Alternatives for Families - A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Modality:
Individual,
Family
AF-CBT is a trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment designed to improve the relationships between children and caregivers.
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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
Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up
Modality:
Individual,
Family
ABC is a parent/child treatment approach designed to help caregivers provide nurturing care and engage in synchronous interactions with their infants. ABC helps caregivers re-interpret children's behavioral signals so that they can provide nurturance through parent coaching sessions.
Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competence: A Comprehensive Framework
Modality:
Individual,
Systems
ARC is a core components model for treatment of complex traumatic stress in children, adolescents, and caregivers. Designed to translate across service systems, ARC addresses the developmental impacts of complex trauma in childhood, and works to support the core facilitators of resilience.
Bounce Back: An Elementary School Intervention for Childhood Trauma
Modality:
Individual,
Family,
Group
Bounce Back is a cognitive-behavioral intervention aimed at relieving symptoms of child traumatic stress, anxiety and functional impairment for elementary school children (ages 5-11).
Care Process Model for Pediatric Traumatic Stress
Modality:
Individual
CPM is a brief screening and response protocol guiding the identification of, and response to, traumatic stress in children seen in healthcare and other pediatric settings, such as primary care clinics and Children’s Advocacy Centers.
Child Adult Relationship Enhancement
Modality:
Family,
Systems
CARE is a trauma-informed set of skills that can be used by any adult in any setting who interacts with children and teens who have experienced trauma. It is based on several evidence-based parenting programs, including PCIT, Incredible Years, Helping the Non-compliant Child, and PMTO.
Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention
Modality:
Individual,
Family,
Systems
CFTSI is a brief (5‐8 session), evidence‐based early intervention for children 7 to 18 years old that reduces traumatic stress reactions and the onset of PTSD. CFTSI is implemented within 30-45 days following a traumatic event or the disclosure of physical or sexual abuse.
Child Development-Community Policing Program
Modality:
Individual,
Family,
Systems
CDCP is a model of secondary prevention that provides crisis intervention and follow-up community- and clinic-based clinical and collaborative interventions for exposed children.
Child-Parent Psychotherapy
Modality:
Individual,
Family,
Systems
CPP is an intervention model for children aged 0-6 who have experienced at least one traumatic event and/or are experiencing mental health, attachment, and/or behavioral problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder.
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools
Modality:
Individual,
Family,
Systems
CBITS is a skills-based, group intervention for middle and high school students who have been exposed to traumatic events and have symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Combined Parent Child Cognitive-Behavioral Approach for Children and Families At-Risk for Child Physical Abuse
Modality:
Individual,
Family,
Group
CPC-CBT is a short-term, strengths-based therapy program for children ages 3-17 and their parents (or caregivers) in families where parents engage in a continuum of coercive parenting strategies.
Culturally Modified Trauma-Focused Treatment
Modality:
Individual,
Family
CM-TFT is a culturally adapted intervention based on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It maintains the key components of standard TF-CBT with the addition of modules integrating cultural concepts throughout treatment. It was developed for use with Latino children.