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The Childhood Traumatic Grief Web (CTGweb; ctg.musc.edu ) is an online training curriculum that describes an adaptation of trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy for treating childhood traumatic grief (TG-CBT).  Available for learners and practitioners who have already completed the TF-CBTweb course (tfcbt.musc.edu), CTGweb adds grief focused content to the TF-CBT model as well as provides step by step instructions, streaming video demonstrations, and informational handouts focused on the implementation TG-CBT. TG-CBT is a 12-16 session intervention aimed to improve PTSD, childhood traumatic grief (CTG), and depressive, anxiety, and behavior problems in children with CTG as well as to improve PTSD, depressive, and CTG symptoms in their parents or primary caretakers. TG-CBT has been adapted and used nationally and internationally in multitude of rural and urban settings and with diverse cultural groups. Further, it has been empirically evaluated with Caucasian and African American populations (Cohen, Mannarino, & Staron, 2006; Cohen, Mannarino, & Knudsen, 2004).

The online course is divided into six modules: Adapting TF-CBT for CTG; Grief Psychoeducation; Grieving and Ambivalent Feelings; Preserving Positive Memories; Redefining the Relationship; and Treatment Review. Further, authors provide cultural and religious considerations that may be relevant for children affected by traumatic grief. A joint project of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina; the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents at Allegheny General Hospital; and the CARES Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s School of Osteopathic Medicine, CTGweb can be found at the following website http://ctg.musc.edu/

TG-CBT Study citation:

Cohen, J. A., Mannarino, A. P. & Staron, V. (2006). A pilot study of modified cognitive behavioral therapy for childhood traumatic grief. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,45, 1465-1473.

Kathryn Collins is building a database of web based training curricula related to social work micro, mezzo, macro, and policy practice (including promising, best, evidence based practices for each area). Please send any information or web addresses to kcollins@ssw.umaryland.edu