Ellen Gerrity gave the closing remarks at an annual conference on traumatic stress in children and families. She emphasized the importance of collaboration across different areas like politics, research, and service settings to help traumatized children and their families. She also highlighted the mission of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network to improve access to services and raise the standard of care for children and communities impacted by trauma.

1. Protecting Their Future:
Finding and Helping Stressed Children & Families
Annual Statewide Conference on
Traumatic Stress in Children and Families
Closing Remarks
Ellen Gerrity, PhD
NCCTS Associate Director and Senior Policy Advisor
Duke University Medical Center
June 1, 2012

2. Never Separate The Life You Live From
the Words You Speak.
---Senator Paul Wellstone

3. Where You Can Make (And Are Making) A Difference:
 The Life of a Child
Family
 Program
 Community
 State
 National, International
 Body of Knowledge
Add your voice in shared collaboration.
Examples from today

4. Importance of Collaboration
Examples From Today
Politics and policy
Family Advocacy
Research
Service Settings:
Military Families
Schools
Health care
Finding Your Voice

5. National Child Traumatic Stress
N etwork Mission Statement
The mission of the National Child
Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is
to raise the standard of care and
improve access to services for
traumatized children, their families,
and communities throughout the
United States.
For more information: www.nctsn.org

7. A Message of Hope
With appropriate resources and support, children
and families can recover after exposure to
traumatic life events.
They – and you -- are not alone.

8. Thank You
Protecting Their Future:
Finding and Helping Stressed Children &
Families
Annual Statewide Conference on
Traumatic Stress in Children and Families
June 1, 2012
University of Minnesota, Ambit Network
Website: http://www.ambitnetwork.org
Email Contact: ambit@umn.edu