Alaska Child Trauma Intervention Alaska Child Trauma Intervention Outcomes Study Outcomes Study Alaska Child Trauma Center at Alaska Child Trauma Center at Anchorage Community Mental Health Anchorage Community Mental Health Services Services Done in collaboration with Duke Clinical Research Institute and Done in collaboration with Duke Clinical Research Institute and the the University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Human Development University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Human Development Institutional Review Boards: University of Alaska Anchorage Institutional Review Boards: University of Alaska Anchorage Duke University Duke University Principal Investigator: Joshua Arvidson, MSS., LCSW Principal Investigator: Joshua Arvidson, MSS., LCSW
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Alaska Child Trauma Center at Alaska Child Trauma Center at Anchorage Community Mental Health Anchorage Community Mental Health
Services Services Done in collaboration with Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Done in collaboration with Duke Clinical Research Institute and the
University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Human DevelopmentUniversity of Alaska Anchorage Center for Human Development
Institutional Review Boards: University of Alaska AnchorageInstitutional Review Boards: University of Alaska AnchorageDuke UniversityDuke University
Aggregate data on 1,699 children Aggregate data on 1,699 children served across 25 sites within the served across 25 sites within the National Child Traumatic Stress National Child Traumatic Stress Network reveals that 78% of these Network reveals that 78% of these children have been exposed to children have been exposed to multiple and/or prolonged trauma.multiple and/or prolonged trauma.
Spinazzola, Ford, van der Kolk, et al. (2003)Spinazzola, Ford, van der Kolk, et al. (2003)
What is “Complex What is “Complex Trauma”?Trauma”?
Dual Definition:Dual Definition:
Exposure to multiple traumatic events, Exposure to multiple traumatic events, frequently within a caregiving system frequently within a caregiving system that is supposed to be the source of that is supposed to be the source of safety and stabilitysafety and stability
Impact of those events, across domains Impact of those events, across domains of development, on both immediate and of development, on both immediate and long-term outcomeslong-term outcomes
Mean Age of Onset: 5.0 (SD = 2.8)Mean Age of Onset: 5.0 (SD = 2.8) Median: 5.0Median: 5.0 Min, Max: 0, 13.0Min, Max: 0, 13.0
Child Trauma Exposure: Child Trauma Exposure: Age of Onset in NCTSNAge of Onset in NCTSN
Early ExposureEarly Exposure:: Over 1/3 of the sample is adolescent and yet 98% of clinicians surveyed report average age of onset under 11
Trauma Exposure, Adverse Trauma Exposure, Adverse Experiences, and Diverse Symptom Experiences, and Diverse Symptom
Profiles in a National Sample of Profiles in a National Sample of Traumatized Children Traumatized Children
Robert S. Pynoos, MD, John A. Fairbank, Robert S. Pynoos, MD, John A. Fairbank, PhD, PhD,
Ernestine C. Briggs-King, PhD, Alan Ernestine C. Briggs-King, PhD, Alan Steinberg, PhD, Christopher Layne, PhD, Steinberg, PhD, Christopher Layne, PhD,
Bradley Stolbach, PhD andBradley Stolbach, PhD and Sarah OstrowskiSarah Ostrowski
National Center for Child Traumatic StressNational Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Prevalence of Prevalence of Multiple TraumasMultiple Traumas
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Met Full Criteria for Met Full Criteria for PTSDPTSD