This video is on the longer side, but it also gives us a lesson on supporting those children that may need that little bit of extra care. It also gives us strategies to help them overcome childhood neglect.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-13 18:27:55 UTC

This article discusses the effect of being an uninvolved parent has on a child. It gives a perspective that creates a sense of understanding for me that being uninvolved doesn't mean that it is purposeful. Yes, it needs work, yes it needs to chance but yes, we do understand that life happens, or work happens, or other things happen. It points out ways even the parent can miss the fact that their busy lives are running the same as neglecting the needs of their children.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-13 18:37:43 UTC

This article also explains how being physically active can help. It gives us examples and the ways it can affect the child when it turns into neglect. Being uninvolved doesn't mean that you don't care but it does give a reflection that there are other things more important to your attention than the child.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-13 18:45:08 UTC

She discusses parenting styles. Specifically neglectful parenting or as some call it uninvolved parenting. She is very straight forward with defining and breaking down exactly what those terms mean and how they affect the child's behaviors as a result.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-13 18:48:18 UTC

By far my favorite resource. This scene in the movie Matilda is a perfect example of a parent that is neglectful AND uninvolved. Later in the movie it shows how they didn't even know how smart their child was or that she was finally of age to begin attending school.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:20:58 UTC

This article give us a perspective from a medical professional about the ways a child can be impacted by being emotionally abused. They gave signs to look for as well as detained information defining what emotional abuse is and what it looks like.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:24:20 UTC

This article gives us information about recognizing when a child's is emotionally abused. Understanding the sensitivity, they may have toward simple things to us but hurtful things to them. It gives us techniques to help the child feel comfortable to talk to someone about how they are feeling.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:25:09 UTC

This clip is exactly what it looks like. It is a scenario of how the words and tone that we use when speaking to children can traumatically affect them long term. We don't want our words to alter a child's confidence or self- esteem.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:26:05 UTC

This video is explaining how to recognize children suffering from any form of child abuse. It gives examples of what the signs may look like. It tells us the proper questions to ask and how to gain the trust of the child to make them feel safe.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:27:05 UTC

This web page is very informal about trauma in children in general, but it speaks on emotional abuse in depth. It tells us the specific effects that emotionally abuse has on a child. It speaks on the behaviors and emotional regulation challenges that these children may show.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:28:00 UTC

This resource just gives us information regarding emotional abuse overall. It starts by explaining what emotional abuse is as well as how to identify it and then how to help a child in need.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:28:37 UTC

This resource is awesome because it visually gives a comparison of what normal discipline or redirection looks like verses what emotionally abusing a child looks like. Seeing them right next to each other was a big Ah-Ha moment for me.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:29:14 UTC

This article also goes into explaining what emotional abuse is and what it looks like. It breaks down a little more the behaviors that a child suffering from emotional abuse may look like and how to help then in these cases.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:30:38 UTC

This video discusses the long-term effects that trauma can have on children. Emotional trauma plays a crucial role in the brain development and mold the way a child thinks or with their decision making.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:31:44 UTC

This clip was heartbreaking for me, but it got the point across. It showed scenarios of children put in the same position with blocks put in front of them. The child who is showing a form of abuse didn't naturally react to playing with the blocks as we would expect a child to normally do so.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:38:56 UTC

This article gives a description of what is considered to be physical abuse. It allows you to read definitions of specific things that identify of physical abuse. The article then tells us all of the different signs that we may be able to pay attention to in order to help a child suffering from physical abuse.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:39:40 UTC

This is a website that provides many different tabs of resources that contribute to help children suffering from any form of abuse. On the main page it gives a list of all of the different types of abuse and then it goes into the different signs of abuse. It then gives examples of ways to help someone and places to find resources that will help the family or the child in need.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:40:17 UTC

The CDC website is an overall resource that provides information for all parties. If you are suffering from abuse, if you know of someone suffering and need to find resources to help them or if you need more information is regards to abuse in general.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:40:59 UTC

