Treatment Collaborative for Traumatized Youth

10/13/2025

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day 💛❤️🖤🤍

Today, we honor our Native ancestors and living relatives for their resilience, strength, and perseverance in the face of historical and intergenerational trauma.

May this day serve as a reminder to:
✨ Learn and share the true history of Indigenous communities.
✨ Support Indigenous-led organizations and initiatives.
✨ Approach Indigenous children and families you serve with culturally grounded compassion and empathy.

Miigwech (Thank you) for joining us in honoring and uplifting Indigenous voices — today and every day.

With care,
Emily Sargent
Project HEAL Director
https://www.tcty-nd.org/heal/

10/13/2025

Indigenous Peoples' Day is a time to celebrate the resilience, cultures, and traditions of Native communities.

In North Dakota, the Spirit Lake Nation; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians; the Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara Nation; and the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Nation continue to shape the state’s history and future. Together, we share responsibility for protecting the environment and natural resources that cross all boundaries.

10/13/2025

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! This is a day to honor the contributions, sovereignty, and resilience of Native American people. It acknowledges the first inhabitants of this land and celebrates their ongoing presence and influence in our communities. The community is invited to an Indigenous People's Day Pow-Wow at 5:30 p.m. Monday, October 13 in the Moorhead High School gymnasium.

Read more about Indigenous Peoples' Day and the Fargo and West Fargo Public Schools Native American Education program in this Feature Column by Native American Education Coordinator Melody Staebner: https://fargok12ndus.finalsite.com/fs/resource-manager/view/6f1111ec-8d1c-4a9c-8618-4a0482fce40a

10/13/2025

10/13/2025

This resource from The Wish Centre provides simple, practical steps for creating safety plans with children affected by domestic abuse. It helps adults and children work together to identify safe spaces, trusted adults, and ways to stay safe during a crisis.

https://www.tcty-nd.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/guide_to_safety_planning_with_children.pdf

10/10/2025

Take a look at this Bullying Facts Handout from NCTSN! Print and share with your clients and their families to promote education and awareness of bullying and how it impacts lives.

https://www.tcty-nd.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Bullying-Fact-Sheet-1.pdf

10/07/2025

Download and share our relaxation card for Rainbow Breathing! Rainbow Breathing is a useful skill to use when experiencing intense emotions, stress, or anxiety.

Download the cards here:
https://www.tcty-nd.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Rainbow-Breathing-English-Spanish.pdf

Watch this video with clients to learn how to rainbow breath:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIbBI-BT9c4

10/03/2025

National Bullying Prevention Month (NBPM) is an opportunity to take action, educate, and inspire everyone to promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion to help prevent bullying.

Learn more about NBPM here:
https://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/spreadtheword/promote-nbpm/

Learn about the warning signs of bullying here:
https://www.stopbullying.gov/bullying/warning-signs

10/03/2025

Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) is observed in October to unite advocates across the nation in their efforts to end domestic violence. This month is a time to raise awareness about the signs of abuse and ways to stop it, to provide resources, and to uplift survivor stories.

Find help in ND here:
https://nddsvc.org/find-help

Learn more about DVAM here:
https://www.thehotline.org/stakeholders/domestic-violence-awareness-month/

10/03/2025

While in Bismarck for Session 2 of the SPARCS training, our team had the opportunity to meet with KX News to discuss the impact SPARCS can have on youth.

Special thanks to Eneida Viella-Loraas from the Dakota Children's Advocacy Center and Dr. Ernestine Briggs-King from the Kennedy Krieger Institute & Johns Hopkins for representing TCTY and Project SPARCS!

Sanford Health helps foster youth resilience through SPARCS program

10/01/2025

This week the TCTY team is in Bismarck training ND clinicians in Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS). SPARCS is an empirically supported group trauma treatment designed to improve the emotional, social, academic, and behavioral functioning of adolescents exposed to trauma and chronic stress. These clinicians represent various rural/urban schools and organizations across our state!

Check out our SPARCS page:
https://www.tcty-nd.org/sparcs/

Check out our SPARCS handouts for caregivers and kids:
https://www.tcty-nd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SPARCS-Flyer-Youth-Final-1.pdf
https://www.tcty-nd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SPARCS-Flyer-Caregiver-Final.pdf