About TLC
TLC's mission is to bring out
the best in every traumatized child by creating environments where children can
flourish.
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Currently 5,000 TLC Certified Trauma and Loss
School Specialists and Clinical Specialists provide TLC interventions and
resources to children, adolescents, families, schools and communities daily.
- Published evidence based research outcomes
support the value of TLC school and agency based programs.
- For the past 20 years TLC has provided its
Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized, Children, Adolescents and Parents
(SITCAP) interventions following such incidents as the Gulf War in Kuwait,
bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma, Wedgewood Baptist Church killings
in Texas, 9/11 in New York and Washington, D.C., the tsunami in Sri Lanka,
hurricanes Katrina and Rita, killing of school staff in the presence of
students in Iowa and Texas.
- Over 50,000 professionals have participated in
TLC trainings; thousands have give testimony
- A program of Starr Commonwealth, an
international leader in transformational programs for children, families,
schools and communities since 1913.
- In support of the 2009 proposed Developmental
Trauma Disorder (DTD) diagnostic category which supports childhood trauma as a
serious developmental life experience not adequately defined by the
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Founder William Steele, PsyD, MSW
TLC was founded
in 1990 by William Steele,
PsyD, MSW. As a guidance counselor, social worker and psychologist,
Dr. Steele recognized that professionals who work closely with traumatized
children had very few resources available from which to draw upon. He
started with a vision and ended with an Institute. The National Institute
for Trauma and Loss in Children™ provides professionals with the opportunity
attend specific courses to obtain TLC Training and Certification as a Trauma and Loss
Specialist, Consultant, and Consultant Supervisor. Over 6,000 professionals
have obtained TLC Certification since 1995 and 50,000+ professionals
have attended TLC trainings. Currently, over 5,000 schools and agencies
across North America are utilizing TLC intervention programs. Click here for more information about Founder, William Steele.
What Professionals Say About TLC
Professionals have sent us unsolicited comments and thanks throughout the years about our trainings, certification, books and interventions. Even parents have contacted us to share their experiences with TLC resources. Click here to read what professionals and parents have said about us.