NCTSN School Committee
Hosts Open Call
The NCTSN School Committee would like to invite interested Network members to join a 90-minute conference call on Friday, February 24 at 12 noon PST/3 pm EST to discuss ideas and projects on educational system and school-related issues as a means of improving access to services for traumatized children.
The NCTSN School Committee comprises Network members who are actively engaged in working with local schools. In the last NCTSN funding round, the Los Angeles Unified School District program, directed by Marleen Wong, successfully competed as a Trauma Services Adaptation Center, and together with its partners at Rand and UCLA, will lead the NCTSN School Committee. The group will work on a national agenda for schools and help support the needs of specific NCTSN centers. The NCTSN School Listserv is also being re-established; more information will be available on the February 24th call.
The LAUSD and other members of the NCTSN School Committee have identified some possible projects for the coming year. These include: preparation and distribution of a school-friendly listing of available interventions and programs; production of an educational training product to raise trauma awareness in school communities; creation of toolkits that address the logistics of implementing a trauma program in school; and development of a school readiness measure to enable schools to evaluate their own needs and resources.
The School Committee is hopeful that more individuals will join in helping the NCTSN School Committee realize its goals. For more information or instructions on how to join the call, please contact Audra Langley at alangley@mednet.ucla.edu or Susan Ko at sko@mednet.ucla.edu.National Children's Advocacy Center
Creates Electronic Library
The Research Library of the National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) in Huntsville, AL announces the availability of digital library resources to NCTSN members. Many of the resources created for the new site were initially developed as part of NCAC’s membership in NCTSN. The Research Library web pages are located at the following URL: http://www.nationalcac.org/professionals/library/
Resources available on the Research Library web site include:
- online catalog of titles in the Research Library, Clinical Library and Parent Library;
- collections of statistical resources;
- collections of basic reference and writing resources;
- best practices, guidelines and recommended practices;
- annotated bibliographies on topics related to child abuse and trauma;
- a core collection of online journals (some items have restricted access, see below); and
- bibliographic databases, including PsycINFO (some items have restricted access, see below).
All of the available collections are under development and will be added to steadily as current projects are completed. The Research Library invites suggestions for additions to its online collection, as well as recommended corrections and revisions to existing resources.
Restricted access:
The NCAC Research Library may be able to assist NCTSN sites that do not have access to these resources locally. For further information, please contact
David King at the Research Library of the NCAC at dking@nationalcac.org