This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
Child Welfare Outcomes: Child/family well-being
Type of Maltreatment: Emotional abuse, Exposure to domestic violence, Physical abuse, Physical neglect, and Sexual abuse
Target Population: At-risk and adjudicated youth, ages 12-17, with a history of trauma and/or loss.
Brief Description:(The information in this program outline is provided by the program representative and edited by the CEBC staff.)
SITCAP-ART has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Trauma Treatment for Children. The SITCAP-ART program is a comprehensive trauma intervention program, modified from the original Structured Sensory Intervention for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents (SITCAP) program initially researched in 2001. SITCAP-ART is designed specifically for at-risk and adjudicated youth. SITCAP-ART integrates cognitive strategies with sensory/implicit strategies. When memory cannot be linked linguistically in a contextual framework, it remains at the symbolic level for which there are no words to describe. To retrieve that memory so it can be encoded, given a language, and then integrated into consciousness, it must be retrieved and externalized in its symbolic perceptual (iconic) form (Steele, 2003). SITCAP-ART, which is followed by cognitive or explicit strategies, supports moving from victim to survivor thinking allowing changes in negative behaviors (aggressive and rule-breaking behavior) and making adolescents more resilient to future traumas. There are over 50 Certified Trauma Specialists in the state of California using the SITCAP-ART program.
Contact name: Caelan Kuban, LMSW
Affiliation/Agency: TLC Institute Program Director
Email: ckuban@tlcinst.org
Phone: 877-306-5256
Fax: 313-885-1861
Website: http://www.starrtraining.org/tlc
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