SITCAP book

Structured Sensory Intervention for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents: Strategies to Alleviate Trauma (SITCAP)

By William Steele and Melvyn Raider

ISBN 0-7734-7347-5
Published by The Edwin Mellen Press

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Their clinical model; Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents (SITCAP) relies upon structured sensory interventions for working with this clinical population. It is time-limited in nature, employs multiple therapeutic modalities (individual sessions, groups, and adjunctive work with parents), and is informed by several different theoretical systems. Guided by recent advances in the scientific understanding of trauma physiology, the model uses psychodynamic ideas regarding the value of cathartic drawing in conjunction with cognitive and psychoeducational interventions, and clients are led through a series of structured clinical exercises designed to promote normalization, mastery, and integration of the trauma. There is also a consistent focus on the role of both immediate and more remote environmental features that function either to impede or promote better posttraumatic adaptions. Finally, the authors report detailed results of several research studies involving the SITCAP model, and offer compelling data attesting to its clinical efficacy. With the publication of this book, William Steele and Melvyn Raider have performed a valuable service both to young trauma victims and to the professional who work with them.

Jerrold R. Brandell, Ph.D., Professor, Wayne State University School of Social Work (Detroit, MI); Author Of Mice and Metaphors: Therapeutic Storytelling with Children; Founding Editor, Psychoanalytic Social Work.

This book is trenchant in its presentation. It is an excellent and accessible way to introduce clinicians to the intricacies and significant relationship between narrative and healing. It is a must for those who work in the field everyday hoping to positively impact the lives of the individuals with whom they work on a daily basis. It is a guide for enhancement rather than self-rejection. It offers practical information on how to best work with children youth and their families.

Cassandra J. Bowers, Ph.D.Coordinator B.S.W. Program, School of School Work, Wayne State University


		Structured Sensory Intervention for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents: Strategies to Alleviate Trauma (SITCAP) By William Steele and Melvyn Raider ISBN 0-7734-7347-5 Published by The Edwin Mellen Press Preview the Book! BOOK REVIEWS Their clinical model; Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents (SITCAP) relies upon structured sensory interventions for working with this clinical population. It is time-limited in nature, employs multiple therapeutic modalities (individual sessions, groups, and adjunctive work with parents), and is informed by several different theoretical systems. Guided by recent advances in the scientific understanding of trauma physiology, the model uses psychodynamic ideas regarding the value of cathartic drawing in conjunction with cognitive and psychoeducational interventions, and clients are led through a series of structured clinical exercises designed to promote normalization, mastery, and integration of the trauma. There is also a consistent focus on the role of both immediate and more remote environmental features that function either to impede or promote better posttraumatic adaptions. Finally, the authors report detailed results of several research studies involving the SITCAP model, and offer compelling data attesting to its clinical efficacy. With the publication of this book, William Steele and Melvyn Raider have performed a valuable service both to young trauma victims and to the professional who work with them. Jerrold R. Brandell, Ph.D., Professor, Wayne State University School of Social Work (Detroit, MI); Author Of Mice and Metaphors: Therapeutic Storytelling with Children; Founding Editor, Psychoanalytic Social Work. This book is trenchant in its presentation. It is an excellent and accessible way to introduce clinicians to the intricacies and significant relationship between narrative and healing. It is a must for those who work in the field everyday hoping to positively impact the lives of the individuals with whom they work on a daily basis. It is a guide for enhancement rather than self-rejection. It offers practical information on how to best work with children youth and their families. Cassandra J. Bowers, Ph.D.Coordinator B.S.W. Program, School of School Work, Wayne State University
*About the Authors* William Steele, MSW, PsyD is the Founder and Director of The National Institute for Traumat and Loss in Children, a program of Children's Home of Detroit. Author of numberous intervention resources and programs used by thousands of school and agency practioners, he has received numerous honors for his commitment to children. He has trained over 50,000 professionals nationally in the area of trauma and has been a consultant to schools, agencies and practioners as well as an expert witness in trauma cases. Melvyn Raider, PhD, is Associate Professor at Wayne State University School of Social Work and serves as Chair of the Post-Masters Certificate Program, Chair Research, author of numerous research studies, and in private practice as a Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor.