Description: Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is the most empirically supported intervention for children exposed to trauma. This presentation will provide a brief history of TF-CBT, introduce the basic structure and components of the model, and review the research base supporting is efficacy. Time will also be spent talking about different applications of TF-CBT for special populations of children and adolescents.

Objectives:

1. Participants will understand the history and theory behind TF-CBT
2. Participants will understand the basic structure and components of TF-CBT
3. Participants will be able to describe the research base supporting TF-CBT