SPARCS is a 16-session manually-guided and empirically-supported group treatment designed to improve the emotional, social, academic, and behavioral functioning of adolescents exposed to chronic interpersonal trauma  (such as ongoing physical, sexual, or psychological abuse) and/or multiple types of trauma (e.g. sexual assault, layered upon witnessing or experiencing community and domestic violence). The curriculum is strength-based and present-focused, and is designed to incorporate developmental considerations specific to adolescence. SPARCS is appropriate for youth with or without PTSD who may still be living with ongoing stress/trauma and are experiencing problems in several areas of functioning including difficulties with affect regulation and impulsivity, self-perception, relationships, somatization, dissociation, numbing and avoidance, and struggles with their own purpose and meaning in life, as well as worldviews that make it difficult for them to see a future for themselves. Updated in 2025.