Clare Henn Haase
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Title: Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation for Adolescents (STAIR-A) residing in a Singapore residential Trauma-Informed facility group home
Biography
Biography: Clare Henn Haase
Abstract
It is well-known that exposure to childhood trauma, specifically physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and neglect are high risk factors for the development of Posttraumatic StressDisorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. Despite the high risk for PTSD and co-morbid psychopathology in trauma exposed children and adolescence in Singapore, there are few services providing trauma-informed care. Therefore, this study seeks to pilot the feasibility and effectiveness of a 12-session evidence-based group treatment using Skills Training for Affective and Interpersonal Regulation for adolescents (STAIR-A; Cloitre et al., 2005; Gudiño, et al., 2014) tailored to a Singaporean population of 36 trauma-exposed adolescents. The study will be run simultaneously while initiating a Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) within the residential home. Adolescents will be randomly assigned to either the (male or female group) STAIR-A or treatment as usual (TAU) control group. Assessments for PTSD and co-morbid depressive and anxiety symptoms will be conducted during 4 timepoints, pre-mid-post-treatment and one month follow-up. Analyses examining change will consist of Paired sample t-tests from pre- to post- treatment and Cohens d (Cohen, 1988) will provide the estimated effect size. The results will be discussed in light of initiating group treatment within a TIC program.