Trauma ScreenTIME
CHDI developed Trauma ScreenTIME to help child-serving systems and staff identify and support children who have experienced traumatic stress as early as possible and connect those in need with effective services.
Trauma ScreenTIME
(Screen, Triage, Inform, Mitigate, Engage)
Many children and youth experience trauma exposure and adversity, including physical and sexual abuse, domestic or community violence, racism/discrimination, accidents, or natural disasters. The support of caregivers and other trusted adults is critical for helping children communicate about their experiences, regain a sense of safety, and recover from exposure to trauma. For children who need additional support, evidence-based trauma-focused treatments for children are increasingly available.
Unfortunately, the majority of children suffering from traumatic stress are not identified and do not receive the trauma-focused services they need to recover. Often, even parents, caregivers, teachers, doctors, and other caring adults are unaware of a child’s trauma history or traumatic stress. Screening children for trauma is currently limited outside behavioral health settings.
Helping child-serving professionals implement trauma screening
Screening children for trauma in everyday settings such as schools, child care, and primary care can help to identify and support children who have experienced trauma. But many professionals in child-serving systems are reluctant to implement screening due to a lack of knowledge about how to do it effectively and uncertainty about managing disclosures, how to support children and families, and where to refer children to treatment.
That's why CHDI developed Trauma ScreenTIME, a five-year initiative to improve child trauma screening across child-serving systems nationwide. Trauma ScreenTIME helps child-serving professionals and systems implement trauma screening best practices with free online training courses.
The Trauma ScreenTIME courses were developed in collaboration with families and national experts and were designed to be useful for any staff working with children and youth, not just those in clinical positions. They have been taken by staff in schools, pediatric primary care, child welfare, juvenile justice, early childhood programs, and other child-serving settings.
Our Training Helps Child-Serving Professionals & Systems
Improve
The early identification of children suffering from traumatic stress
Provide
Strategies for talking with and supporting children impacted by trauma and their families
Connect
Children to evidence-based treatment and other services when needed
Trauma
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Infographic
Helping Children Who Experience Trauma: The Role of Trauma Screening.
Evidence-Based Trauma-Informed Treatments
Children Benefit From Evidence-Based Behavioral Health Treatments.
Take a Trauma ScreenTIME Course
The Trauma ScreenTIME Core Course, Schools Course, Pediatric Primary Care Course, and Early Childhood Course are now available free at www.traumascreentime.org.
CECs/CEUs available!
Core Course
The Trauma ScreenTIME Core Course is appropriate for staff working with children and youth in any setting.
Schools Course
The Trauma ScreenTIME Schools Course is appropriate for staff and administrators in school settings.
Pediatric Primary Care Course
The Trauma ScreenTIME Pediatric Primary Care Course is appropriate for clinical and non-clinical staff in pediatric primary care settings.
Early Childhood Course
The Trauma ScreenTIME Early Childhood Course was designed for early childhood professionals, including teachers, childcare providers, Head Start, home visiting programs, and early childhood program leadership.
Continuing Education
Continuing education credits from the APA, NBCC, NASW, and ABP are available - please see the ScreenTIME website for details and requirements.
ScreenTIME Partners and Experts
Trauma ScreenTIME utilizes a Connecticut-based Advisory Board and a National Expert Faculty with expertise in child trauma and each of five child-serving systems (schools, early childhood, pediatric primary care, child welfare, and juvenile justice) to develop the trainings and make them available in Connecticut and nationally.
Partners working to ensure ScreenTIME improves systems in Connecticut include:
- Connecticut State Department of Education
- Connecticut Department of Children and Families
- Connecticut Court Support Services Division
- New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center at Yale University
- FAVOR, Inc
Expert faculty developing content for ScreenTIME include:
- Christian Connell, Ph.D. (Evaluator)
- Lisa Conradi, PsyD
- Julian Ford, PhD, ABPP
- Heather Forkey, MD
- Rochelle Hanson, PhD
- Chandra Ghosh Ippen, PhD
- Lisa Jaycox, PhD, MA
- Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH
Other professionals were consulted during the development of the ScreenTIME courses.
ScreenTIME is part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and is funded through a five-year federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant to CHDI.