Children & Adolescents
Youth mental health, trafficking, bullying, and adolescent development.
Traumatic Grief in Childhood
Covers differences between normal grief and childhood traumatic grief, risk/protective factors, military deaths, sexual health connections, and sibling death impacts using NCTSN materials.
Human Trafficking of Adolescents in America
Ethical, culturally-sensitive training on identifying trafficking victims, assessment tools, federal laws, safety planning, and interagency coordination with law enforcement.
Beyond the Yellow Legal Pad! Assessment and Diagnosis of Children and Adolescents
Risk management issues in assessment and diagnosis, common clinical errors, structured biopsychosocial assessment importance, professional competence requirements. Includes downloadable assessment forms.
The Ethics of Working with LGBTQ Youth: Ending Conversion Therapy
SAMHSA expert panel consensus on conversion therapy ineffectiveness, affirming LGBTQ youth care, gender identity development, and forming healthy professional relationships with LGBTQ families.
Professional Guide to Supporting LGBTQI2-S Children and Adolescents
Collaborative SAMHSA/Georgetown materials on culturally competent services for sexual and gender minority youth, supporting families, and addressing homelessness vulnerabilities.
Suicide Risk and Prevention for LGBT Youth
SPRC publication addressing elevated suicide risk factors in LGBT youth ages 15-24, internet role in prevention, stigma reduction strategies, and cultural competence models.
Part I: Preventing Suicide Toolkit for High Schools
SAMHSA-published step-by-step toolkit for comprehensive high school suicide prevention, risk assessment, postvention for contagion prevention, and community/family coordination.
After a Suicide: Toolkit for Schools
AFSP/SPRC second edition providing postvention protocols for schools following student/employee suicide, including media coordination, memorialization policies, and contagion reduction.
Bullying Prevention and Response
StopBullying.gov collaborative federal materials on bullying definitions, environmental dynamics, perpetrator/victim characteristics, prevention strategies, and community action planning.
Growing Up Girl: Girls Matter!
Psychosocial and neurological development of female adolescents; self-image and identity formation; depression, suicide, self-harm risks; substance abuse in girls; digital natives and social media impact; trauma-informed program design.
Principles of Adolescent SUD Assessment and Treatment
Impact of drugs on developing adolescent brain; evidence-based treatment approaches including family-based interventions; vulnerability factors and risk-taking behaviors.
Basic Guide to Traumatic Stress, Complex Trauma, and Resilience
National Child Traumatic Stress Network workbook on family resilience factors, childhood resilience indicators, complex trauma differentiation, and therapeutic interventions.
HIV and AOD Issues with Adolescents and Families
New York State AIDS Institute materials addressing substance use screening in HIV-infected adolescents and family issues including domestic violence in HIV-affected households.
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