Stepped Care TF-CBT

Description
Experts
Expert Contributions
Featured Books for Sale

In the News
Additional Resources
Coming Later
Contributors

Description

Stepped Care TF-CBT has been developed to improve the accessibility, efficiency, and cost of delivering treatment to children after trauma. Stepped Care TF-CBT consists of two steps. Step One is a parent-led, therapist-assisted treatment where the majority of the treatment occurs at-home with the parent leading the treatment, without the therapist present. There are three in-office therapist-directed sessions. Step One provides an alternative approach for parents who have difficulty with scheduling or keeping weekly office-based sessions. Stepped Care TF-CBT also addresses the parent’s desire to solve the child’s problem on his/her own as the parent leads the trauma-focused meetings with the child at home, and it is less costly than standard treatment. Step One utilizes a parent-child workbook that was based on the Preschool PTSD Treatment and Step One includes all of the components of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) including an emphasis on trauma-focused exposures. Children needing more intensive care “step up” and receive Step Two, which consists of weekly TF-CBT sessions with the therapist leading the treatment.

Developed by A. Salloum, J. Cohen, M. Sheeringa and E. Storch

https://www.cebc4cw.org/program/stepped-care-tf-cbt/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259142987_Development_of_Stepped_Care_Trauma-Focused_Cognitive-Behavioral_Therapy_for_Young_Children

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4233143/