CSR National 2-day CBITS Training

National 2-day CBITS Training

January 27, 11am-6pm ET (8am-3pm PT)

January 28, 11am-6pm ET (8am-3pm PT)

The Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) is a skillbased,

group intervention that is aimed at relieving symptoms of Post-Traumatic

Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, and general anxiety among children

exposed to trauma. Children are provided with normalizing education about

common reactions to stress and trauma and learn skills such as relaxation, how

to challenge and replace upsetting thoughts, and social problem solving.

Children also work on processing traumatic memories and grief in both

individual and group settings. The program consists of ten, 1-hour group

sessions (6-8 children) usually conducted once a week in a school or mental

health clinic setting. The training includes: 1) An overview of child trauma and

PTSD and the mental health and academic consequences, 2) A review of the

history and evidence base of CBITS, 3) Thorough session by session

demonstrations and supervised practice of each core concept for child group

and individual sessions, including how to make the material culturally and

contextually relevant to the audience, 4) Review of parent and teacher sessions,

and 5) Engagement activities around implementation issues and site planning.