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Interventions

The Intervention Fact Sheets included on this page offer key information related to some of the interventions developed and used by members of the NCTSN. We encourage you to review the Overview page for more context and ideas on how to use these fact sheets.

We are in the process of updating all of our fact sheets to a new format that includes information about:

  • the model,
  • its evidence,
  • adaptability and accessibility, and
  • providing, supervising, training, and sustaining the model
 
This webpage will be fully updated in 2025.

 

Family Centered Treatment

Modality: 
Family

FCT is an evidence-based trauma treatment model of home-based family therapy focusing on holistic, family derived goals related to family functioning, preservation, permanency, and reunification.

Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Children

Modality: 
Individual, Family, Systems

ITCT-C is an assessment-driven, multimodal, evidence-based treatment for children ages 5-12, with interview and/or standardized trauma-specific measures administered at 2-3 month intervals to identify particular symptoms and issues requiring focused clinical attention.

Let's Connect

Modality: 
Individual, Family

Let’s Connect®is an evidence-based, trauma-informed parenting program for caregivers and their children. It helps caregivers identify and respond to children’s emotional needs to foster connection, warmth, and promote  social-emotional competence, mental health, and resilience.

Parent-Child Care

Modality: 
Family, Group

PC-CARE is a dyadic intervention that exposes the caregiver to strategies for enhancing the caregiver-child relationship and improving behavior management effectiveness.

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

Modality: 
Family

PCIT is an evidenced-based treatment model with highly specified, step-by-step, live coached sessions with both the parent/caregiver and the child. Parents learn skills through PCIT didactic sessions.

Real Life Heroes

Modality: 
Individual, Family

Real Life Heroes®(RLH) provides therapists with easy-to-use tools including a life storybook, manual, 24 CE credit asynchronous training program, multi-dimensional assessment tools, multi-sensory creative arts activities & psychoeducation resources to promote engagement of children, adolescen

Safety, Mentoring, Advocacy, Recovery, and Treatment

Modality: 
Individual, Family, Systems

SMART is a structured, phase-based approach to treating sexually abused children who are exhibiting sexual behavior problems. The model has been successfully implemented with a primarily African American population since 1998.

Strengthening Family Coping Resources

Modality: 
Family, Group

SFCR is a manualized, skills-building intervention designed for families living in traumatic contexts, with the goal of reducing the symptoms of trauma-related experiences of children and adult caregivers.

Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress

Modality: 
Group

SPARCS is a 16-session manually-guided and empirically-supported group treatment designed to improve the emotional, social, academic, and behavioral functioning of adolescents exposed to chronic interpersonal trauma  (such as ongoing physical, sexual, or psychological abuse) and/or multiple types

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