About TLC

TLC's mission is to bring out the best in every traumatized child by creating environments where children can flourish.

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 given 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.

From Trauma to Resilience: Short-Term Help, Long-Term Gains

Today's educators and childcare professionals are on the front lines of a battle they may not even know they're in: the fight against trauma in children. No doubt you've seen evidence of it yourself: the "unreachable" boy who doesn't respond to any kind of treatment or therapy. The "bad" girl who persists in disruptive, negative behavior despite all-out efforts to help her. The truth is, trauma in children manifests itself in behaviors that defy logic, reason and the best intentions of teachers, counselors and social workers.

The issue is bigger than anyone realized. It wasn't until 1990 that TLC identified childhood trauma as the root cause of behavior issues that were beyond the reach of traditional cognitive therapies.

Today, TLC training programs are in place in more than 3,000 schools, community-based programs, treatment centers and childcare facilities across North America and internationally, and are giving parents, teachers and childcare professionals the early intervention tools and techniques it takes to turn young lives – and trauma-related behaviors–around. Click here to download From Trauma to Resilience: Short-Term Help, Long-Term Gains booklet to learn more about TLC.

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Founded in 1913, Starr Commonwealth is an internationally recognized non-profit children’s charity
Montcalm Schools is a Private Therapeutic Treatment Program offering a broad spectrum of real-world solutions for families with struggling teens. Montcalm Schools is a private program of Starr
The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children is a nonprofit program of the Starr Commonwealth Institute for Training.
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