Overview of the Model

Assessment

Create a Unique Client Picture

Triage

Treatment

Monitoring Progress of Treatment

Introduction

A Little Background:

Assessment-Based Treatment for Traumatized Children: A Trauma Assessment Pathway (TAP) is a treatment model that incorporates assessment, triage, and essential components of trauma treatment into clinical pathways. The components of TAP are based upon research on complex trauma, and the current research on efficacious treatment modalities.

TAP was developed by the Chadwick Center for Children and Families at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant that made them a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN).