Weaver, C. M., Olin, S., & Wisdom, J.2018-05-302018-05-302010Weaver, C. M., Olin, S., & Wisdom, J. (2010). Implementation of CBT for youth affected by the World Trade Center disaster: Matching need to treatment intensity and reducing trauma symptoms. J Trauma Stress, 23(6), 699e707.https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ac42/13991ad13b9ee8376b89ad6969476e044cb4.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3855An implementation study of cognitive–behavioral therapies (CBT) was conducted for traumatized youth in a postdisaster context. Headed by the New York State Office of Mental Health, the study targeted youth (N = 306) ages 5–21 affected by the World Trade Center disaster. They received either trauma-specific CBT or brief CBT skills depending upon the severity of trauma symptoms. Clinicians were trained to deliver these interventions and received monthly consultation. A regression discontinuity design was used to assess optimal strategies for matching need to service intensity. At 6-months postbaseline, both groups had improved. Rate of change was similar despite differences in severity of need. The implications for the implementation of evidence-based treatments postdisaster are discussed.en-UStraumatic stresstraumatized childrencognitive-behavioral therapydisastertreatmentArticle