Issue Brief 69: Helping Students Recover from Trauma: Connecticut Elementary School Are Finding Success Using Bounce Back | NLM

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Issue Brief 69: Helping Students Recover from Trauma: Connecticut Elementary School Are Finding Success Using Bounce Back

06/20/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, Inc. (CHDI). Published: 6/20/2019. This report details how in 2017, the Connecticut Department of Children and Families and the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut started disseminating Bounce Back, an evidence-based adaptation of Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) for elementary-aged children, to schools to assist younger students experiencing traumatic stress. Children receiving Bounce Back showed a 75 percent reduction in symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder following participation in the intervention. (Text)