UT Graduate School of Medicine Center of Excellence [1]
The UTGSM Center of Excellence serves children and families involved with the child welfare system. The Implementing Multi-system Programs to Strengthen Attachment in Children and Families Affected by Trauma (IMPACT) is focusing on young children impacted by trauma. We are working with community mental health centers to train clinicians in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and its adaptations for toddlers and for trauma (Trauma-Directed Intervention). We are utilizing reflective supervision practices and address secondary traumatic stress with clinicians. We also offer the Resource Parent Curriculum with the Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) program for foster and kinship placements, and teach case workers the CARE model for use with the children they work with. We are partnering with other NCTSN sites to enhance screening of young children as well.