Kauffman Best Practices Project Final Report - The Chadwick Center ...

EACH OF THESE PROTOCOLS WAS REVIEWED BY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF
EXPERTS IN THE TREATMENT OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO CHILD ABUSE (60%
(TF-CBT)
Trauma Focused
Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy
(AF-CBT)
Abuse Focused
Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy
WHO SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS ADVISORS TO THE KAUFFMAN BEST PRACTICES
PROJECT) AND CLASSIFIED INTO ONE OF SIX CATEGORIES:
1. Well supported, efficacious treatment
2. Supported and probably efficacious treatment
3. Supported and acceptable treatment
4. Promising and acceptable treatment
5. Innovative and novel
6. Experimental or concerning treatment
Sixteen of the treatments were classified as category 3 or higher, meaning they
had at least some empirical support for their efficacy. Of these 16, only one,
Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), was identified in
the most rigorous category, “Well supported, efficacious treatment”. One other
intervention, targeted at adult sex offenders, was rated in the second category
“supported and probably efficacious treatment”. And fourteen were judged to
fit within the third category “supported and acceptable treatment.” These
treatment protocols constituted the initial pool of best practice candidates.
Through an ongoing process of information sharing and consensus building,
project staff, the consultants, and the National Advisory Committee explored
the credentials of the candidate protocols, including new research findings and
recent experiences with attempting to deploy some protocols in front-line
clinical settings.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THREE INTERVENTION PROTOCOLS EMERGED AS
(PCIT)
Parent Child
Interaction Therapy
CLEAR, CONSENSUS CHOICES AS “BEST PRACTICES” IN THE FIELD OF CHILD
ABUSE TREATMENT:
1. Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
2. Abuse Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT)
3. Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
It is important to note that these three Evidence Based Treatments (EBTs)
are not the only protocols that could have been described as “best practices.”
Indeed, there is evidence emerging with each passing month of other solid
well-supported practices. However, these three protocols enjoyed the greatest
level of theoretical, clinical, and empirical support, and the most agreement
among the participants in the consensus-building process.
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