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NCTSN Response to the Hurricanes
NCTSN Marks 9/11 Anniversary with Local Programs
Now You Can Get Your Data Back

NCTSN Response to the Hurricanes

The recent hurricanes across the Gulf Coast directly impacted a number of NCTSN centers in the disaster-affected areas, including Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas. Although many NCTSN members are still out of their buildings and homes, they are all safe.

We want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all of our Network centers that participated in an extraordinary range of disaster-related recovery efforts. It is difficult to succinctly summarize these efforts, so instead we will highlight a few representative examples. In the hurricanes’ immediate aftermath, many NCTSN centers across the country worked with local partners to provide direct services to children and families who had been evacuated.
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Now You Can Get Your Data Back!

Good news! The Data Core is ready to transfer client Core Data collected at your center, using the InForm system, back to you for your own purposes. If you are interested in receiving your data, you can visit the members' side of www.NCTSN.org and fill out the necessary forms and we will take it from there. If you have any questions about getting client data sent back to your center, contact Becky Wilgus, at DCRI, at warli001@dcri.duke.edu.
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NCTSN Marks 9/11 Anniversary with Local Programs

The fourth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America was held against a backdrop of extreme devastation in much of the country from Hurricane Katrina. In fact, following an NCCTS press release, many reporters doing 9/11 anniversary stories focused on the fact that devastating events can traumatize children and families, no matter their source.

Around the country, many NCTSN members marked the anniversary. For example, the Institute for Trauma Stress Studies at NYU participated in a public forum that allowed families to ask questions about traumatic stress and treatments; participated in discussions with students, parents, teachers, and staff at five schools; and provided workshops for two fire departments on preparing families for the anniversary. The Safe Horizon Program for Trauma Intervention, also in New York City, was similarly active and visible. But other local NCTSN members, such as the Children's Trauma Consortium in Westchester, marked the anniversary in a quiet way. That group held a brief memorial at the opening of school that included readings, a song, and short talks.