CONTACT

Community Operations Network For Treatment After Childhood Trauma

For Partners

Whether you’re already a Project CONTACT Community Partner, or would like to learn more about becoming a partner, this section contains all the information you need.

Making a Referral

For security and privacy reasons, we don’t take referrals via this site or via email. Below are some guidelines for referrals to our CFTSI program. If you would like to make a referral, please call our intake department at: (314) 516-7330.

What cases are appropriate for CFTSI

  • The non-offending caregiver(s) need to be willing and able to attend all CFTSI sessions
  • The child’s disclosure/experience of trauma is recent (within 60 days)
  • The child is age 7-18
  • The child is experiencing at least one symptom of traumatic stress (e.g., nightmares, anxiety, fears, avoidance of situations that are reminders of the trauma, unwanted memories of the trauma)
  • The child and/or caregiver currently resides in St. Louis City or County

What cases are NOT appropriate for CFTSI

  • The caregiver doesn’t live with child (e.g., child is in residential care)
  • Participating caregiver denies that the abuse took place or is otherwise hostile to the child
  • The child is currently participating in trauma-focused therapy
  • The child has not made a disclosure or experienced a trauma
  • The child is younger than 7 or older than 18
  • The child’s developmental age is less than 7
  • The child is experiencing suicidal ideation or engaging in significant self-harm behaviors (these concerns should be evaluated and addressed immediately)
  • The legal custodian does not consent for treatment

Becoming a Community Partner

Please remember, we cannot accept any referral information via this website. Any such information received will be deleted. However, if you work at an agency in St. Louis and would like to be able to make referrals, please complete the form below and we’ll get back to you soon.

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Log In

If you’ve already received a log-in from our Intake Team and would like to make a referral, you can log in to our patient portal.

Here is a link to our Community Partner Brochure.

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