CARE: Creating Conditions for Change
Child care staff, clinical staff, and agency administrators working with 6- to 20-year-old children and youth living in foster, group, or residential care or attending specialized day treatment or day schools
Trauma Treatment – System-Level Programs (Child & Adolescent)
Definition
Trauma Treatment - System-Level Programs (Child & Adolescent) are defined by the CEBC as programs for service providers and agencies designed to create a therapeutic environment that is more conducive for clients who have experienced trauma and their families, reducing the risk of retraumatization by service providers and agencies. This topic area includes programs that are designed to help an organization provide trauma-informed care or trauma-informed services. Click here to see the overall Trauma Treatment (Child & Adolescent) topic area page.
- Target population: Service providers and agencies, such as behavioral/mental health and child welfare, that work with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. A diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is not required.
- Services/types that fit: System-level interventions, training programs, and resource materials for staff and service providers
- Delivered by: Trained paraprofessionals, educators, and health and mental health professionals
- In order to be included: Program must specifically target developing a more therapeutic environment for clients who have experienced trauma as a goal
- In order to be rated: There must be research evidence (as specified by the Scientific Rating Scale) that examines outcomes for providers working with this population (e.g., changes in attitudes or performance, knowledge of techniques or curricula) and/or client level trauma-related outcomes, such changes in symptom levels, behaviors, and/or functioning
Definition
Trauma Treatment - System-Level Programs (Child & Adolescent) are defined by the CEBC as programs for service providers and agencies designed to create a therapeutic environment that is more conducive for clients who have experienced trauma and their families, reducing the risk of retraumatization by service providers and agencies. This topic area includes programs that are designed to help an organization provide trauma-informed care or trauma-informed services. Click here to see the overall Trauma Treatment (Child & Adolescent) topic area page.
- Target population: Service providers and agencies, such as behavioral/mental health and child welfare, that work with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. A diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is not required.
- Services/types that fit: System-level interventions, training programs, and resource materials for staff and service providers
- Delivered by: Trained paraprofessionals, educators, and health and mental health professionals
- In order to be included: Program must specifically target developing a more therapeutic environment for clients who have experienced trauma as a goal
- In order to be rated: There must be research evidence (as specified by the Scientific Rating Scale) that examines outcomes for providers working with this population (e.g., changes in attitudes or performance, knowledge of techniques or curricula) and/or client level trauma-related outcomes, such changes in symptom levels, behaviors, and/or functioning
Programs
Sanctuary Model
This program is not a client-specific intervention, but a full-system approach that targets the entire organization with the intention of improving client care and outcomes. The focus is to create a trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive environment in which specific trauma-focused interventions can be effectively implemented.
Support for Students Exposed to Trauma
Youth in late elementary school through early high school (ages 10-16) who have experienced traumatic events and who are experiencing moderate to severe levels of PTSD symptoms
Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC) [Trauma Treatment – System-Level Programs (Child & Adolescent)]
Organizational systems (e.g., residential programs, schools, group homes, hospital settings, etc.) working with and supporting children/adolescents/young adults (0-21 years) who have experienced chronic/complex trauma and their caregivers
Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit
Professionals working in the child welfare system
Developmental Trauma and Attachment Program
Children and adolescents ages (0-17) who have experienced early childhood trauma, such as abuse, neglect, or inconsistent caregiving and their families/caregivers
Risking Connection®
Organizations with professionals and paraprofessionals, and others who work with survivors (children, adolescents, and adults) of traumatic life events, especially those with histories of childhood trauma
The Restorative Approach
Youth-serving professionals working with groups of youth exposed to trauma in the mental health, juvenile justice, and education fields
Think Trauma
Those working with juvenile justice system-involved youth which can include juvenile correctional or probation officers, youth care workers, teachers, social workers, judges, attorneys, guardian ad litems (GALs), or court-appointment special advocates (CASAs)
Trauma Systems Therapy
The combination of a traumatized child/adolescent who, when exposed to trauma reminders, has difficulty regulating their emotions and behavior and their caregiver/system of care who is not able to adequately protect the youth or help them to manage these survival in the moment states
Programs
CARE: Creating Conditions for Change
Child care staff, clinical staff, and agency administrators working with 6- to 20-year-old children and youth living in foster, group, or residential care or attending specialized day treatment or day schools
Sanctuary Model
This program is not a client-specific intervention, but a full-system approach that targets the entire organization with the intention of improving client care and outcomes. The focus is to create a trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive environment in which specific trauma-focused interventions can be effectively implemented.