This is an organization where you can get involved in the cause of supporting children suffering from abuse. It gives information about physical abuse. Detailed descriptions of signs, symptoms and resources for measures to take when reporting abuse or helping the person in need.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:41:33 UTC

This is a website provides a resource for finding a doctor, therapist or someone to help the child once they are identified as a child being abused. It is a one stop shop to help you find the proper help for the family.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:42:11 UTC

This is an excellent resource for the child specifically. Its a resource providing the information they need to seek help while being apart of something. This website provides us with what physical abuse is, how to seek support, helps build a safety plan and resources to cope afterwards.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:44:26 UTC

This is an article providing pages full of information about abuse. Identifying, seeking help, and supporting a child in need of help with these things is the information you will find here.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:46:35 UTC

This article explains to us the crucial role that physical abuse can play on a child short term and long term both physically, emotionally and mentally. Allowing us to explore the different effects in detail.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:47:57 UTC

This is an informational video going into detail about physical abuse. It gives us a visual example of what it looks like on a child. It tells us what we should do if we see the signs.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:49:11 UTC

This video gives us all the signs that a child may be suffering from child abuse. It then gives us the resource that will help us to help the child. It also gives us language to use when talking with a child about uncomfortable situations.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:50:59 UTC

This video provides an opinion along with some factual knowledge about the effects that physical abuse has on children. They go deeper into how any form of physical discipline can have long term effects on a child.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:52:30 UTC

This video is a presentation about the relationship between the developing brain on a child and how trauma and poverty specifically will affect it. He provides information about understanding the "why" of how going without for a child affects their brain most of the time long term.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:53:34 UTC

This video tells the story of a family from another country who had a very hard life for years. The mom shares how she has to make adjustments to make life work. It shows how although life is a bit better for them now the children have adjusted and learned how to live in a certain way. How her children appreciate the little things that their mom provides for them.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:54:15 UTC

This is a documentary about children that are living in poverty. How they consider themselves as the "poor kids". This is insight of their life from their eyes.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:55:04 UTC

This video makes you think. It raises a lot of questions that you have to ask yourself. The facts provided are appreciated. It amazes me how the brain works and how it will adjust and adapt to anything. But is that always a good thing?

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 22:56:30 UTC

In this video she tells a story about 3 brothers that all grew up in poverty but how their brains adjusted to it in 3 different ways. How the outcome of each of them were different. It shows us how the brain is affected differently on each individualperson.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 23:00:07 UTC

This article is telling us about the different traumas that children suffer as a child when living in poverty. It goes into the different behaviors that may occur as a result of the living situation that they are currently living it and have that can be a simple reflection and cry for help.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 23:00:44 UTC

This article breaks down how poverty and the trauma that may occur from it can affect a child. It is broken down into 5 different sections and explains each in depth.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 23:01:51 UTC

This is a PowerPoint presentation teaching us about trauma in education and how poverty play such a huge role in it. It gives us information of how to watch, learn and be of help in these cases.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 23:02:34 UTC

This article is providing facts and resources about why and how children are at a much greater risk of trauma when being raised in poverty. How the behaviors both at home and in school can be affected by this.

marieshachambers06 — 2025-06-16 23:03:35 UTC

This is an informational resource the educated us on how the brain is affected when children are suffering from a trauma. In this case it goes in detail about children suffering from poverty and how it affects them.

National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 15:27:38 UTC

This website gives information about childhood trauma. It defines what that is exactly and then provides information and resources about types of traumas, age specific signs and symptoms, long term impacts and the recovery process for us to provide to the families.

ACE's

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 15:28:42 UTC

This resource is helpful in every way when trying to help someone that is struggling with a type of trauma. It allows you to specify what you are looking for and guides you to where you can find help for that specific need. This is helpful for those supporting a child or family in need as a starter guide of what to do.

NCTSN

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 15:29:22 UTC

Child Mind Institute

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 15:30:08 UTC

This website is a one stop shop for getting help for family in need. It provides specific information about different traumas, how to identify them, how to understand them, as well as many resources to help. It guides you to different pages based on the type of need.

