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CBITS: Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools

Center for Safe and Resilient Schools and Workplaces

CBITS is a skills-based, group intervention for young people who have been exposed to traumatic events and have symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder.

  • Online

Pricing: Paid

Origin: Developed elsewhere but applicable for Australian schools

Affiliations: Approved elsewhere: Be You

Product type: Program; Fact sheets; Professional learning; Learning modules

Contact details

Center for Safe and Resilient Schools and Workplaces

https://traumaawareschools.org/index.php/learn-more-cbits/

info@traumaawareschools.org

Focus areas

  • Mental health literacy and life skills

  • Self-regulation and engagement

  • Resilience and optimism

  • Grief and loss

Curriculum alignment

Prospective users

Audience: Targeted small group early intervention (Tier 2)

Communities: Diverse cultures or language groups

Context: School or centre-based

Main beneficiaries: Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10, Year 11

Delivery style: Delivered by program staff

Aims & approach

CBITS aims to reduce symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety, and improve social and academic functioning.

Children complete screening and validation interview prior to beginning CBITS. Caregivers are not interviewed or assessed.

The program consists of 10 group sessions, approximately an hour in length and usually conducted once per week in a school setting during a typical class period.

CBITS involves 6 to 8 children per group, and is intended for ages 10-18 years, or middle and high school students

  • students also participate in one to two one-hour individual sessions
  • parents participate in two one-hour education sessions
  • teachers participate in one one-hour education session

Live, in-person training is available upon request.

Implementation support

  • Access to professional facilitator, instructor or mentor
  • Implementation training webinars or modules

Evidence

CBITS is informed by cognitive behavioral therapeutic techniques.