The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghousetest.org/

Trauma Treatment for Children

1. Well Supported - Effective Practice
2. Supported - Efficacious Practice
3. Promising Practice
4. Effectiveness Unknown
5. Fails to Demonstrate Effect
6. Concerning Practice
See Scientific Rating Scale

Here are your search results for programs in the Topical Area - Trauma Treatment for Children:

Results are shown only for the programs that have been rated in each category. You can see the full rating scale on the right.

You can also read why the Advisory Comittee chose Trauma Treatment for Children as a topic area at the bottom of this page.


Programs with a Scientific Rating of 1 - Well Supported - Effective Practice

  1. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Programs with a Scientific Rating of 3 - Promising Practice

  1. Abuse-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT)
  2. Child Parent Psychotherapy for Family Violence (CPP-FV)
  3. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Programs with a Scientific Rating of 4 - Effectiveness Unknown

  1. Forensically Sensitive Therapy (FST)
  2. Sanctuary Model
  3. Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS)
  4. Trauma Affect Regulation: Guidelines for Education and Therapy (TARGET)
  5. Trauma-Focused Play Therapy

See why Trauma Treatment for Children was selected by the Advisory Committee.

What is Trauma Treatment as it relates to child welfare?

Child Welfare agencies intervene with families when there is a suspicion of child abuse or neglect. In addition to other interventions, these agencies provide referrals to mental health treatment for children who have been affected by abuse or neglect. Often there are many therapists and psychologists in the community that can provide services for traumatized children. However, the type of trauma treatment or its effectiveness for the clients varies considerably.

Why Trauma Treatment was chosen by the Advisory Committee?

The Advisory Committee chose this topic because the effect of the trauma that abuse and neglect causes to children is detrimental and pervasive. While it is known that research exists on the most effective ways to treat traumatized children, the child welfare community has not widely focused on this research. Child welfare courts and counties regularly refer children to treatment, but have little information on the therapeutic methods being used by individual practitioners or agencies that provide treatment to traumatized children. If counties and courts are aware of the practices that have shown to be most effective for managing the impact of physical and sexual abuse, as well as exposure to domestic violence and neglect, referrals can be made to agencies that utilize these practices. This would increase the safety and well-being of the children they serve. In addition, the selection of effective therapies could have an impact on assisting children to adjust and stabilize in out-of-home placement, thereby impacting permanency.

Deborah Reeves
MSW
Humboldt County Health & Human Services
Child Welfare Division