The core principle of the SITCAP® model is providing children with the opportunity to safely revisit and rework the primary subjective experiences of trauma.  This is done within the sensory, not the cognitive context in which the experiences are experienced, stored, and remembered.  PTSD symptoms, grief, and trauma-related mental health reactions can be significantly reduced in ways that support growth while resilience and gains are developed.

Developed and used over the past 24 years, field-tested in schools and community agencies, SITCAP® is supported by the latest scientific advances in neuroscience and has been featured in leading scholarly journals and numerous books on childhood trauma. 

The “SITCAP®-ART” and “I Feel Better Now!” programs are listed on SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices.