This part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s website links to information about terrorism and violent events and how they may affect children and families. Also provided are subpages regarding school shooting and mass violence events, as well as links to related resources.

This web page highlights resources to prepare for and respond to active shooter attacks. It explores available threat assessment and management services, training and documentary videos, and the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in responding to and preventing active shooter attacks.

This resource created for schools highlights the importance of readiness, response, and recovery to ensure school community resilience after a school tragedy incident. It focuses on strategies to support student and family recovery after incidents of violence and trauma, explores the importance of culturally competent response, and provides resources for school community members.

This web page explores community violence data, including data surrounding youth and vulnerable populations, to highlight the important preventive strategies communities can pursue. It provides community members with resources, including databases and technical guides, to encourage the continued collection of data and strategies for building community resilience.

Created as part of the Coalition to Support Grieving Students’ Crisis & Special Circumstances module collection, this module features a recorded training that provides school community leaders with recommendations for supporting student and school personnel bereavement. It emphasizes the importance of planning and providing additional support to community members.

This web page highlights the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s approach to preventing firearm violence incidents, which includes data collection, research, and partnerships. It analyzes current funded research and surveillance, highlights new funding opportunities for research, and provides relevant resources to support firearm violence mitigation.

This web page provides parents and caregivers with recommendations for supporting their child’s return to school after experiencing a tragedy, which can include mass violence incidents. It includes guidance for supporting children’s feelings, emphasizing school safety, and seeking further assistance if needed to ensure students’ comfort and resilience.

This web page provides parents and caregivers with recommendations for supporting their child’s return to school after experiencing a tragedy, which can include mass violence incidents. It includes guidance for supporting children’s feelings, emphasizing school safety, and seeking further assistance if needed to ensure students’ comfort and resilience.

This web page highlights resources that explore incidents of gun violence. It includes relevant books for adults and children, podcast episodes, news articles, and other resources that highlight strategies for coping with acts of terror, planning for emergencies, and building resilience.

Developed for mass violence event survivors and their families, this web page features a collection of resources for victims. It includes helpline information, information regarding victim compensation programs, referrals to victim support organizations, and links to relevant resources such as tip sheets and mobile apps.

This assessment allows houses of worship to evaluate their security and identify strategies for improving their safety and preparedness. Users are encouraged to fill out the assessment questions regarding access and entry control, perimeter security, and barriers to evaluate their community’s security. Users can also submit questions and requests.

This web page features a collection of resources for law enforcement and other first responders responding to mass casualty incidents. It emphasizes the impact of mass violence events on first responders’ physical and mental health to support their resilience.

This resource library collection highlights resources focused on mass violence incidents. It provides a collection of tip sheets about mass violence and active shooter incidents and includes links to other topic collections that focus on related topics.

This web page highlights resources to support the development of mass violence and terrorism response plans. It includes the Helping Victims of Mass Violence & Terrorism: Planning, Response, Recovery, and Resources Toolkit and a related webinar training series, resources for survivors and service providers, and opportunities to request training and technical assistance.

This report examines existing statistics and knowledge of mass violence events to analyze the impacts of these incidents and provide recommendations for ensuring effective preparedness and response. Created for federal, state, and local organizations, this resource aims to provide a wide range of information and strategies to mitigate the impacts of mass violence events.

This collection features resources that focus on mass violence events. It provides resources such as tip sheets, trainings, and videos for parents, caregivers, educators, and children preparing for, responding to, or recovering from mass violence events.

This collection of tip sheets was created for a variety of community members to promote healing and community resilience after experiencing a mass violence event. The highlighted tip sheets focus on family members of mass violence victims, survivors, first responders and recovery workers, healthcare practitioners, children, and more.

This guide explores incidents of violence directed toward places of worship to highlight the importance of holistic incident planning, response, and recovery. It provides incident case studies to promote strategies for implementing effective security and community readiness in faith-based communities.

This tip sheet explores evidence-based and best practice interventions that can address the needs of individuals affected by mass violence events. It highlights some interventions that are included in training and consultations provided by the South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center to support community preparedness and response.

This collection of resources compiled by the Improving Community Preparedness to Assist Victims of Mass Violence and Domestic Terrorism: Training and Technical Assistance (ICP TTA) program covers the 16 areas identified by the program as essential for mass violence and terrorism-related preparedness, response, and recovery. The collection features resources for disaster planners, first responders, survivors, and other community members.

This two-part recorded webinar explores incidents of criminal mass violence or domestic terrorism at higher education institutions to highlight strategies to best address the needs of victims, families, and the campus community. The training focuses on challenges, resources, and opportunities for higher education institutions to prepare for and respond to mass violence incidents.

This collection features resources that focus on school shooting events. It provides resources such as tip sheets, trainings, and videos for parents, caregivers, educators, and children preparing for, responding to, or recovering from school shooting events.

This collection of resources focuses on school violence and its impacts on students, parents, and school personnel. The resources included were created for educators and school administrators to support students and their families in and after incidents of school violence.

This article provides parents and caregivers with tips for talking to children about racism and acts of violence. It highlights the importance of discussing these topics with youth and provides strategies and resources to support open discussion.

This article provides parents and caregivers with tips for talking to children about racism and acts of violence. It highlights the importance of discussing these topics with youth and provides strategies and resources to support open discussion.