This Web site was made possible through grant award No. 1-UD1-SM56070-01 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Benjamin E. Saunders, Ph.D., Project Director and Malcolm Gordon, Ph.D., SAMHSA Project Officer.

This Web site represents the joint efforts of a large group of people. We would like to thank all who have made contributions to the Web site.

• Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, was developed jointly by Esther Deblinger, Ph.D., Co-Director of the New Jersey CARES Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's School of Osteopathic Medicine, and Judith Cohen, M.D., and Anthony Mannarino, Ph.D., who are the Medical Director and Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, Allegheny General Hospital, in Pittsburgh, PA. Their pioneering work developing and testing this treatment model serves as the basis for this Web-based training program. They also provided extensive help and consultation for the development of this Web site.
  
  
• Daniel W. Smith, Ph.D. served as the project coordinator and is the Course Director for this Web site. Benjamin E. Saunders, Ph.D., LISW serves as the course Co-Director.
  
  
• Content for the Web site was developed by the faculty and staff of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina based upon the work of the TF-CBT developers. Contributors include:
  
  
  Daniel W. Smith, Ph.D.
  Benjamin E. Saunders, Ph.D.
  Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Ph.D.
  Rochelle F. Hanson, Ph.D.
  Michael A. de Arellano, Ph.D.
  Carla Kmett Danielson, Ph.D.
  Janis S. Koenig, M.Ed.
  Alyssa A. Rheingold, Ph.D.
  Shannon Self-Brown, Ph.D.
  
  
• The Web site was constructed and is maintained by the Educational Technology Laboratory at the Medical University of South Carolina, under the direction of Mary Mauldin, Ed.D. Programming, editing, videography, and other technical contributions were completed by Jonathan Coultas and Ben Gilbertson. Graphic arts for the Web site were designed by Kathy Downey.
  
  
• The following consultants provided guidance and review for the development of the Web site:
  
  
  Judith Cohen, M.D. (Treatment Co-Developer)
  Esther Deblinger, Ph.D. (Treatment Co-Developer)
  Anthony Mannarino, Ph.D. (Treatment Co-Developer)
  Lucy Berliner, M.S.W.
  Karen Mallah, Ph.D.
  Nancy Kassam-Adams, Ph.D.
  Charles Wilson, M.S.S.W.
  Frank Putnam, M.D.
  Kevin Gully, Ph.D.
  Julie Bradshaw, M.S.W.
  
  
• We would like to thank the staff and administration of the Children, Adolescent, and Families Program of the Charleston-Dorchester Community Mental Health Center in Charleston, SC for their help in developing and evaluating this Web-based training course.
  
  
• Additional video demonstrations were provided for the Web site by the following: the Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA (Lucy Berliner, MSW, Director); the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents at Allegheny General Hospital in conjunction with Applebox^s, Inc., in Pittsburgh, PA (Drs. Judy Cohen and Anthony Mannarino, co-Directors); and the New Jersey CARES Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's School of Osteopathic Medicine (Dr. Esther Deblinger, Director).

We are grateful to the many colleagues, friends, trainees, parents, and children who voluntarily helped us film demonstration videos.

Appearing in the video demonstrations:

Alyssa A. Rheingold, Ph.D.
Holly Harris, Ph.D.
Jeffery Snarr, Ph.D.
Daniel W. Smith, Ph.D.
Shannon Self-Brown, Ph.D.
Carla Kmett Danielson, Ph.D.
Michael A. de Arellano, Ph.D.
Jennifer Cercone, Ph.D.
Lisa Stines, Ph.D.
Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Ph.D.
M. Elizabeth Ralston, Ph.D.
Polly Sosnowski, M.S.W.
Treslyn Tolbert, M.A.
Charles Brown
Judith Cohen, M.D.
Kathryn Boettcher
Jill Carey-Melton, Ph.D.
Esther Deblinger, Ph.D.
Elisabeth Pollio, Ph.D.
Melissa Runyon, Ph.D.
Amy Hoch, Ph.D.
Donyale Baker, LSW

Disclaimer

Contents or points of view of this Web site are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U. S. Department Health and Human Services. All people appearing in the video demonstrations on this site are actors or volunteers who gave their informed consent or assent to appear. No one in trauma treatment appeared in the video demonstrations.