Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI)

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CFTSI is a brief early intervention model for children and adolescents 7-18 that is implemented soon after exposure to a potentially traumatic event, or in the wake of disclosure of physical and sexual abuse. Developed at the Yale Child Study Center, CFTSI fills a gap between acute responses/crisis intervention and evidence-based, longer-term treatments designed to address traumatic stress symptoms and disorders that have become established. The goal of this family-strengthening model is to improve the caregiver’s ability to respond to, and support, a child who has endorsed at least one posttraumatic symptom. By raising awareness of the child’s symptoms, increasing communication and providing skills to help master trauma reactions, CFTSI aims to reduce symptoms and prevent onset of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Developed by the Yale Child Study Center

http://www.cebc4cw.org/program/child-and-family-traumatic-stress-intervention-cftsi/

https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/communitypartnerships/cvtc/cftsi/

https://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/SPT/Programs/3583