0-3

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 15:30:28 UTC

The site provides research-based resources, guidance, and tools for parents, caregivers, and professionals who work with children from birth to age 3. Resources include early brain development, social-emotional growth, trauma, early learning, and family support. The non-profit organization also advocates for policies that promote quality early childhood care and education.

Traumatic Experiences

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 15:34:17 UTC

This is the nonprofit organization provided by Sesame Street that offers a variety of research-based information and bilingual resources designed to support young children ages 0–6 and their caregivers in coping with traumatic experiences.

Supporting Children with Trauma

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 15:34:44 UTC

This website offers interactive tools and videos on how supportive relationships with caregivers can buffer children from the harmful effects of trauma and promote healing. It also provides visuals and articles that explain how trauma affects early brain development, learning, behavior, and physical health. It shares evidence-based programs and innovations that improve outcomes for children exposed to trauma, including policy and community strategies.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 15:36:05 UTC

The site provides comprehensive, evidence-based information on trauma focused cognitive behavioral Therapy, a widely validated therapeutic approach designed to help children ages 3–18 and adolescents heal from trauma such as abuse, domestic/community violence, grief, and natural disasters

Supporting adults that support children of trauma

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 15:36:35 UTC

Encourages adult involvement through resources like “Be a Trusted Adult,” which outlines how to establish a safe and supportive relationship and recognize when to guide youth toward professional help and Provides training and tools for caregivers, trusted adults, educators, and youth‐serving professionals to help them better support children experiencing trauma.

The Sibling Support Project

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:36:25 UTC

The Sibling Support Project is a national nonprofit founded in 1990 dedicated to addressing the lifelong and evolving needs of siblings of individuals with special health, developmental, or mental health challenges. It provides peer support, online community platforms, educational resources, trainings and workshops.

Child Mind Institute

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:37:06 UTC

There is a tab on the website labeled trauma and grief. In this section of the Child Mind Institute's website is a comprehensive resource aimed at helping families, educators, and caregivers understand and respond to trauma and grief in children. It offers information about age-specific guides, specialized topics, school focused content and the signs of trauma.

Sesame Street

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:37:47 UTC

Sesame Street in Communities provides research-based, age-appropriate tools and resources to help young children, including those with disabilities, understand and cope with trauma within the home environment. It offers trauma-age response guides, emphasis on the power of "caring adults", it's inclusive for children with developmental differences and practical play-based supports.

PACER Center

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:38:17 UTC

The PACER Center is a national parent training and information center that empowers families of children and youth with disabilities (birth to age 21) by providing credible guidance, advocacy, and mental-health resources all at no cost. It offers mental health & trauma information, workshops, videos, peer support and personal stories for families in need.

Family Voices

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:38:41 UTC

Family Voices is a family-led nonprofit dedicated to improving systems of care for children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN) and disabilities—all through lived experience and peer support. They offer disaster and emergency trauma support, peer to peer family support and policy advocacy and trauma awareness.

AAP

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:39:43 UTC

The AAP provides detailed recommendations for pediatric clinicians to embed trauma-informed care (TIC) across all children, including those with disabilities. They emphasize recognizing trauma indicators (e.g., behavior changes, anxiety), supporting clinician readiness through education and screening, building safe, nurturing healthcare environments. All geared toward helping children heal from household adversity such as abuse, neglect, or chronic illness in the home

Center for Parent Information

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:40:24 UTC

The CPIR is a platform for Parent Training & Information (PTI) centers, dedicated to supporting families of children and youth with disabilities. It aggregates high-quality resources on disability, education, and emotional well-being—including trauma-related content tailored for children with disabilities.

Kids Health

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:41:02 UTC

This organization is a part of the Nemours Children’s Health system, that is a highly trusted, physician-reviewed resource offering accessible, evidence-based guidance on child health, development, mental wellness, and disability-related concerns that offer guidance on trauma and has support that's tailored for children with disabilities.

