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Résumé
Objectives: We report on the development of Trauma and Society (T&S), an innovative trauma-specific program. T&S is a mental health literacy program, a psychoeducation intervention, and a standards-aligned social studies or health elective course for adolescents in high school and cross-sector settings.
Methods: We built the T&S intervention on theory, similar trauma psychoeducation interventions for other client populations, experience implementing psychoeducation in the healthcare sector, and a 3-step patient and public involvement (PPI) process. It is manualized for individual, small-group, and classroom use. The credit-bearing course format for use in schools is aligned with the national common core for social studies and for health and consistent with the Understanding by Design™ framework.
Results: The prototype was evaluated by 7 adult and 14 adolescent stakeholders who provided extensive feedback. The “mock lesson” beta testing by a small group of interns (n = 16) provided detailed input on key content, leveling of homework assignments, lesson format and content, group dynamics in a virtual class setting, and feedback about the writing and layout of the student materials. Ecological momentary assessment of “distress scores” among these youth indicated a high level of safety. Peer review of the student book by one cadre of school mental health professionals (n = 14) gave strong insight into the forms of manualization needed to support implementation and acceptability for staff.
Conclusions: The fully-manualized pilot version of the T&S intervention and curriculum is ready for cross-sector early-adopter demonstration projects and outcomes research.
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