OREFIELD, PA (November 13, 2018) – KidsPeace’s Pennsylvania youth residential treatment program has received recognition from Philadelphia officials for the incorporation of evidence-based practices in its behavioral health treatment offerings.
The organization was formally designated an Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) provider by the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services’ Evidence-Based Practice and Innovation Center (EPIC). EPIC says the designation recognizes KidsPeace’s exemplary record of delivering services to children in need through Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) at its facility in Orefield, PA. KidsPeace is the first residential treatment program provider to receive the EBP designation for TF-CBT.
Dominick DiSalvo, Senior Director of Clinical Services for KidsPeace’s residential programs in Pennsylvania, noted that EPIC requires programs receiving EBP Program Designation to meet an exacting set of certification standards in implementing EBP programs.
“At KidsPeace, we’ve invested a substantial amount of time and financial resources to train our associates in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which is a highly regarded method of clinically treating clients who have experienced traumatic events in their young lives,” DiSalvo said. “To me, the recognition from EPIC cements our dedication to use best practices in caring for the youth and their families entrusted to our care.”
KidsPeace uses the TF-CBT model to promote healing from trauma in a flexible and dynamic way to meet the needs of the youth and their families. It looks to help youth find their voice, and help empower resiliency within the whole family, with the goal to help the survivors of trauma to become the owners of their story, and turn them into “thrivers” in their communities.
For more information about EPIC and its EBP Program Designation effort, visit www.dbhids.org/epic/EBP-program-designation
For more than 135 years, KidsPeace has been building on its expertise to give hope, help and healing to children, families and communities throughout the United States. Through its comprehensive range of residential treatment programs; accredited educational services; unique psychiatric hospital and foster care and community-based programs, KidsPeace is dedicated to helping people connect, transform and overcome their challenges to ensure a stable future, transition to adulthood and gain independence. Since its doors opened in 1882, more than 200,000 children have participated in one of the multitude of programs KidsPeace offers.
For additional resources or more information on how to get involved, become a foster parent or make a donation, please visit www.kidspeace.org. Follow us at www.facebook.com/kidspeace.org or on Twitter @KidsPeace.
Information Provided By:
Robert Martin
Director of Communications
