For Families

Caring Bridge

Caring Bridge is dedicated to ensuring that no one goes through a health journey alone. They’ve made it our mission to build bridges of care and communication providing love and support.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) is changing the lives of children with cancer by funding impactful research, raising awareness, supporting families and empowering everyone to help cure childhood cancer.

Momcology

Momcology is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to extending the benefits of community by providing reciprocal peer support models for families affected by childhood cancer.

After the Injury

Resource from CHOP (The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) “Helping parents help their kids recover.”

Coping Space

CopingSpace provides a variety of resources to assist both children and their families in dealing with the stresses of a life-threatening illness or injury.

Ryan’s Case for Smiles

A hospital experience can be terrifying and traumatic for both a child and their family. While others strive to find a cure, Ryan’s Case for Smiles helps with the stress and emotional impact of illness in the here and now. Our whimsical pillowcases give children an emotional boost, while resources and tools help families better understand and cope with the experience.

Sibling Support Project

Sibling Support Project offers Sibshops, which provide siblings of kids with disabilities with peer support and information in a lively, recreational setting.

For Schools

Coping Space: Promoting Academic Learning & Emotional Recovery

Schools have an important role in promoting ongoing academic learning and emotional recovery when students have a serious illness or injury. The resource offers ways school personnel can support families through these challenges.

For Professionals

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

NCTSN’s mission is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.

Health Care Toolbox

This website provides a wealth of information, resources, printables, and research for “helping children and families cope with illness and injury”.

Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress

CPTS addresses medical trauma in the lives of children and families. CPTS collaborates worldwide with hospitals, universities, nonprofit, and government organizations to further its work in preventing and treating medical traumatic stress in healthcare settings.

Genetic Alliance

Genetic Alliance, a nonprofit founded in 1986, is a leader in deploying high-tech and high-touch programs for individuals, families, and communities to transform health systems by being responsive to the real needs of people in their quest for health.

Training Catalogue: Online Education for Providers

Free Continuing Education opportunities for nurses. Other health care professionals can also benefit from the information in these courses; however, you must check with your licensure board for continuing education credit approval.

Secondary Traumatic Stress Information and Tools

All healthcare professionals are vulnerable to secondary traumatic stress which is the emotional distress that results when an individual hears about the traumatic experience of another. These tools and resources that can increase your awareness, provide coping strategies to manage your wellbeing.

Self-Care for Providers

Self-Care Tips to Prevent Secondary Traumatic Stress

Organizational Support to Prevent Secondary Traumatic Stress

Working with Children and Families Experiencing Medical Traumatic Stress

A resource guide for Mental Health Professionals to learn about pediatric medical traumatic stress and improve mental health care for ill or injured pediatric patients and families.