The Engaging Adversity, Surviving Trauma in Oklahoma City (EAST OKC) project seeks to reduce the impact of trauma in 10 of the city's most trauma-exposed zip codes. This will be accomplished by creating a network of care within the community that is both safe and feels safe to seek services with. A workforce will be built of clinicians in the area that are culturally-responsive to the needs of the community. Access to trauma-focused treatments will be increased and will include Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) and group adaptations of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). The ODMHSAS will partner specifically with 3 CCBHCs/CMHCs and 1 social service agency that is currently a leading provider of early childhood services in the city. In addition to providing therapy services to impacted children and families, the project will focus on outreach within the community (to families and providers), infant mental health consultation, and training opportunities for service providers.
Network Members
This listing of NCTSN members includes current grantees as well as NCTSN Affiliates, former grantees who have maintained their ties to the Network.
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS)
Olive View UCLA Education and Research Institute
We will provide a care process model for pediatric trauma stress (CMPT) and trauma-reminder focused interventions, including Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents (TGCTA), a Family Intervention for Suicide Prevention (FISP), and a Reminder Focused Positive Psychiatry intervention (RFPP) - in collaboration with NCTSN Category II Centers for adolescents with PTSD and their families at Olive View UCLA Medical Center (OVMC). Clinicians and nurses at Pediatric Clinics, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall mental health clinics will achieve trauma-informed skillset and competency to implement. Trauma-informed screening: CMPT will be primarily implemented in pediatric and mental health clinics, screening 1,500 at-risk adolescents for PTSD per year for a total of 7,500 adolescents. Adolescents at risk for PTSD will be evaluated using the Pediatric Traumatic Stress Screening Tool, and based on the adolescent's trauma symptom severity and the presence of functional impairment in the adolescent's life, adolescents with PTSD will be assigned to one of three treatment interventions, including protective – for mild symptoms, - resilient – for moderate symptoms - or restorative – for severe symptoms. Trauma Reminder Interventions: FISP, TGCTA, and RFPP interventions will be implemented at OVMC. The project will provide evidence-based interventions to 210 youth with PTSD and their families per year for a total of 1,050 youth. The population of focus is trauma-exposed adolescents 9 to 18 years old. This includes children of military families, children involved in the child welfare system, children in pediatric clinics, and adolescents with co-morbid substance use disorders across underserved youth in north Los Angeles.
Pediatric Stress and Anxiety Disorders Clinic
The Pediatric Stress and Anxiety Disorders Clinic (PSADC) at the University of Illinois, Chicago, specializes in early identification, comprehensive evaluation, and evidence-based treatment of stress and anxiety disorders in diverse youth from age 4 years through older adolescents. The multi-disciplinary PSADC team strives to work with families to create an individualized treatment program tailored to each patient and their symptoms. Individualized treatment programming may include cognitive behavioral therapy, parent guidance, family therapy, coordination with schools for school-based interventions, and medication management. PSADC is a Community Treatment Center site of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Through its newly funded project, Service-partners Promoting Awareness, Resilience, and Knowledge-based Solutions (SPARKS), PSADC strives to provide a comprehensive, coordinated, and collaborative set of evidence-based trauma informed services to address this multiplicity of clinical care needs among targeted Chicagoland youth and families. Clinicians and researchers work collaboratively in the PSADC to understand risk and protective factors in diverse youth with anxiety disorders, facilitate transportability of evidence-based practices for anxiety to the school and community, and explore neurobiological correlates of childhood anxiety. Project SPARKS serves to increase evidence-based strategies for outreach, engagement, screening, assessment, prevention, and intervention strategies along with supporting continued protocol implementation, increased cultural competence, child service system coordination and resource exchange in the Chicago metropolitan and suburban areas.
Penfield Children's Center- Behavior Clinic
Penfield Children's Center (PCC) will use SAMHSA funding to provide evidence-based home-based trauma-focused treatment in Milwaukee County, WI, as well as expand services to neighboring Waukesha County, for children, ages 0 to 6, who have been exposed to (experienced or witnessed) potentially traumatic events and have trauma symptoms. A total of 1,625 children and their families will be served (275 in Year 1, 300 in Year 2, and 350 in each of years 3-5). The EBP, Early Pathways (EP), was developed specifically at PCC to treat very young children exposed to trauma by Marquette University (MU) faculty. The success of this home-based approach for this population has been well-documented in multiple studies, including four randomized controlled trials (RCTs) documenting effectiveness for reducing disruptive behavior disorders and externalizing/antisocial behaviors, improving the family-child relationship, improving general functioning and well-being, improving social functioning/competence, reducing unspecified and other mental health disorders, and improving parenting behaviors.
Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services
The Philadelphia Alliance for Child Trauma Services II (PACTS)has been awarded a 5 year (October 1st 2016 to September 30th 2021) Community Treatment Center (Category III) grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (S.A.M.H.S.A.) through a National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative. PACTS: Reaching the Most Vulnerable Youth is a child and adolescent behavioral and physical health system-wide trauma universal screening, education, prevention and intervention program, with a focus on the most vulnerable and underserved youth: young children (2-6 years old); Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth; Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC); and intentionally injured youth (IY). We will primarily serve children eligible for Medicaid( which is a large percentage of the population of children in Philadelphia) under the age of 18 as well as transitional youth ages 18-21 in these populations. We have selected 3 trauma-specific evidence-based practices to serve our youth and families: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(TF-CBT); Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention(CFTSI) and the Child and Adult Relationship Enhancement(CARE) group parenting training. We will partner with the following child-service systems: Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Physical Health, School District of Philadelphia, Crisis Response, Faith Based and Grass-roots organizations.
Project EPIC - Trauma and Community Resilience Center at Boston Children's Hospital
Project EPIC - Enhancing Pediatric Integrative Care combines the content and clinical expertise of Boston Children’s Hospital Centers in Boston, MA: the Boston Children's Hospital Primary Care Center (CHPCC), its satellite community primary care clinic Martha Eliot Health Center (MEHC), and the Trauma and Community Resilience Center (TCRC). More specifically, Project EPIC recognizes primary care pediatric clinics as an advantageous place for delivering mental health services for children, especially ethnocultural minority youth and is embedded within CHPCC and MEHC’s Behavioral Health Integration teams. Project EPIC aims to increase access and engagement of youth and their families who have experienced trauma, with a specific focus on racial/ethnic minority youth and refugee/immigrant youth. To achieve our aim, we will implement Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) and components of its adaptation for refugees (TST-R). TST-R is a multitier model designed to address barriers to treatment access and engagement. TST-R partners cultural brokers with clinicians for service delivery. Cultural brokers are community members who represent the cultural group intended to be engaged and ensure that the culture, language, and worldview of the client are integrated into clinical practice. Project EPIC leverages cultural knowledge through the use of cultural brokers and bi- or multi-cultural clinical staff. Importantly, we partner with other Massachusetts organizations to achieve our mission namely the Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center (RIAC) and the Home for Little Wanderers (HFLW) and other NCTSN Cat II sites, namely NYU Center for Child Welfare Practice Innovation.
Public Health Institute
Our Lotus Project will provide workshops, webinars, and consultation regarding trauma-informed care and prevention for Asian and Pacific Islander (API) children and families in the U.S. In collaboration with the Professional Advisory Board and Community Advisory Board members, we will address culturally competent trauma-informed care and prevention for API children and families through our project website and the national networks of service providers and public officers.
Puerto Rican Family Institute
Puerto Rican Family Institute (PRFI) has opened the Children and Adolescent Trauma Center to provide trauma-informed services to Latin children ages 2 to 21, their families, and communities. Our clinicians are trained in the evidence-based practices, TF-CBT, embedding the principles of a trauma-informed organization in PRFI and offering community trauma education, consultation, and referral information to a diverse range of partners. The geographic catchment area is comprised of three New York City boroughs: Manhattan, Bronx, and Brooklyn, where PRFI maintains clinics and where we have strong current partnerships with schools and community-based organizations. Emotional trauma is one of the most unrecognized, undiagnosed, and untreated forms of trauma. Puerto Rican Family Institute proposes to help change that by enhancing our clinical expertise, leveraging the trust PRFI has established in the NYC Latin communities, and relying on the reputation we have for high-quality, culturally-informed services among our partners – medical organizations, schools, community coalitions, and other community organizations. We will provide education to understand a trauma-informed framework and perspective and prioritize practical and applied strategies that have immediate benefits for the well-being and healing of traumatized children, families, and staff who work with traumatized populations.
Purdue University Northwest
Purdue University Northwest is a leading metropolitan university situated in Northwest Indiana (NWI) and is affiliated with the Purdue University system. In partnership with multiple NWI pediatric and behavioral health organizations, the PNW Psychology Department is launching NWI-IMPETUS: Northwest Indiana Identification and Management of Pediatric Experiences of Trauma and Underlying Stress. Acknowledging that pediatric primary care clinics are pivotal in identifying trauma-affected children and families, this initiative aims to introduce regular screening for pediatric traumatic stress and enhance access to evidence-based interventions, both brief and long-term, across a notably underserved area of Indiana.
Richmond University Medical Center
RUMC is certified by the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), and Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) to provide treatment to a diverse array of children, youth, and families with a variety of needs. We deliver medical and behavioral health services to children and youth in multiple settings, ensuring that there is no wrong door of entry for any child who will benefit from our trauma informed services. Our multidisciplinary team takes a cross systems approach to treatment and observes each contact with a child as an opportunity to screen, evaluate and treat for trauma.