Views From Our Shoes: Growing Up with a brother or Sister with Special Needs

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:42:11 UTC

This book shares 45 first-person essays written by siblings of children with various disabilities—including autism, cerebral palsy, developmental delays, Down syndrome, and more. These short narratives candidly explore emotional complexities—such as feelings of jealousy, guilt, pride, isolation, and resilience—that siblings often face growing up in a household strained by disability. The collection provides both validation and emotional relief by showing young readers that their experiences—worries, hopes, frustrations—are shared by others. Additionally, the book includes a glossary of disabilities, practical resource lists, and contributions from parents and experts, encouraging open communication and empathy within families

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:48:25 UTC

This website provides information tailored for parents and caregivers that explain and provide Broader intimate Partner Violence resources, trauma informed support and tools. This empowers parents to reassure children and respond to emotional needs responsibly.

Child Welfare Information

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:48:50 UTC

The site defines intimate partner and family violence (IPV/FV) as harmful to children and communities even when children aren’t directly abused, witnessing violence can result in significant emotional and behavioral issues. It reports that many children exposed to domestic violence also experience other types of maltreatment. Professional resources protective and intervention strategies.

Safe Start Center

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:49:24 UTC

This is a site that is specific for supporting children exposed to violence. It provides a pediatric Care Toolkit, evidence-based practices, community and home-based resources and professional development.

Futures without Violence

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:49:54 UTC

Futures Without Violence emphasizes that the trauma from domestic violence (DV) can have enduring effects on both adults and children, impacting mental health, emotional regulation, and development—yet evidence-based interventions can support recovery, resilience, and healing

The Hotline

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:50:34 UTC

The Hotline offers a survivor-centered, trauma-informed framework designed to help individuals impacted by domestic violence recognize and understand trauma, access healing strategies, and engage with supportive counseling. It also provides real-time advocacy services and educational materials tailored to reduce stigma, validate experiences, and empower recovery from domestic abuse trauma.

Sesame Street Communities

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:51:17 UTC

This website offers supportive, research-informed resources for families and caregivers dealing with trauma in early childhood due to domestic violence in the home. The site explains that witnessing or experiencing domestic violence can deeply affect a young child’s development, leading to emotional distress, behavioral problems, and difficulty forming healthy relationships.

National Children's Advocacy Center

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:51:53 UTC

CACs within the NCA network play a vital role in identifying, addressing, and healing trauma in early childhood due to domestic violence—through coordinated, evidence‑based, trauma‑informed practices that support both children and their caregivers.

Domestic Shelters

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:52:21 UTC

According to domesticshelters.org, frequent emotional or behavioral red flags in young children—such as persistent outbursts, being unusually withdrawn or disinterested in typical kid activities—may signal deeper trauma linked to domestic violence exposure in the home

Strong Hearts Help

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:52:46 UTC

StrongHearts recognizes children in Native homes exposed to domestic violence—whether physical, emotional, or psychological—and emphasizes that exposure itself is traumatic. Even if children are not the direct targets, witnessing or sensing violence can significantly harm their safety, trust, and development

Children's Book

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:53:45 UTC

A Terrible Thing Happened is a gentle, effective picture book designed to help young children—and their caregivers—name, face, and process trauma. Though it doesn’t specify the cause, Sherman’s experience and healing mirror what many children exposed to domestic violence endure and how they can find recovery through safe connection, emotional expression, and adult support.

My Grandmother's Hands

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:55:46 UTC

Menakem explores how racialized trauma—rooted in centuries of systemic violence—gets embedded not just in minds, but in bodies. His grandmother’s calloused hands from picking cotton as a young child become a visceral metaphor: trauma passes through generations via epigenetics, behaviors, and bodily memory

Heal our communities

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:56:14 UTC

Heal Our Communities leads the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) process, a comprehensive, community-led effort launched in 2016 to address entrenched racial and historical traumas at both systemic and interpersonal levels. It recognizes that trauma can be passed across generations, especially for communities subjected to racial violence, removal, forced assimilation, or discrimination – including colonization, slavery, or institutional child separation

Center for Healing & Justice through Sport

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:56:41 UTC

CHJS positions itself as a national nonprofit leveraging healing-centered sport to support youth—especially from marginalized communities—that have experienced trauma. They train coaches and organizations to foster environments that are inclusive, therapeutic, and justice oriented. While their primary platform is youth sports, CHJS’s trauma-informed approach includes addressing systemic injustices and embodied stress that stem from racialized and generational trauma.

