Healing America’s Children: Building a Library for the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress 2004 MAC/MLA Annual Meeting Raleigh, North Carolina Robert James Associate Director of Public Services Duke University Medical Center Library

NRC Library The Library is located at the National Resource Center (NRC) for Child Traumatic Stress in Durham, North Carolina. The NRC is part of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, jointly coordinated by the medical schools at the University of California at Los Angeles and Duke University, with offices in LA and NC. The Center provides leadership for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. There are currently 54 centers in the Network throughout the United States. Funding for the Network is provided by the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Congressional Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative.

History of the Network The Donald J. Cohen National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative was established in 2001 to improve access to care, treatment, and services for children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events and to encourage and promote collaboration between service providers in the field, through a series of grants totaling more than $30 million. Cohen, a pioneer in the field of children's mental health, was the Sterling Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology at Yale University and Director of the Yale Child Study Center. He died on October 2, 2001.

Network Mission To raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.

Network Vision The NCTSN will raise public awareness of the scope and serious impact of child traumatic stress on the safety and healthy development of our nation's children and families. We will improve the standard of care by integrating developmental and cultural knowledge to advance a broad range of effective services and interventions that will preserve and restore the future of our nation's traumatized children. We will work with established systems of care, including the health, mental health, education, law enforcement, child welfare and juvenile justice systems, to ensure that there is a comprehensive continuum of care available and accessible to all traumatized children and their families. We will be a community dedicated to collaboration within and beyond the Network to ensure that widely shared knowledge and skills create a national resource to address the problem of child traumatic stress.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network 54 Centers in the Network throughout the Unites States Three components Category I Category II Category III

Category I National Center for Child Traumatic Stress Designated to lead the NCTSN as the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS), the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and the Duke University School of Medicine have individually and collectively provided leadership in the developmental understanding of child traumatic stress, have pioneered evaluation and treatment of children, families, and communities, and are at the forefront in developing public mental health strategies to reach the large population of children, families, and communities affected by traumatic events. The National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, as a joint program of UCLA and Duke University, is supported by the vast resources of two of the country's preeminent learning institutions, their medical schools, and departments of psychiatry and university-level programs.

Category II Intervention Development and Evaluation Centers Intervention Development and Evaluation (IDE) Centers are charged with identifying, supporting, improving, and developing treatment and service approaches for different types of child and adolescent traumatic events. IDE Centers emphasize developmentally appropriate trauma evaluation and intervention for children and adolescents of all ages, as well as the identification, assessment, and appropriate treatment of children in specialty child service sectors, such as schools, the juvenile justice system, the refugee service system, and the child welfare and protective service systems.

Category III Community Treatment and Services Centers The third category of grantees, Community Treatment and Services Centers, will implement and evaluate effective treatment and services in community settings, collect clinical data on traumatized children receiving treatment, develop expertise related to effective practices, financing and other service issues, and provide leadership and training on child trauma for service providers in the community and staff in a range of child service sectors.

The National Resource Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NRC) supports the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) by raising professional and public awareness and knowledge of child traumatic stress through providing relevant, practical information that promotes improved standards of care and increased access to services of affected children, their families and communities. NRC Mission

NRC Vision The NRC is to be the leading national resource for professionals, the public, and people affected by child traumatic stress through: Acquisition, coordination, and management of existing materials in the field of child traumatic stress. Development and production of initiatives and products within the NCTSN, including initiatives in education, training, technical assistance, data collection, marketing, and media relations. The widespread distribution of the resources, services, and products of the NCTSN.

NRC Team Director Executive Editor Resource Librarian Marketing/PR/Media Specialist Administrative Assistant Media Consultant (external 25%) Research Associate (external at NCPTSD) Writing Team

NRC Librarian Invitation from Dr. Robert Franks, NRC Director Duke Medical Center Library Sharing a librarian A full time position Interim librarian The search

NRC Functions Repository of informational resources Developing, producing, and disseminating materials Facilitating internal and collaborative communications across the network (website, listservs, , mailings, newsletter) Core, collaborative group and center level support Research and informational resources support Media Relations, marketing, and public awareness

NRC Informational Resources The NRC helps coordinate the creation of and serves as a repository for a wide range of NCTSN and related resources in both physical and virtual formats. These resources include: A comprehensive Web site for NCTSN members and the general public ( Scholarly materials, such as journal articles, books, book chapters, and white papers Training manuals, toolkits, and other training, professional development, and educational tools for both NCTSN and external audiences Resource catalogs Books for popular audiences Guides, fact sheets and other resources for numerous audiences Resources for the media Videos, public service announcements, and other media

NRC Library Services Collection development for the non-circulating research collection Recommendations for the Network web site Information and reference assistance Literature searches Document delivery to Network members Annotated bibliographies Team work

Resources and Support Network Website Includes a public section and a password-protected section for Network members Serves as a primary communication vehicle and source of information for Network partners and the public Major resource in the area of child traumatic stress Establishes the Network’s identity to greater public A platform for education, training and sharing research data Links to individual Network sites and affiliated organizations

PILOTS Database The PILOTS database is an electronic index to the worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. It is produced by the National Center for PTSD, and is available to the public on computer systems maintained by Dartmouth College. There is no charge for using the database, and no account or password is required. For more information contact; Fred Lerner, D.L.S., Information Scientist National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder VA Medical Center (116D) White River Junction, Vermont Phone (802) Fax (802)

Duke University Medical Center Library Supervision and mentorship for NRC Librarian Cataloging NRC Library material Inter-library loan and document delivery assistance Reference and database searching advice Publicity and marketing support

How can you participate? Read and distribute information disseminated by the NRC and the NCTSN on our website Provide the NRC Library with relevant information materials and resources Create links between your library and the NRC Library Identify a “contact person” at your site Communicate with the NRC Librarian

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