This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.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.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
Type of Maltreatment: Emotional abuse, Exposure to domestic violence, Physical abuse, Physical neglect, and Sexual abuse
Target Population: Youth ages 10-18 with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Brief Description:
Trauma Affect Regulation: Guidelines for Education and Therapy (TARGET) has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Trauma Treatment for Children. TARGET is an educational and therapeutic approach for the prevention and treatment of complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). TARGET provides a practical skill-set that can be used by trauma survivors and family members to de-escalate and regulate extreme emotional states, to manage intrusive trauma memories in daily life, and to restore the capacity for information processing and autobiographical memory. TARGET teaches a sequence of seven skills described as the FREEDOM steps. The focus in TARGET is on shifting the way a person processes information and emotions so that s/he is able to live life and make sense of memories they are experiencing.
Contact name: Julian Ford
Affiliation/Agency: University of Connecticut Health Ctr., Dept. of Psychiatry
Email: ford@psychiatry.uchc.edu
Phone: 860-679-8778
Fax: 860-679-4326
Website: http://www.ptsdfreedom.org/
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