In 2019, the Trauma Recovery Program helped 73 children recover from abuse and other traumatic experiences. Among the children who had at least one Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) follow up assessment: 85% Trauma Recovery Program Children who experience physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and other traumatic events often develop anxiety, anger, depression, fear, nightmares, and other post-traumatic stress symptoms. Without treatment, these symptoms can persist and negatively affect their lives. Our Trauma Recovery Program provides a safe, supportive and nurturing environment that helps children, ages 5-21 years, to recover from traumatic experiences. Our clinical team provides services in English and Spanish, six days and three evenings per week, free of charge. Services include: • Individual Therapy: NYSPCC therapists provide child-centered, Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Talk, art, movement, and play techniques are used to teach children how to identify and manage their emotions, understand and develop helpful thinking patterns, process and make meaning of their traumatic experiences, and boost their overall resilience. • Family Therapy: NYSPCC therapists also counsel parents, foster parents and other caregivers to help them understand trauma symptoms and to support their children’s recovery. • Collateral Sessions: NYSPCC therapists are in regular contact with foster care and caseworkers, teachers, and other professionals involved in the children’s lives to ensure that the mental health needs of our young clients are understood and met in all aspects of their lives, not just in the therapy room. NYSPCC.ORG | 5 of all children reported a reduction in average TSCC scores from baseline to follow up, indicating an overall decrease in reported trauma symptoms. 90% of scores for specific psychological symptoms (e.g., anxiety and post-traumatic stress) in the clinical or subclinical range improved at follow-up. In addition, our clinical team trained three Master’s level student interns, preparing them for careers in the child protective field.
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