Our nationally ranked pediatric ED and Trauma Center is also the only children’s hospital in Central Florida recognized as a teaching facility for pediatric emergency care. This means we’re able to attract leading physicians committed to furthering pediatric care by educating resident physicians, conducting ground-breaking research and implementing the most advanced techniques available. Specializing in pediatric emergency care, this 33-bed children’s emergency department sees more than 55,000 kids a year and is the first facility in Central Florida to provide emergency care exclusively to children. Your child will have a dedicated team committed to evaluating and treating severe, life-threatening injuries and all forms of medical and surgical emergencies.
TSN Coordinator
Coordinator Name
Alexei-Ann German, LCSW, CPST
Injury Prevention & Trauma Survivor Network Coordinator
Email
[email protected]
Address
92 West Miller Street
Orlando, FL 32806
Website
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Pediatric Emergency and Trauma Care
Donations
Your support has a direct, and meaningful impact to the patients at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. For more information and to donate to the Orlando Health Foundation, visit our website.
Programs and Events
May is Trauma Awareness Month!
The entire month of May is focused on raising awareness for trauma survivors, their family/friends, and the trauma professionals who go above and beyond every day. Learn more here .
National Trauma Survivors Day!
The 3rd Wednesday in May is National Trauma Survivors Day! We celebrate together the strength and resiliency of trauma survivors, their family/friends, and the trauma professionals who go above and beyond every day. Learn more here.
NextSteps Online
The NextSteps program is a free 6-week self management course designed to recognize that YOU play the most important role in your recovery. based on the principles of self-management. It uses techniques that have been scientifically proven to increase one’s self confidence and sense of empowerment. NextSteps teaches you the skills to become an active self manager of your health and your life. Learn more here.
National Support Groups
The Trauma Survivors Network offers a variety of support groups for survivors of physical injury as well as their family, friends, and caregivers. Learn more here.
National Resources
American Trauma Society
The American Trauma Society is dedicated to the elimination of needless death and disability from injury. For 50 years, the ATS has served as an advocate for the trauma care system, trauma prevention programs, and survivors of trauma and their families throughout the United States. Our mission is to Save Lives, Improve Care, & Empower Survivors. Toll Free: 800-556-7890
Amputee Coalition
The Amputee Coalition empowers people with limb loss and limb difference to achieve their full potential through education, support and advocacy. They also promote limb loss prevention and provide resources and information for children, adults, and families. Toll Free: 1-888-267-5669
Child Help
The ChildHelp National Child Abuse Hotline is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse. Serving the U.S. and Canada, the hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with professional crisis counselors who—through interpreters—provide assistance in over 170 languages. The hotline offers crisis intervention, information, and referrals to thousands of emergencies, social services, and support resources. All calls are confidential.
Child Mind Institute
The Child Mind Institute is an independent, national nonprofit dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders. The Child Mind Institute has prepared free trauma resources to aid parents, educators, and other adults in talking to children and adolescents about potentially traumatic events and identifying those who might benefit from more focused professional attention.
Children’s Burn Foundation
The Children’s Burn Foundation’s mission is to prevent the pain and trauma of burn injuries to children, and to heal and give children who have suffered severe burns the opportunity to reach their full potential, physically, psychologically, and socially. They are based in California, but offer some resources virtually to individuals located across the country.
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
The Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. Toll Free: 1-800-225-0292 Paralysis Resource Center: 973-467-8270
Coalition to Support Grieving Students
The Coalition’s purpose is to create and share a set of industry-endorsed resources that will empower school communities across America in the ongoing support of their grieving students. They provide education and resources to help support students in response to the death of a loved one, school violence/shootings, etc.
Family Caregiver Alliance
The Family Caregiver Alliance addresses the needs of family and friends providing long-term care for loved ones at home. It provides support, information, and tools to manage the complex demands of caregiving. These include online support and resources, navigators to help locate support services by state, and the National Center on Caregiving which unites research, policy, and practice to develop cost-effective programs for caregivers. Click the link to find out more about how FCA could help you or your family.
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
The International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies is dedicated to sharing information about the effects of trauma and the discovery of programs and services to reduce traumatic stressors and their long-term consequences. For more information, visit this website.
National Alliance for Children’s Grief
The National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness about the needs of children and teens who are grieving a death and provides education and resources for anyone who supports them. The NACG is a nationwide network to promote best practices, education, and critical resources to support the mental, emotional, and physical health of grieving children and their families.
