Trauma

Trauma

AIP offers training and ongoing supervision in the practice of evidence-based individual and group treatments to address symptoms of traumatic stress. Practices are designed for delivery in schools as well as in the community. Trainings are offered in Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) and Trauma Systems Therapy (TST).

Lisa Baron, Center for Trauma Care in Schools’ Project Director, developed the school-based adaptation of TST that is used nationally. She has supervised its use in 16 Boston Public Schools since 2006 through Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention’s Connecting With Care program.

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)

CBITS is a school-based group treatment model (10 sessions) to treat traumatic stress. It is well evaluated in urban school settings and with diverse cultural/ethnic/racial groups. Developed at UCLA, its theoretical basis is cognitive-behavioral, utilizing the techniques of psycho-education, relaxation, cognitive restructuring, exposure and social problem solving.

CBITS targets students in grades 5-12. For younger elementary students in grades K-5, there is an adaptation called Bounce Back. There is an adaptation for use by non-clinical school staff called Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET). There is also an adaptation for use within the foster care system.

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For more information about CBITS, Bounce Back and SSET, visit:

For information about the adaptation for foster care, click here.

Evidence

CBITS is rated as a Promising Program on Blueprints.

CBITS is rated as Promising Research Evidence on CEBC.

CBITS is rated as a Program with Effective Outcomes on NREPP.

CBITS is rated as a Promising Practice on NCTSN.

Bounce Back is rated as Promising Research on CEBC.

Bounce Back is rated as a Program with Effective Outcomes on NREPP.

SSET is rated as a Program with Promising Outcomes on NREPP.

Trauma Systems Therapy (TST)

Trauma Systems Therapy is a phase-based framework for the organization of trauma-informed services. The model targets youth ages 6-19, and utilizes:

  1. Home- and Community-based Care
  2. Services Advocacy
  3. Skills Training in Self-regulation
  4. Psychopharmacology Services.

Originally developed by Glenn Saxe and Heidi Ellis out of Boston University School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Boston, it is now located at the NYU Child Study Center and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU’s School of Medicine.

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For more information about Trauma Systems Therapy, click here.

For information about the school-based Trauma Systems Therapy adaptation, click here.

Evidence

Trauma Systems Therapy is rated as a Promising Practice on NCTSN.