CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Child & Adolescent Intensive Treatment Services (CAITS) Trauma Program

What to Expect When Your Child is Affected by a Trauma

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Gateway Healthcare has developed a specialized program to provide Child and Adolescent Intensive
Treatment Services (CAITS) to children and youth who have experienced traumatic events. This
evidence-based program offers trauma and grief therapy services and psychiatric consultation and
assessment to children and their families.

WHAT IS TRAUMA?
Trauma is defined as any real or perceived lifethreatening situation. Children often have varied
emotional and physical reactions after experiencing a trauma that is emotionally painful, distressful or
shocking. If unresolved, there are often lasting mental and physical effects. The following is a list of the types of trauma a child can experience:

• Disasters/Events: Disaster or events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, terrorism, war, victim
  of crime, serious car accidents, etc.
• Abuse: This includes sexual, physical and emotional or verbal abuses and/or witnessing domestic violence.
• Neglect: Neglect is the failure of caregivers to fulfill their responsibilities to provide needed care.
• Death-related Trauma: A Sudden Death occurs without any forewarning; it is unexpected. A Traumatic Death, in addition to being sudden, can also be violent or destructive and may involve many deaths. Trauma may also occur when the child has witnessed a long-term illness.

INDIVIDUALIZED THERAPEUTIC SERVICES
Gateway’s services include community and homebased therapeutic sessions which use play therapy,
cognitive behavioral therapy, family therapy and parent education resources. Our highly trained team
of psychiatrists, clinicians and case managers works with the family and all key stakeholders to develop
an individualized treatment plan based on the family’s needs.

Our teams are co-located in several schools throughout Rhode Island allowing for seamless
and expedient access, as well as efficient care coordination.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
• Child with a DSM-IV diagnosis of severe emotional/behavioral disturbance
• A child in crisis
• Child who can be kept safe within available community settings
• Situation where standard outpatient treatment has not been effective

CONTACT US
The Trauma program has licensed, bilingual individuals and case managers on staff to
answer any questions that parents may have.

For more information or to contact us, please call (401) 729-8701.

For emergency services, call toll-free 866-429-3979.

CAITS is funded through Medicaid and the Rhode Island Department of Human Services.