As recognition has grown about the prevalence and impact of trauma on young children, more age-appropriate treatment approaches have been developed and tested for this population. These interventions share many of the same core components. For example, they are generally relationship-based, and focus on healing and supporting the child-parent relationship. The following interventions are among those that have been developed and evaluated for young children.
AF-CBT is a trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment designed to improve the relationships between children and caregivers.
ARC is a core components model for treatment of complex traumatic stress in children, adolescents, and caregivers. Designed to translate across service systems, ARC addresses the developmental impacts of complex trauma in childhood, and works to support the core facilitators of resilience.
CPP is an evidence-based treatment model for children aged 0-5 who have experienced traumatic events and/or are experiencing mental health, attachment, and/or behavioral problems.
PC-CARE is a dyadic intervention that exposes the caregiver to strategies for enhancing the caregiver-child relationship and improving behavior management effectiveness.
PCIT is an evidenced-based treatment model with highly specified, step-by-step, live coached sessions with both the parent/caregiver and the child. Parents learn skills through PCIT didactic sessions.
Links
[1] https://nctsn.org/interventions/alternatives-families-cognitive-behavioral-therapy
[2] https://nctsn.org/interventions/attachment-self-regulation-and-competence-comprehensive-framework
[3] https://nctsn.org/interventions/child-parent-psychotherapy
[4] https://nctsn.org/interventions/parent-child-care
[5] https://nctsn.org/interventions/parent-child-interaction-therapy