Male Survivors: You Are Not Alone

Watch Video It is estimated that 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused by the time of their 18th birthday (e.g., Briere & Elliot, 2003; Holmes & Slap, 1998). However, the majority of the research on sexual abuse, including the development and testing of psychosocial interventions, focuses primarily on women. Men and boys who have experienced…

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Let Your Voice Have Impact

Watch Video This video is a web-based training designed for trauma survivors to demystify research and present an introduction to research design and methodology, data collection, analysis and interpretation. The roles and responsibilities of involvement as trauma survivors as equitable partners in research as well as privacy, confidentiality, and legal protections including IRB and HIPAA…

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Male Survivors Research

Sexual abuse is an international problem and an often overlooked public health issue for men and boys. Given the prevalence of trauma and its well documented connection to mental and physical health disorders, the relevance of male survivor input and engagement in health care research is profound. As part of an engagement project funded by…

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Trauma Treatment Tip Sheet (Child + Adolescent)

Treatment Tip Sheet Download Treatment Sheet This Tip Sheet for psychologists and other mental health professionals who conduct clinical assessment and treatment with children and adolescents was developed by the Division 56 Child Trauma Task Force. The Tip Sheet is designed to assist clinicians in recognizing and providing empirically-supported best practices for the treatment of…

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Trauma Assessment Tip Sheet (Child + Adolescent)

Assessment Tip Sheet Download Assessment Sheet This Tip Sheet for psychologists and other mental health professionals who conduct clinical screening and assessment with children and adolescents was developed by the Division 56 Child Trauma Task Force. The Tip Sheet is designed to assist clinicians in making screening for trauma exposure and trauma symptoms a standard…

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Web-Based Trauma Psychology Resources

Web-Based Trauma Psychology Resources On Underserved Health Priority Populations for Public and Professional Education The purpose of this project was to create web-based empirically-informed materials (i.e., printable fact sheets, YouTube videos, and suggested reading lists) on trauma and its impact in underserved health priority populations that can serve as valuable resources for clinicians, researchers and…

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Textbooks Grades

Textbooks Grades Coverage of Childhood Maltreatment Download Summary A recent study by Cindy Miller-Perrin of Pepperdine University found that textbooks used in teaching Introductory Psychology courses often lack information about the prevalence and impact of child maltreatment, despite the well-documented and often long-term negative impact that maltreatment has on children (Kissee, Isaacson, & Miller-Perrin, 2014).  Even more concerning, some…

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Guidelines on Trauma Competencies for Education and Training

Guidelines on Trauma Competencies for Education and Training The scientific literature on trauma is large and growing. However most mental health professionals only have a cursory knowledge of this science (Courtois & Gold, 2009) . In addition, they have no formal training in nor apply evidence-based psychosocial treatments for trauma-related disorders (Cook, Dinnen, Rehman, Bufka,…

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Education Video Collection

Education Video Collection The Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders, a treatment and services adaptation center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network has developed a library of 50+ films of therapy sessions and dialogues amongst therapists, youth, and caregivers that are designed for pre-professional and professional education by bringing to life the experience of…

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TeachTrauma

TeachTrauma Bethany Brand’s TeachTrauma site contains a variety of course syllabi and other helpful information on teaching trauma in an academic setting.

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