Targeted Trauma-Informed Programming

Tailoring Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth with Developmental Disabilities (TF-CBT IDD) and their Caregivers

August 5, 2024

This guide is intended for clinicians who have completed basic training in TF-CBT two-day live training conducted by a certified trainer and follow-up consultation calls. This is not meant to be a stand-alone training in itself, but a guide to clinicians in schools who want to understand how trauma impacts youth with hopes of enhancing clinician comfort and flexibility in working with youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

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Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET)

August 5, 2024

SSET, an adaptation of CBITS, is designed to help schools and school systems that do not have access to school-based clinicians. Designed with and for teachers and nonclinical school counselors, this program targets students in fifth grade and above. Unlike CBITS, SSET uses a lesson-plan format instead of a clinical manual.

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Stress & Trauma Treatment Center

August 5, 2024

The Stress & Trauma Treatment Center is a specialized facility that serves Southern Illinois and helps individuals heal from traumatic experiences and manage stress. They offer a range of evidence-based therapies, including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). These therapies are designed to support children, adolescents, young adults, and their families in overcoming the effects of trauma and adversity.

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Social-Emotional Learning and Autism

August 5, 2024

This article discusses ways to make SEL inclusive for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Social Information Processing in Students with Reactive Aggression

August 5, 2024

This video, part of Center for Childhood Resilience’s CBT course, provides an overview of social information processing in students with reactive aggression.

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Social Emotional Learning and Equity

August 5, 2024

Information and a helpful table highlight several pitfalls and recommendations for educators that are seeking to implement SEL to make progress on equity and inclusion.

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Six Ways to Sustain Social-Emotional Learning in Schools

August 5, 2024

This brief article explores ways to support sustaining SEL PreK–12 efforts like relationship building districtwide.

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Six Ways to Foster an Inclusive and Autism-Affirming Approach to SEL

August 5, 2024

Inclusive and autism-affirming SEL can reduce bullying and the need for masking by fostering understanding and acceptance of autistic students’ social and emotional differences. Inclusive and autism-affirming SEL can also support autistic students’ social and emotional needs by providing accommodations and aiding in the development and maintenance of skills that work with, rather than against, their brains. This article explores ways to make SEL inclusive for students with autism.

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School Wellness Center

August 5, 2024

School staff in a high school describe how a wellness center in their high school is a place where students and staff can come if they are struggling to remain connected throughout the day.

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School Avoidance CBT Exposure example

August 5, 2024

The video on School Avoidance CBT exposure example demonstrates techniques used in cognitive-behavioral therapy to help students gradually confront and overcome their fears of attending school.

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