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Trauma Focus Model for Reducing Long-Term Foster Care

NCT02193126 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 462

Last updated 2019-03-26

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Summary

The Trauma Focus Model for Reducing Long-Term Foster Care Project with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is implementing a trauma-focused intervention, Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET) to increase permanency rates for a target population of children identified as being most at risk of long-term foster care.

Conditions

  • Foster Care

Interventions

OTHER

Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET)

The intervention is called the Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET). TARGET is a manualized, psycho-educational intervention delivered in 10 - 12 sessions. TARGET is designed to address complex trauma and difficulties with emotional regulation and relational engagement that occur across a wide range of trauma-related difficulties, including trauma-related and behavioral symptoms. The full TARGET model consists of learning 7 essential core skills. These skills are called the FREEDOM steps: Focus, Recognize triggers, Emotion self-check, Evaluate thoughts, Define goals, Options, and Make a contribution.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Children's Bureau - Administration for Children and Families

    collaborator OTHER

  • Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Westat

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andrea Sedlak, PhD. · Westat

  • Mark Testa, PhD. · University of North Carolina

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

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