Treatment considerations for clinicians in applying evidence-based practice to complex presentations in child trauma

• Published in: Journal of traumatic stress 2007-08, Vol.20 (4), p.379-390
• Main Authors: Amaya-Jackson, Lisa, DeRosa, Ruth R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anxiety disorders. Neuroses; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis; Child Behavior Disorders - psychology; Child Behavior Disorders - therapy; Cooperative Behavior; Evidence-Based Medicine; Family Therapy; Humans; Life Change Events; Medical sciences; Needs Assessment; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Patient Care Team; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Stress Disorders, Traumatic - diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Traumatic - psychology; Stress Disorders, Traumatic - therapy
• ISSN: 0894-9867; 1573-6598
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.20266

Professionals in the child trauma field, eager to bring best practices to children and their families who have suffered from traumatic life events, have developed a number of evidence‐based treatments (EBTs) and promising practices available for adoption and implementation into community practice. Clinicians and researchers alike have raised questions about “if, when, and how” these EBTs can be applied to some of the more complex trauma presentations seen in real world practice. The authors take an evidence‐based practice approach, including critical appraisal of clients' unique needs and preferences, utilizing applicable trauma treatment core components and current EBTs, and emphasizing monitoring strategies of client progress, particularly when needing to adapt EBTs for select clients.