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Resilient Roots: Supporting Youth and Families
Sponsor: University of Rochester
Summary
Resilient Roots is integrated into the TRANSFORM Center to promote translation of research findings into clinical interventions, to inform the next generation of research on child abuse and neglect (CAN), and to facilitate dissemination of research and practice knowledge/skills to varied stakeholders. Exposure to CAN frequently results in long-term detrimental effects on mental health. For youth who have experienced socioecological stress, the trauma associated with CAN may be compounded by stress and trauma deriving from experiences of stress in their communities. Interventions to address specific socioecological stress for symptomatic youth receiving human centered mental health services are lacking, and use of mental health services that are acceptable to families are too often misaligned with their representation in the population in general and overrepresentation in the child welfare system specifically. Incorporating support for families in enhancing socialization and coping skills specific to addressing contextual stress and trauma has relevance for public health. Although Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for children who have experienced CAN, determining best practices for implementing enhanced TF-CBT with socialization components is urgently needed to address these gaps and provide optimal intervention. Resilient Roots is a pilot study within a RE-AIM/PRISM framework (including Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance with emphasis on contextual factors at multiple levels of the implementation setting) that will incorporate stakeholder perspectives and evaluate the incorporation of socialization into enhanced TF-CBT, while identifying barriers and facilitators to implementation to guide future larger-scale trials.
Official title: TRANSFORM: Translational Research That Adapts New Science FOR Maltreatment Prevention Project 3
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
10 Years - 15 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2024-07-15
Completion Date
2028-08-01
Last Updated
2025-07-20
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
TF-CBT is a well-established trauma treatment for children ages 3-17 years that demonstrates improved outcomes relative to other active treatments. Originally developed for treatment of childhood sexual abuse, evidence from numerous randomized clinical trials (RCT) demonstrates that TF-CBT is one of the most effective treatments for children with PTSD and/or depression resulting from many forms of child abuse and neglect as well as other traumatic experiences.TF-CBT is rated by California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare as highly relevant for child welfare and well-supported in improving children's outcomes, including reduced PTSD symptoms, behavior problems, depression, and shame, and improving parental support related to their children's experiences.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) augmented with Socialization (S)
The study will compare standard TF-CBT with TF-CBT augmented with Socialization enhancements. TF-CBT+S includes enhancements to address socioecological stress and trauma and provide coping strategies to support positive socialization.
Locations (1)
Mt. Hope Family Center
Rochester, New York, United States