First Nations Healthy Authority

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:57:07 UTC

The FNHA explicitly recognizes that intergenerational trauma—rooted in colonization, residential schools, systemic oppression, and family violence—creates lasting intergenerational effects, including decline in mental health, social relationships, and increased prevalence of addictions or domestic violence in communities. This trauma can transfer implicitly from one generation to the next unless addressed directly. FNHA emphasizes the concept that unresolved trauma in caregivers disrupts emotional systems, impacting parent–child interactions and setting a dysregulated baseline for children from birth onward.

The Trevor Project

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:57:37 UTC

The Trevor Project is a U.S.-based nonprofit focused on crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth under 25, including helpline services, digital resources, advocacy, and research. While the organization does not directly target early childhood, their work has substantial relevance for intergenerational trauma—particularly for young people whose caregivers or communities have experienced discrimination, violence, or historical marginalizations.

Harvard Center on the Developing Child

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:58:00 UTC

The Center highlights that early life adversity—including intergenerational trauma—shapes health and behavior via toxic‑stress pathways. This kind of exposure, particularly without consistent caregiver support, can alter brain architecture and other physiological systems, potentially impairing development throughout life.

Child Mind Institute

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:59:05 UTC

While the Child Mind Institute does not frequently use the specific term “generational trauma,” its resources emphasize how early childhood exposure to adversity—and parental trauma—can shape a child’s developing brain, behavior, and emotional health through mechanisms similar to intergenerational stress transmission. Generational or ancestral trauma often manifests through caregiver emotional dysregulation, attachment disruption, or family stress patterns that children absorb—even in the absence of direct traumatic exposure.

SAMHSA

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-10 22:59:32 UTC

SAMHSA acknowledges evidence that trauma—particularly from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)—can be biologically passed across generations through epigenetic changes, influencing stress response systems in subsequent generations. This inherited trauma often contributes to substance use disorders, emotional dysregulation, and mental health issues in families, perpetuating risks across early childhood and adulthood.

Early Life Trauma

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-15 18:12:33 UTC

This review defines childhood trauma as experiences that overwhelm a child’s ability to cope physically or mentally. It explores how early trauma impacts brain development, emotional regulation, and behavior, drawing on clinical and neurobiological evidence to highlight long-term consequences

Video

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-16 14:40:12 UTC

This is a real-life perspective that offers real-life emotional support insight, complex family dynamics, empathy and bonding and empowerment through sharing.

SAMHSA

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 14:30:41 UTC

SAMHSA defines trauma as an event or series of events that is physically or emotionally harmful with lasting effects on an individual's well-being. Their trauma section explains types of trauma, risk factors, symptoms, and national strategies for trauma-informed care, with resources for professionals, communities, and families.

Child Mind Institute

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 14:46:20 UTC

This site provides parent-friendly explanations of trauma in children, its emotional and behavioral symptoms, and how it differs from stress or grief. It also offers guidance on seeking help, coping strategies, and the impact of trauma on child development.

NCTSN

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 14:47:16 UTC

NCTSN offers detailed resources about different types of trauma (e.g., physical abuse, natural disasters, community violence). It emphasizes how trauma affects children’s development, learning, and relationships, and provides downloadable resources, caregiver guides, and professional training.

American Psychological Association

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 14:52:11 UTC

The APA explains trauma from a psychological lens, describing emotional and mental responses to traumatic events. It also discusses PTSD, trauma therapy, and research-based treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and EMDR.

