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Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a cognitive-behavioral treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). CPT aims to help clients identify and address ways of thinking about traumatic experiences that might interfere with their recovery.
The Colorado Kinnected Kinship Navigator Program (Colorado Kinnected) is designed for children and families with open child welfare cases who are entering a new kinship placement. Colorado Kinnected aims to strengthen the support community around children and their families. Colorado Kinnected’s Kinship Navigators use an approach that integrates multiple trauma-informed interventions and coordinates support for kinship caregivers and families.
Common Sense Parenting® (CSP) – School Age is a group-based parent training class designed for parents of children ages 6–16. The program aims to teach positive parenting techniques to strengthen the parent-child bond, and behavior management strategies to help increase positive child behaviors, decrease child problem behaviors, and model appropriate options to address child behaviors. Trainers deliver CSP – School Age in six structured sessions that teach parents about: (1) appropriate child discipline strategies, (2) effective praise, (3) social skills, (4) appropriate responses to and alternative options to address problem behavior, (5) strategies to manage strong emotions and remain calm, and (6) how to develop parenting styles that will improve parent-child relationships. In each session, trainers review the prior session, and instruct parents in new skills, model strategies, provide feedback on skill practice, and summarize the lesson. Between sessions, parents complete homework and practice activities.
Common Sense Parenting® (CSP) of Toddlers and Preschoolers is a group-based parent training class designed for parents of children ages 2–5. CSP of Toddlers and Preschoolers is an age-based adaptation of Common Sense Parenting® – School Age that aims to teach positive parenting techniques to strengthen the parent-child bond, and behavior management strategies to help increase positive child behaviors, decrease child problem behaviors, and model appropriate options to address child behaviors.
Community Reinforcement Approach + Vouchers (CRA + Vouchers) is designed to treat adults with cocaine use issues through therapy, skills training, and incentives for drug abstinence and treatment retention. CRA + Vouchers has two main components: (1) the CRA component is an intensive psychosocial therapy intended to help patients make lifestyle changes and develop drug-refusal skills and strategies; and, (2) the voucher component provides incentives for remaining in treatment and sustaining cocaine abstinence. In the CRA component, treatment goals are co-developed by the therapist and patient based on patient needs and priorities. Patients can receive therapy and skills training in goal setting, drug avoidance and refusal, time management, problem-solving, vocational counseling, social skills and relationships, relaxation, sleep hygiene, and HIV/AIDS prevention.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy® (DBT) is a cognitive-behavioral treatment designed for adults and teens with difficulty regulating their emotions. DBT aims to help participants “build a life worth living” by developing the skills needed to change patterns in their behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and interpersonal relationships. DBT’s approach is grounded in the idea that two seemingly opposing facts can both be true, most notably that the goals of therapy include both acceptance and change. A team of DBT providers, including therapists and skills trainers, strives to help participants both accept themselves and make changes in their behavior.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) is an adaptation of DBT® designed for adolescents ages 13–18 with difficulty regulating their emotions. DBT-A aims to help adolescents “build a life worth living” by developing the skills needed to change patterns in their behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and interpersonal relationships. DBT-A’s approach is grounded in the idea that two seemingly opposing facts can both be true, most notably that the goals of therapy include both acceptance and change. A team of DBT-A providers, including therapists and skills trainers, strives to help adolescents both accept themselves and make changes in their behavior.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa (DBT for BED and BN) is an adaptation of DBT® designed for adults with binge eating disorder or bulimia nervosa. DBT for BED and BN aims to help participants “build a life worth living” by developing the skills needed to change patterns in their behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and interpersonal relationships. DBT for BED and BN’s approach is grounded in the idea that two seemingly opposing facts can both be true, most notably that the goals of therapy include both acceptance and change. DBT for BED and BN therapists strive to help participants both accept themselves and make changes in their behavior.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Special Populations (DBT-SP) is an adaptation of DBT® designed for adults with dual diagnoses of developmental disabilities and psychiatric disorders. DBT-SP aims to help participants “build a life worth living” by developing the skills needed to change patterns in their behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and interpersonal relationships. DBT-SP’s approach is grounded in the idea that two seemingly opposing facts can both be true, most notably that the goals of therapy include both acceptance and change. DBT-SP providers strive to help participants both accept themselves and change their behavior.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A) is a universal adaptation of DBT® designed for adolescents in middle and high school. DBT STEPS-A aims to empower adolescents through teaching strategies and skills in the areas of emotion regulation, decision-making abilities, and maintaining and building relationships. DBT STEPS-A uses the concept of dialectics, the idea that two seemingly opposing facts can both be true, to encourage adolescents to use “both-and” thinking. For example, adolescents should both accept themselves and be motivated to change.