Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
Survival Through Empowered Mindfulness (STEM) - Juvenile justice involved adolescents in Harris County Juvenile Probation Department's(HCJPD's) residential post-adjudication facility is the population of focus for the Center forSuccess and Independence's (TCSI's) proposed Survival Through Empowered Mindfulness(STEM) project. Goal 1) To expand access to trauma-focused treatment and trauma-informed services to all juvenile justice involved adolescents in long-term residential placement. Objectives 1.1, 1.3, & 1.5 will expand systematic trauma exposure and diagnostic screening to all adolescents at the facility, a minimum of 275 in year one and an estimated 324 each year thereafter. Objectives 1.2, 1.4, & 1.6 will expand assessment and comprehensive trauma-focused therapy. Objective 1.7 involves demonstrating clinically significant improvement in PTSD & co-occurring disorder symptoms for 80% of adolescents served. Goal 2) To improve the quality of trauma-focused treatment and trauma-informed services provided to juvenile justice involved adolescents in residential placement. Objectives 2.1-2.4 will add EMDR to current therapeutic options for PTSD treatment for adolescents who are unwilling or unable to initially engage in TF-CBT, a minimum of 11 in Year 1 and 22 each year thereafter. Objective 2.5 will train staff at all levels of HCJPD's long-term placement facility in trauma-informed service delivery, and Objective 2.6 involves demonstrating clinically significant improvement for 95% of adolescents receiving EMDR. Goal 3) To sustain expanded access and quality improvement beyond the life of the project. Objectives 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, & 3.5 will use documentation of clinically significant and functional improvements relevant to juvenile justice decision-makers to educate decision-makers regarding the benefits of sustained support for STEM services. Objective 3.3 will build the capacity of TCSI to sustain evidence-based practices by fostering local training capability in the therapy staff.
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