Support for Students Exposed to Trauma
Youth in late elementary school through early high school (ages 10-16) who have experienced traumatic events and who are experiencing moderate to severe levels of PTSD symptoms
Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC) [Trauma Treatment – System-Level Programs (Child & Adolescent)]
Organizational systems (e.g., residential programs, schools, group homes, hospital settings, etc.) working with and supporting children/adolescents/young adults (0-21 years) who have experienced chronic/complex trauma and their caregivers
Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit
Professionals working in the child welfare system
Developmental Trauma and Attachment Program
Children and adolescents ages (0-17) who have experienced early childhood trauma, such as abuse, neglect, or inconsistent caregiving and their families/caregivers
Risking Connection®
Organizations with professionals and paraprofessionals, and others who work with survivors (children, adolescents, and adults) of traumatic life events, especially those with histories of childhood trauma
The Restorative Approach
Youth-serving professionals working with groups of youth exposed to trauma in the mental health, juvenile justice, and education fields
Think Trauma
Those working with juvenile justice system-involved youth which can include juvenile correctional or probation officers, youth care workers, teachers, social workers, judges, attorneys, guardian ad litems (GALs), or court-appointment special advocates (CASAs)
Trauma Systems Therapy
The combination of a traumatized child/adolescent who, when exposed to trauma reminders, has difficulty regulating their emotions and behavior and their caregiver/system of care who is not able to adequately protect the youth or help them to manage these survival in the moment states
Why was this topic chosen by the Advisory Committee?
The Trauma Treatment - System-Level Interventions (Child & Adolescent) topic area is relevant to child welfare because it is important that the systems that work with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma are sensitive to their trauma histories. These youth are at risk for being triggered and retraumatized. The professionals that work with these children and adolescents should have knowledge and practices in place that decrease the likelihood of retraumatization and promote the physical and psychological safety of the youth. Furthermore, systems that have taken the time to become more trauma-informed are better positioned to effectively implement client-level trauma interventions.
Why was this topic chosen by the Advisory Committee?
The Trauma Treatment - System-Level Interventions (Child & Adolescent) topic area is relevant to child welfare because it is important that the systems that work with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma are sensitive to their trauma histories. These youth are at risk for being triggered and retraumatized. The professionals that work with these children and adolescents should have knowledge and practices in place that decrease the likelihood of retraumatization and promote the physical and psychological safety of the youth. Furthermore, systems that have taken the time to become more trauma-informed are better positioned to effectively implement client-level trauma interventions.
Topic Expert
When the CEBC launched in 2006, Trauma Treatment (Child & Adolescent) was one of its two original topic areas. Benjamin E. Saunders, PhD was the topic expert and was involved in identifying and rating any of the programs with an original load date of June 2006 (as found on the bottom of the program's page on the CEBC). The topic area has grown over the years and in 2016, the topic area was split and expanded. All of the Trauma Treatment - System-Level Programs (Child & Adolescent) added since 2006 were identified by CEBC staff, the Scientific Panel, and/or the Advisory Committee. For these programs, Dr. Saunders was not involved in identifying or rating them.
Topic Expert
When the CEBC launched in 2006, Trauma Treatment (Child & Adolescent) was one of its two original topic areas. Benjamin E. Saunders, PhD was the topic expert and was involved in identifying and rating any of the programs with an original load date of June 2006 (as found on the bottom of the program's page on the CEBC). The topic area has grown over the years and in 2016, the topic area was split and expanded. All of the Trauma Treatment - System-Level Programs (Child & Adolescent) added since 2006 were identified by CEBC staff, the Scientific Panel, and/or the Advisory Committee. For these programs, Dr. Saunders was not involved in identifying or rating them.