NIMH

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:16:06 UTC

While focused on PTSD, this resource outlines what trauma is, how the brain responds, and what symptoms may follow. It provides guidance on how and when to seek help and includes links to treatment options and ongoing clinical research.

CTRI

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:17:18 UTC

CTRI offers practical and digestible overviews of trauma, including definitions, causes, effects, and recovery tips. It addresses how trauma affects people differently, emphasizing the importance of recognizing emotional, physical, and relational impacts.

Trauma Informed Care

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:18:12 UTC

This resource is geared toward healthcare and organizational leaders but offers clear explanations of trauma’s definition and effects. It promotes the use of trauma-informed practices and policies, especially in healthcare, mental health, and child welfare settings.

Help Guide

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:18:52 UTC

HelpGuide offers user-friendly information on trauma, including common responses, physical and emotional symptoms, and tools for recovery. It includes quizzes, grounding techniques, and help for managing trauma-related anxiety and depression.

Sesame Street

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:19:37 UTC

This early-childhood resource explains trauma in ways young children and caregivers can understand. It includes videos, printable activities, and educator tools to help children name their feelings and build resilience after traumatic experiences.

CATS

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:24:46 UTC

Screens for trauma exposure and PTSD symptoms in children ages 3–17. it measures exposure to potentially traumatic events and DSM‑5 PTSD symptoms, plus impact on functioning.

Child PTSD Symptom Scale

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:26:42 UTC

Children and adolescents (typically 8–18). A 26-item self-report (or clinician) measure of PTSD symptoms and impairment.

Acute Stress Checklist for Children

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:28:39 UTC

Children and teens aged 8–17. It screens for acute stress reactions and possible Acute Stress Disorder. Its fast (1–2 min brief form or 5–10 min full version), easy to administer in medical or school settings

Child Trauma Screening Questionnaire

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:31:54 UTC

Screens for risk of PTSD in recently traumatized children recently injured children (generally school-age). Includes a 10-item self-report to identify PTSD risk post-injury. Brief (~2–3 min), validated in pediatric trauma settings

Trauma Screening Questionnaire

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:33:57 UTC

Adolescents and adults. 10 yes/no questions for assessing PTSD symptoms in adolescents and adults.

PC-PTSD-5

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:38:48 UTC

Adults in primary care. Five questions to flag probable PTSD. Developed for frontline health settings; brief and practical

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:40:54 UTC

A 20-item self-report tool assessing PTSD severity in teens and adults. Teens and adults; measures severity and change over time. Useful for screening, monitoring treatment progress, and provisional diagnosis

UCLA PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:42:26 UTC

Children and adolescents (including caregiver versions for under age 6). Screens trauma exposure and full DSM‑5 PTSD symptoms via structured item set. Research-validated globally, available in multiple languages; strong developmental sensitivity

Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI)

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:44:11 UTC

In-depth assessment of trauma symptoms in adolescents and adults. Adolescents and adults. Multi-scale instrument covering PTSD and related trauma symptoms with embedded validity scales. Comprehensive and clinically nuanced evaluation of trauma-related symptomatology

Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire (ACE‑IQ)

marieshachambers06 — 2025-07-28 16:45:41 UTC

Adults recalling childhood experiences. 43 items assessing experiences of abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, community or collective trauma. Developed by WHO, helps assess cumulative adversity risk across diverse cultural settings

Oakland County Children's Village

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:23:10 UTC

Provides supportive counseling, crisis intervention, group/individual/family therapy, and evidence-based substance abuse treatment (Matrix Model) for youth in Oakland County residential programs.

Day One

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:24:08 UTC

Offers confidential, research-based outpatient trauma/PTSD therapy, substance use treatment, and mental health services for children and adults across Oakland County.

MCTS ROSE Program

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:25:35 UTC

A structured partial hospitalization program using a psychodynamic, trauma-informed R.O.O.T.S. (Reclaiming Our Own Trauma Stories) curriculum tailored to individual needs.

Trauma-Focused CBT Therapists

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:26:43 UTC

Directory of vetted Oakland County therapists specializing in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF‑CBT)—an evidence-based approach for children and adolescents.