National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
The National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement (NCSCB) at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is dedicated to helping schools support their students through crisis and loss. They assist schools and communities in the U.S. and abroad to cope with the aftermath of tragedy in helping to support resilience after crises and traumatic events.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) was created to increase access to services for children and families who experience or witness traumatic events. This network provides resources and education about Trauma-Informed Care and how trauma impacts children and families.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Your call is routed to the nearest crisis center in the national network of more than 150 crisis centers. For assistance, call 1-800-273-TALK (8255), TTY: 1-800-799-4889. The Crisis Text Line is: 741741
Phoenix Society
The Phoenix Society is a strong voice for burn survivors, their families, and their caretakers—advocating that healing is life-long process. They focus on information and resources for families of survivors in recovery. For assistance, call (301) 688-6413.
Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
The mission of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide is to reduce the number of youth suicides and attempted suicides by encouraging public awareness through the development and promotion of educational training programs.
Trevor Project
Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.
Understood
Understood is a combined effort from 15 nonprofit organizations that have joined together to support parents of children with learning and attention issues in the United States, throughout their journey. They provide free, expert-vetted resources and support so people who learn and think differently can thrive — in school, at work, and throughout life.
United Spinal Association
The United Spinal Association is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of all people living with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D), including veterans, and providing support and information to loved ones, care providers, and professionals. Its goal is to provide people living with SCI/D with active lifestyle information, peer support, advocacy, and services that maximize their independence and enable them to remain active in their communities. Visit the website for more information. Toll Free: 1-800-962-9629.
U.S. Department of Education
Find information for children with disabilities and their families who want to explore resources on infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. The purpose of this guidance is to assist educators, parents, and state and local educational agencies in implementing the requirements of Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) regarding Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for children with disabilities, including preschool-aged children.
Youth Violence Prevention Resources
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention funds national research and specializes in health education, resources, and raising awareness. Youth violence is a severe problem that can have lasting harmful effects on victims and their families, friends, and communities. Youth Violence Prevention efforts should aim to reduce factors that place youth at risk for perpetrating violence and promote factors that protect youth at risk for violence. Many prevention tools have been developed and implemented; many of these prevention programs and strategies have been evaluated and found to be effective at preventing violence and related behaviors among youth.
Local Resources
The Florida Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program
The Florida Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program is for eligible adult and pediatric residents of the State of Florida who have sustained moderate-to-severe traumatic brain and/or spinal cord injuries. The primary service is case management and care coordination. Toll Free: 1-800-342-0778
The Healing Tree
The Healing Tree – Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families provides assistance for any child who has experienced abuse, from ages 3-18. As the leading mental health treatment program for victims of child abuse in Central Florida, The Healing Tree provides evidence-based assessments, along with individual, group and family therapy sessions for children and their caregivers. This leading treatment facility helps strengthen the family unit and supports long-term recovery through confidential crisis counseling, individual, group and family therapy sessions for children and caregiver, and referral services.
Mental Health Association of Central Florida
Mental Health Association of Central Florida’s Youth and Family Services program provides mental health counseling, at no cost, to uninsured children, adolescents and their families who may be experiencing mental health struggles or in recovery from an acute mental health crisis. The program focuses on youth ages 6-17 years of age.
New Hope For Kids
New Hope For Kids was established in 1996. This program is dedicated to supporting children facing adversity. New Hope for Kids provides support to children and families grieving the loss of a loved one and fulfills the wishes of children with life-threatening conditions. For assistance, please call (407) 331-3059 or e-mail [email protected].
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Neuropsychology Program
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Neuropsychology Program offers neuropsychological care and evaluation for pediatric patients experiencing cognitive or behavioral problems. Pediatric neuropsychology is a specialty that involves the evaluation of cognition and behavior as it relates to brain functioning. The pediatric neuropsychologist is a licensed psychologist with expertise in the development of brain structures and systems. For an appointment, please call (321) 841-5725.
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Pediatric Concussion Clinic
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Pediatric Concussion Clinic provides complete care for pediatric patients from infancy to 21 years of age with a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion that requires close attention and follow-up shortly after diagnosis by a medical provider. For an appointment, please call (321) 843-4800.
The Victim Service Center of Central Florida
The Victim Service Center of Central Florida provides individualized services and resources to victims of sexual assault, violent crime, and traumatic circumstances, through crisis response, advocacy, therapy, education, and community awareness.
Crisis Intervention (available 24/7): (407)-500-4325
Main Office: (407) 254-9415
Resource Handbook for Pediatric Trauma Patients, Families and Friends
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