Evidence-Based Treatments for Trauma-Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Markus A. Landolt, Ph.D., is Chief of Pediatric Psychology at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich and Professor of Child and Adolescent Health Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. His main areas of research are child and family psychotraumatology and pediatric psychology. He has published more than 200 papers, 20 book chapters and 3 books. Besides his research activities, he works as a clinician with traumatized children, adolescents and their families since the 1990s. He was the recipient of the Falk-von-Reichbach Award from the German speaking Society of Traumatic Stress Studies in 2005 and was awarded Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2010.Marylène Cloitre, Ph.D. is Research Professor at the NYU Silver School of Social Work. Her long-standing research and clinical interests have concerned the long-term effects of psychological trauma on social and emotional functioning. Her current research is dedicated to the development of effective, patient-tailored, flexibly delivered mental health programs for trauma exposed populations.  Dr. Cloitre is past-president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and was a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) ICD-11 working group on trauma-spectrum disorders. She is also the 2015 recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Practice of Trauma Psychology from Division 56 of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Cloitre is a member of the advisory board for the planning and ongoing development of the 9/11 Memorial Museum. She is lead author of the book Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Interpersonal Trauma : STAIR Narrative Therapy (2nd Edition). Ulrich Schnyder, M.D., is a psychiatrist and licensed psychotherapist, and professor emeritus of psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Research activities are focused on various aspects of traumatic stress research, including epidemiology, neurobiology, psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for PTSD, resilience to stress, and, more recently, refugee mental health, and the emotional, psychosocial and physical consequences of child maltreatment. Past President, European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS). Past President, International Federation for Psychotherapy (IFP). Past President, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). Recipient of the 2013 Wolter de Loos Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychotraumatology in Europe (ESTSS), and the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award (ISTSS).

• Part I: Basics.- 1. The diagnostic spectrum of trauma-related disorders in children and adolescents.- 2. Epidemiology of trauma and trauma-related disorders in children and adolescents.- 3. Childhood trauma as a public health issue.- 4. Evidence-based assessment of childhood trauma and bereavement: an integrative developmentally-informed approach.- 5. Psychological and biological theories of child and adolescent traumatic stress disorders.- Part II: Interventions.- 6. Preventive early intervention for children and adolescents exposed to trauma.- 7. The Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention.- 8. Trauma-focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy.- 9. Cognitive Therapy for PTSD in children and adolescents.- 10. Prolonged Exposure Therapy for adolescents with PTSD: emotional processing of traumatic experiences.- 11. Narrative Exposure Therapy for children and adolescents (KIDNET).- 12. STAIR Narrative Therapy for adolescents.- 13. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) with children and adolescents.- 14. Attachment, Regulation, and Competency (ARC).- 15. Child-Parent Psychotherapy: an evidence-based treatment for infants and young children.- 16. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy.- 17. Trauma Systems Therapy for children and adolescents.- 18. Pharmacological treatment for children and adolescents with trauma-related disorders.- Part III: Emerging populations with identified needs.- 19. Treatment of PTSD in early childhood.- 20. Trauma-focused interventions for children and adolescents in migration contexts.- 21. Affirmative psychotherapy for trauma-exposed sexual and gender minority youth.- 22. Understanding healing and recovery from trauma-related distress among indigenous children and adolescents.- Part IV: Settings.- 23. Interventions in medical settings.- 24. Trauma-informed care in inpatient and residential settings.- 25. Juvenile justice and forensic settings: the TARGET approach.- 26. School-based interventions.- 27. Treating and preventing psychological trauma of children and adolescents in post-conflict settings.- Part V: Summary and conclusions.- 28. How to treat children and adolescents with trauma-related disorders.