Michigan Department of Health & Human Services

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:27:49 UTC

Provides statewide programs like TF‑CBT, CBITS, EMDR, CPP, and PCIT for ages 0–17, many available through Oakland County providers.

Mala Family & Child Institute

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:28:37 UTC

Provides trauma-informed psychotherapy, psychiatry, occupational therapy, and school advocacy across Oakland County, using modalities like EMDR, TF-CBT, IFS, DBT, and play/art therapy.

Trauma-Focused Infant & Early Childhood Program

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:29:37 UTC

Helps children ages 0–6 in Oakland County and surrounding counties with early intervention screening, treatment, and family support.

Oakland Schools – Trauma-Informed Resilience-Focused Practices

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:30:33 UTC

Offers professional learning and consultation to districts on trauma-informed, restorative practices and behavior support in schools across Oakland County.

Oakland County Trauma-Informed Local Coalition

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:31:30 UTC

Part of Michigan’s statewide coalition network, supporting community awareness, professional development, and trauma-informed practices within Oakland County.

Trauma Recovery Center of Southeast Michigan (Wayne State University)

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:32:25 UTC

Federally funded center assisting survivors of torture and human rights trauma, including counseling and community services—with service reach into Oakland County.

SAMHSA: Understanding Child Trauma

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:46:53 UTC

Provides an accessible overview of types of trauma children may experience and how caregivers can respond supportively to aid healing.

Child Mind Institute: Helping Children Cope After a Traumatic Event

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:47:46 UTC

A practical guide offering age‑appropriate strategies for parents, caregivers, and teachers—from toddlers to teens—after crises such as accidents, violence, or natural disasters.

Verywell Mind: Signs of Trauma in Children

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:48:41 UTC

Summarizes common emotional, behavioral, and physical signs of trauma in children ages 0–18, along with early intervention and resource suggestions.

Michigan DHHS: Resources for Parents/Caregivers

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:49:29 UTC

Offers state‑specific tools and information on how children of different ages respond to trauma, prevention strategies, and caregiver guidance tailored to Michigan families.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:50:20 UTC

National resource hub offering caregiver tip sheets, toolkits, and videos focused on trauma-informed parenting, disaster response, and developmental coping.

We Are Families Rising: Parent Resource Curriculum

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:51:19 UTC

A 12–16 hour trauma-awareness training curriculum designed for foster, adoptive, and kinship caregivers to help them understand trauma and respond effectively.

Parent Center Hub: Trauma Basics for Caregivers

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:52:20 UTC

An easy-to-use guide explaining PTSD strategies and tools like the My Anxiety Plan (MAP), targeted at caregivers supporting children in early recovery.

Clarity Child Guidance Center

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:53:32 UTC

Article featuring the center’s Level-One trauma-informed caregiving strategies—such as responding with empathy instead of punishment—and caregiver advice like validating statements and de-escalation techniques.

NIMH: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Traumatic Events

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:54:25 UTC

A fact sheet by the National Institute of Mental Health describing typical stress reactions and concrete steps caregivers can take to support recovery and resilience.

Mare Institute: Trauma‑Informed Parenting Guide

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-04 21:55:17 UTC

Comprehensive overview for caregivers on how trauma affects child brain development and behavior, with strategies like safety, trust-building, regulation coaching, and self-care.

Kids‑TALK Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC)

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 00:32:09 UTC

Provides free forensic interviews, mental health care, medical evaluations, and advocacy for children (up to age 17) and families in Detroit and Southgate. Services are trauma‑informed and offered regardless of ability to pay.

Community Mental Health Agency – Wayne County

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 00:33:14 UTC

Wayne County’s public agency providing family outpatient counseling, trauma‑informed therapy, and case management for children exposed to abuse, neglect, or traumatic stress.

The Children’s Center (Detroit)

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 00:34:13 UTC

Nonprofit offering behavioral, clinical, academic, and crisis intervention services, focusing on healing children and supporting whole family recovery. Trauma‑informed programs tailored for vulnerable youth.

