Abstract
Empirically supported treatments for posttraumatic stress reactions in children are not widely available. This observational
study evaluates the feasibility and utility of adapting the Institute for Healthcare’s Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC)
to support the broad implementation and sustained use of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in community
practice settings. Study findings indicated that agency staff in diverse roles viewed the BSC methodology as a valuable and
practicable approach for facilitating skillful delivery of TF-CBT with fidelity. Use of TF-CBT increased over the course of
the collaborative and findings from a survey conducted one year later indicated that participating agencies were able to sustain
and spread the practice.
study evaluates the feasibility and utility of adapting the Institute for Healthcare’s Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC)
to support the broad implementation and sustained use of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in community
practice settings. Study findings indicated that agency staff in diverse roles viewed the BSC methodology as a valuable and
practicable approach for facilitating skillful delivery of TF-CBT with fidelity. Use of TF-CBT increased over the course of
the collaborative and findings from a survey conducted one year later indicated that participating agencies were able to sustain
and spread the practice.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-13
- DOI 10.1007/s10488-011-0347-y
- Authors
- Lori Ebert, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Duke University Medical Center, 411 W. Chapel Hill St., Ste. 200, Durham, NC 27701, USA
- Lisa Amaya-Jackson, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Duke University Medical Center, 411 W. Chapel Hill St., Ste. 200, Durham, NC 27701, USA
- Jan M. Markiewicz, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Duke University Medical Center, 411 W. Chapel Hill St., Ste. 200, Durham, NC 27701, USA
- Cassandra Kisiel, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 710 N. Lakeshore Drive #1219, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
- John A. Fairbank, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Duke University Medical Center, 411 W. Chapel Hill St., Ste. 200, Durham, NC 27701, USA
- Journal Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
- Online ISSN 1573-3289
- Print ISSN 0894-587X