Trauma-informed care for very young children project (TIC-YC) - penfield children's center (PCC) will use samhsa funding to provide evidence-based home-based trauma-focused treatment in milwaukee…

Trauma-informed care for very young children project (TIC-YC) - penfield children's center (PCC) will use samhsa funding to provide evidence-based home-based trauma-focused treatment in milwaukee county, WI, as well as expand services to neighboring waukesha county, for children, ages 0 to 6, who have been exposed to (experienced or witnessed) potentially traumatic events and have trauma symptoms. A total of 1,625 children and their families will be served ( 275 in year 1, 300 in year 2, and 350 in each of years 3-5). The EBP, early pathways (EP), was developed specifically at PCC to treat very young children exposed to trauma by marquette university (MU) faculty. The success of this home-based approach for this population has been well-documented in multiple studies, including four randomized controlled trials (RCTS) documenting effectiveness for reducing disruptive behavior disorders and externalizing/antisocial behaviors, improving the family-child relationship, improving general functioning and well-being, improving social functioning/competence, reducing unspecified and other mental health disorders, and improving parenting behaviors. Training and project evaluation will be led by MU's alan burkard, PH.D., professor of counseling psychology. Impact planning and evaluation, which has conducted program evaluations for 30 federal grants (25 samhsa), will provide consultation on collection of cmhs noms data and implement the process evaluation. Project objectives are (1) provide the EBP trauma-informed early pathways program to children, 0-6 beginning month 2; (2) provide EP in waukesha county by month 4; (3) enroll 1,625 children 0-6 years of age over the 5-year grant period; (4) 75% of parent/caregivers (P/CGS) who complete treatment will improve adherence to EP program over the course of enrollment; (5) 90% of P/CGS will report high rates of satisfaction with the EP program and related services provided; (6) target children will demonstrate a statistically and clinically significant (S & CS) pre-post reduction of behavior problems; (7) target children will demonstrate a S & CS pre-post increase in prosocial behavior; (8) target children will demonstrate a S & CS pre-post reduction of trauma symptoms; and (9) target children will demonstrate a S & CS pre-post improvement in child-P/CG interactions.