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Bounce Back, an adaptation of Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) for younger children, is a school-based intervention designed to help children in grades K–5 who have experienced stressful and traumatic life events. Bounce Back uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to reduce symptoms related to trauma exposure, build skills for handling stress and anxiety, and build peer and caregiver support.
Camp Cope-A-Lot, an adaptation of Coping Cat – Individual, is a computer-assisted online intervention designed to help children ages 7–13 learn strategies to manage anxiety and stress. The program is divided into two parts with six sessions each. During the first six sessions, online sessions teach the child how to recognize anxious feelings and thoughts, use strategies to manage their anxiety, and reward themselves for facing the anxiety. During the last six sessions, the child completes tasks and participates in role playing situations that cause anxiety. These sessions are completed with the help of a coach, who can be any adult in the child’s life, including the child’s parent or therapist.
The Chicago Parent Program (CPP) is a 12-session, group-based parenting program that aims to strengthen parent skills for building positive and attentive relationships with their children, setting clear and consistent expectations for children’s behavior, and managing parental stress. The 12 sessions are divided into four units. The first unit focuses on parental attention, including child-centered time, family routines and traditions, use of praise and encouragement, and use of rewards for challenging behavior. The second unit focuses on use of parental authority, including limit-setting, follow through, and use of specific strategies, such as ignoring, distraction, and time-out. The third unit focuses on parents managing their own stress responses, including stress-reduction techniques and problem solving. The final unit focuses on synthesizing learning and providing a booster session to reinforce learning. Training includes video clips of parents interacting with their children, weekly group discussion, home practice assignments, and handouts.
Child-Centered Group Play Therapy (CCGPT), a group-based adaptation of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), is designed for children ages 3–10 who are experiencing social, emotional, behavioral, or relational disorders. CCGPT aims to create a safe and consistent environment that allows children to grow and uses play and the therapeutic relationship to improve children’s functioning.
Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) is designed for children ages 3–10 who are experiencing social, emotional, behavioral, or relational disorders. CCPT aims to create a safe and consistent environment that allows children to grow. CCPT is a one-on-one intervention that uses play and the therapeutic relationship to improve children’s functioning. The therapeutic relationship is the primary technique of the intervention. During each session, the therapist follows eight child-centered principles: (1) develop a warm, friendly relationship with the child, (2) accept the child unconditionally, (3) establish a feeling of permissiveness in the relationship, (4) recognize and reflect the feelings of the child, (5) respect the child’s innate ability to solve their problems, (6) do not attempt to direct the child’s actions or conversation, (7) recognize the gradual nature of the child’s process, and (8) establish only those limitations that are necessary.
Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), an adaptation of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), is designed for parents of children ages 2–10 who are experiencing social, emotional, and relational disorders. CPRT aims to strengthen the parent-child relationship. CPRT helps parents learn to respond more effectively to their children’s emotional and behavioral needs and to understand and accept their child. CPRT teaches parents CCPT skills to help them connect with their children through play and child-centered principles, including unconditional acceptance, recognizing and reflecting the child’s feelings, respect for the child’s ability to solve problems, and establishing a feeling of permissiveness in the relationship.
The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey (CHSofNJ) Kinship Navigator Model is designed to support kinship caregivers – relatives caring for children when their biological parents are unable to provide appropriate care. The program’s long-term goals for children include safety, permanency and stability, and healthy development. For kinship caregivers, the long-term goals of the program are to empower caregivers to advocate for themselves and their children and to increase their use of protective factors. This program supports kinship caregivers and children by pairing them with an Ombudsman. This Ombudsman serves as a professional advocate and is responsible for assessing family needs, developing family plans based on the family’s needs, offering follow-up visits, providing hands-on linkages to resources, and offering encouragement. Ombudsmen typically work with kinship caregivers for four to six month windows, through home or office visits. The CHSofNJ Kinship Navigator Model also offers group support sessions to kinship caregivers, which focus on topics such as parenting skills.
Circle of Security – Intensive™ (COS-Intensive™) is a caregiver training and psychoeducation intervention that aims to improve caregiver-child relationships and enhance secure attachment. It is delivered by certified therapists and features individualized recordings of participating caregivers to demonstrate content related to the caregiver-child relationship. COS-Intensive uses a visual map of attachment referred to as the “circle of security.” This map emphasizes the caregiver’s role in providing a secure base from which their child can explore the world and a safe haven where their child can return for comfort.
Circle of Security – Parenting™ (COSP™) is a caregiver training and psychoeducation intervention that aims to improve caregiver-child relationships and enhance secure attachment. Modified from Circle of Security – Intensive™ (COS-Intensive™), COSP reduces the time and resources needed to implement the program. It uses stock footage to demonstrate content and does not require facilitators to be licensed therapists. COSP uses a visual map of attachment referred to as the “circle of security.” This map emphasizes the caregiver's role in providing a secure base from which their child can explore the world and a safe haven where their child can return for comfort.
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) is a school-based intervention designed to help children who have experienced traumatic life events. CBITS uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to reduce symptoms related to trauma exposure, build skills for handling stress and anxiety, and build peer and caregiver support.