Michigan Department of Health & Human Services – Trauma & Toxic Stress

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 00:35:35 UTC

State‑level information hub explaining trauma’s effects on children, and offering tools, community strategies, and caregiver resources to foster trauma‑informed care across Michigan.

Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN) – Children’s System of Care

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 00:36:35 UTC

Offers comprehensive community‑based mental health services and support for children, youth and families experiencing trauma, abuse, or co‑occurring behavioral health issues.

Michigan Association for Children’s Mental Health (ACMH)

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 00:37:42 UTC

Offers free resources including family guides, crisis contacts, app tools, and coping support following traumatic events. Specifically tailored for Oakland County families.

Oakland County Health Division – Mental Health Support After Trauma

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 00:38:58 UTC

Provides 24/7 trauma crisis support lines (988 and Michigan Crisis Access Line), and offers practical advice for parents on speaking with children and managing emotional responses.

Oakland Family Services – Specialized Services for Youth (SSY)

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 00:40:14 UTC

For children and teens (ages 6–21) experiencing emotional or psychological stress, SSY provides evidence‑based individual, family, peer and group counseling, case management, in‑home support, respite, and psychiatric care. Referral via Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN).

Youth and Family Care Connection (YFCC), Oakland CHN

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 00:41:02 UTC

24/7 behavioral health crisis triage and care coordination for youth 17 and under. Includes access to a crisis care unit offering short‑term observation and support, aiming to prevent hospitalization.

New Oakland Family Centers

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 00:42:04 UTC

Offer outpatient services including crisis care, counseling, case management, and telehealth for children, teens, adults, and families throughout Oakland County. Bilingual and inclusive programming.

Classroom Strategies to Support Students Experiencing Trauma (IES Blog)

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 22:15:29 UTC

Provides concrete trauma-informed practices such as establishing a calm corner, offering choice, building trust, and avoiding re-traumatizing disciplinary methods.

Strategies and Resources to Support Trauma‑Informed Schools (SchoolSafety.gov PDF)

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 22:16:46 UTC

Offers classroom ideas like designated de-escalation spaces, routine structure, calming tools (stress balls, movement breaks), and relationship-building strategies.

A Practitioner’s Guide to Educating Traumatized Children

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 22:17:39 UTC

Explains why asking “What happened to you?” instead of “What’s wrong with you?” is critical—alongside structured routines, check-ins, and cultivating trust and predictability.

Trauma‑Informed Teaching

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 22:20:12 UTC

An overview of why trauma matters in learning and how to adapt classroom practices—like consistent routines and flexible assignments—to reduce student stress.

Trauma‑Informed Schools Toolkit

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 22:21:36 UTC

Framework for building trauma-informed, resilience-oriented schools—with steps for classroom and district implementation.

Brief on Trauma-Informed Approaches in Education

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 22:22:39 UTC

Explains the principles: realizing, recognizing, responding to trauma, and resisting re-traumatization; along with specific classroom techniques like brain breaks and shared decision-making.

8 Concrete Strategies for Trauma‑Informed Teaching

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 22:23:31 UTC

Practical steps including morning meetings, calm-down corners, student choice, peer support structures, lesson agendas, and resource mapping.

Trauma‑Informed Teaching Resources

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 22:24:22 UTC

A curated list of resources for educators in trauma-sensitive classrooms, including tips, external links, and professional policy supports.

Why Some Schools Are Emphasizing Healing Classrooms

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 22:25:35 UTC

Describes a UK primary school using the IRC’s healing classrooms program to support refugee children—highlighting cultural awareness training and trauma-responsive pedagogy.

"Helping Traumatized Children Learn"

marieshachambers06 — 2025-08-06 22:27:12 UTC

This powerful video explores how trauma impacts children’s behavior and learning—and how educators can respond with compassion and structure. Teachers and school leaders share real-world strategies for building trauma-sensitive classrooms that support safety, connection, and academic success.