Who It's For
Who Its NOT for
Fix These Problems First
CRAFTS Principles
Quick Facts
100

What is the maximum age for a kid to get TF-CBT?

What is 18 years old?

100

You cannot use TF-CBT if a child has no history of what?

Trauma

100

If a child is in a dangerous home, you must fix this issue before starting therapy.

Answer: Safety

100

C stands for Components, meaning you go through the steps in a specific what?

Order (or Pacing)

100

F-CBT is brief and usually lasts how many sessions?

Answer: 12 to 20

200

A child needs at least this many PTSD symptoms to qualify

What is 4 or more symptoms?

200

If a child is highly resilient and has no mental health symptoms, do they need TF-CBT?

No

200

You must pause trauma treatment if a youth is actively thinking about doing what to themselves?

Answer: Suicide (or Suicidal thoughts)

200

R stands for Respecting a family's background and what values?


Answer: Cultural

200

Besides helping the child, the therapy aims to improve parent-child what?


  • Answer: Communication
300

True or False: This therapy works for kids from any cultural background.

What is True? (Effective across all groups).

300

TF-CBT is not meant for kids with a severe level of this kind of disability.

Intellectual (or Cognitive)

300

If a teenager has heavy, problematic use of this, it must be managed first.

Answer: Substances (or Drugs/Alcohol)

  • Answer: Substances (or Drugs/Alcohol)
300

A means the model can change to fit different settings because it is what?

Flexible (or Adaptable)

300

TF-CBT targets fear, shame, and this emotion where kids blame themselves

Answer: Guilt (or Self-blame)

400

Who is the best adult to include in the therapy sessions?

What is a supportive parent or caregiver?

400

True or False: A child with ADHD is allowed to do TF-CBT

True

400

You must pause if a child is acting out with severe, physical what?

Answer: Aggression (or Behavior problems)


400

F means the treatment is focused on who?

Answer: Family

400

Along with PTSD, TF-CBT is great for lowering trauma-related sadness, also known as what?

Answer: Depression

500

Name one type of disaster that counts as a trauma event.

(Any one: Tornado, flood, earthquake, hurricane)

500

TF-CBT is a type of "cognitive" therapy, meaning it focuses heavily on what?

Thoughts (or Thinking)

500

Deciding whether to delay treatment requires a therapist's professional what?

Judgment

500

TS stands for the central connection between therapist and client, known as the what?

Answer: Relationship

500

What is the first goal of TF-CBT? To help kids learn effective coping what?

Answer: Skills