PO213: Childhood Trauma Interventions: Support Amid a Growing Mental Health Crisis

  • PMD: 6
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 10: Psychological Services for Specific Groups of Students

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. assess studies of childhood trauma intervention types conducted over the past 25 years;
  2. explain the current context of childhood trauma in the United States; and
  3. describe how therapeutic interventions for children with PTSD fit into a comprehensive role as outlined by the NASP Practice Model.

Description

School psychologists benefit from understanding interventions that help children through trauma. A meta-analysis examining which intervention characteristics most benefit to children reveals that popular interventions may not be most effective.

Presenter(s)

Sarah G. Insko, University of Kentucky
Gabrielle D. Romines, MS, University of Kentucky
Amber M. Watson, University of Kentucky
Kathleen B. Aspiranti, University of Kentucky

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