D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 22-A3599
"Child-Parent Psychotherapy for Family Violence or "CPP-FV" - a relationship-based treatment intervention for young children with a history of trauma exposure or maltreatment, and their caregivers.
"Child Choice Provider" or "CCP" - a Mental Health Rehabilitation Service (MHRS) Core Service Agency (CSA) with a demonstrated ability to provide quality, evidence-based, innovative services and interventions to meet the most complex and changing needs of children, youth, and their families in the District, particularly those who have histories of abuse or neglect.
"Core Services Agency" or "CSA" - a DBH-certified community-based MHRS provider that has entered into a Human Care Agreement with DBH to provide specified MHRS. A CSA shall provide at least one core service directly and may provide up to three core services via contract with a sub-provider or subcontractor. A CSA may provide specialty services directly if certified by DBH as a specialty provider. However, a CSA shall also offer specialty services via an affiliation agreement with all specialty providers.
"Evidence-Based Practice" or "EBP" - preferential use of mental and behavioral health interventions for which systematic empirical research has provided evidence of statistically significant effectiveness as treatments for specific problems.
"Family" - consists of two or more people, one of whom is the householder, related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing in the same housing unit. A family consists of all people who occupy a housing unit regardless of relationship. A family may consist of a person living alone or multiple unrelated individuals or families living together.
"Family Team" - family members and their community supports that come together to create, implement a plan with the child/youth and family. The plan builds on strength of the child/youth and family and addresses their needs, desires, and dreams.
"Functional Family Therapy" or "FFT" - an outcome-driven prevention/intervention program integrating clinical theory, home engagement, and sustaining strategies for at-risk youth ages 11-18 who have presented issues with delinquency, violence, substance abuse, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, or disruptive behavior disorder.
"Multi-Systemic Therapy or "MST" and "Multi-Systemic Therapy for Youth with Problem Sexual Behavior" or "MST-PSB" - an intensive family-and community-based treatment program that focuses on the entire world of chronic and violent juvenile offenders - their homes and families, schools and teachers, neighbourhoods and friends. MST-PSB is a clinical adaptation of Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) that is specifically targeted to adolescents who have committed sexual offenses and demonstrated other problem behaviors. The primary objectives of MST-PSB are to decrease problem sexual and other antisocial behaviors and out-of-home placements.
"Teaming" - A process by which a group of individuals, who the family believes can help them, along with individuals who represent agencies which provide services to the family, form a working team that meets, develops and implements a plan of care that will assist the child and family to achieve their vision of the future.
"Transition to Independence Process" or "TIP" - A community-based evidence supported model which improves outcomes of youth and young adults with emotional and/or behavioral difficulties. The TIP system prepares youth and young adults for their movement into adult roles through an individualized process, engaging them in their own futures planning process, as well as providing developmentally-appropriate services and supports.
"Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" or "TF-CBT" - a model of psychotherapy that combines trauma-sensitive interventions with cognitive behavior therapy to address the bio-psychosocial needs of children diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or other problems related to traumatic life experiences. TF-CBT designed to help children, youth, and their parents overcome the negative effects of traumatic life events such as child sexual or physical abuse; traumatic loss of a loved one; domestic, school, or community violence; or exposure to disasters, terrorist attacks, or war traumas.
"Trauma Systems Therapy" or "TST" - a mental health treatment model for children and adolescents who have been exposed to trauma, defined as experiencing, witnessing, or confronting "an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others". TST focuses on the child's emotional and behavioral needs as well as the environments where the child lives (home, school, community).
D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 22-A3599