Trauma-Informed Treatment for Disenfranchised Urban Children and Youth: An Open Trial |
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Authors: | Julie Becker Ricky Greenwald Cricket Mitchell |
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Institution: | (1) Exeter, NH, USA;(2) Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, P.O. Box 544, Greenfield, MA 01302, USA;(3) Phoenix, AZ, USA; |
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Abstract: | Community outreach and focus groups were conducted in an impoverished multi-cultural urban neighborhood to develop a local,
culturally-sensitive and community-responsive adaptation of Greenwald’s (Child trauma handbook: A guide for helping trauma-exposed
children and adolescents. Haworth, New York, 2005) phase model of trauma-informed treatment. Fifty-nine children with a wide range of presenting problems were referred for
treatment. Outcomes included 87% retention rate of participants treated to successful termination, as well as clinically significant
reduction of post-traumatic stress symptoms. This project demonstrates that hard-to-reach disenfranchised urban children can
benefit from trauma-informed treatment when it is appropriately adapted and presented. |
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