Friday, January 14, 2011

On Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy Works for Preschoolers: Treatment manual available

Lucy Berliner at UW/Harborview has noted exciting research results and a valuable website.
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Structured brief trauma-focused CBT works just fine for preschoolers with very few adaptations needed. Kids who don't get specific treatment do not get better. Just do it! You can download from http://www.infantinstitute.com/.
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The manual from the Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health is enormous and complete. -gw
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This link will download the Preschool PTSD Treatment manual (PPT) as a .pdf file. The manual is a 12-session, manualized trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) protocol by Scheeringa, Cohen, and Amaya-Jackson (2002).

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