Our Child Mental Health Services: Who We Help
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Our mission is to improve the standard of care for trauma exposed youth across the U.S., with a particular focus on:
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We partner with a wide range of professionals ▪ Child welfare organizations |
Our trauma-informed practice and evidence-based therapy trainings, consultation services and resources
help youth and families learn how to heal from child trauma.
Learn about our core services:
We offer a variety of trauma-informed care trainings for child-serving professionals and organizations. These trainings help develop, enhance and strengthen their ability to identify, screen for and respond to trauma-related symptoms. Learn about our trauma-informed care trainings.
Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is the most rigorously tested treatment for trauma in children. We offer TF-CBT training and consultation to clinicians and supervisors around the country. Get more details about our TF-CBT training.
Our consultants help organizations become trauma-informed service settings and assist professionals to integrate trauma-informed approaches practically and sustainably into their workflows. Read more about trauma-informed care consultation.
Our toll-free number (1-855-LINK-KID) is for Massachusetts
families and professionals. It connects youth in need of
evidence-based trauma treatments with mental health
professionals trained in them, including Trauma-Focused
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy,
Attachment, Regulation, and Competency, Parent
Children Interaction Therapy, and more. To learn more,
make a referral, get services or if you are a clinician
interested in joining our database, visit our centralized referral
system, LINK-KID.
Resilience is a proven antidote to trauma, and we know that
resilience is grown in supportive caregiving relationships.
Our Resilience Through Relationships initiative seeks to
promote protective factors in children, parents, caregivers
and families.
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Our mission is to improve the standard of care for trauma exposed youth across the U.S., with a particular focus on:
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We partner with a wide range of professionals ▪ Child welfare organizations |
We develop practical approaches to implement trauma-informed care for youth in traditional and nontraditional settings. The American Academy of Pediatrics,
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), school districts, courts, early childhood centers and juvenile justice settings and othes implement these trauma-informed practices.
Improves outcomes: Research shows that children who receive evidence-based treatments experience less symptoms and increase protective factors (resiliency), including social connectedness. Caregivers also do better—they experience less depression and stress and increased confidence and competence at the end of treatment.
Increases access to care: A U.S. Government Accountability Office Report to Congress on Child Trauma recently described LINK-KID as a promising practice to address mental health care access issues for children. In Massachusetts alone, we’ve successfully referred more than 5,000 children to quality treatment through LINK-KID.
Improves trauma response: We have trained thousands of professionals in trauma-informed care for youth. Participants report significant increases in knowledge around addressing trauma. These efforts have impacted the lives of millions of children.
Provides evidence-based resources and trainings: We have trained thousands of clinicians and supervisors in TF-CBT. We also provide free psychoeducational materials, resources and support to build resilience in children.
Learn how to get involved in our efforts to increase access to trauma responsive care for youth and families.
Email us: LifelineforKids@umassmed.edu.