Citation

Carrion VG, Hull K. Clin. Child Psychol. Psychiatry 2010; 15(1): 27-38.

Affiliation

Stanford University, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359104509338150

PMID

19914939

Abstract

Witnessing community violence and experiencing abuse in the home are two examples of interpersonal trauma that can have a devastating impact on children and adolescents. Recent research on the treatment of children exposed to interpersonal violence has focused on cognitivebehavioral interventions, often delivered in school settings. We describe the application of a new manual-based psychotherapy protocol for treating pediatric trauma in a middle school. Two case studies illustrate the protocol application to children from an inner-city neighborhood. The Stanford Cue-Centered Therapy (CCT) is a short-term, multimodal therapy for youths who have experienced trauma, focusing primarily on exposure to trauma-related cues. These cases provide early data on the feasibility and effectiveness of providing CCT for high-risk youth within a school setting and training of school mental-health personnel in the use of the Stanford CCT Manual.

Language: en