About TLC

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

Since 1990, TLC has provided training to over 60,000 trauma professionals, thousands have given testimony.
Every day more than 6,000 TLC Certified Trauma and Loss School Specialists and Clinical Specialists provide TLC interventions and resources to children, adolescents, families, schools and other organizations.
Published evidence-based research outcomes support the value of TLC school and agency based programs.
TLC Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents (SITCAP®) interventions were implemented following the Gulf War in Kuwait, the Oklahoma bombing, Wedgewood Baptist Church killings in Texas, 9/11, the tsunami in Sri Lanka, hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the killing of school staff in the presence of students in Iowa and Texas.
TLC supports the 2009 proposed Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) diagnostic category that defines childhood trauma as a serious developmental life experience not adequately defined by the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder category alone.
TLC recently became a program of Starr Commonwealth, an international leader in transformational programs for children, families, schools and communities since 1913.

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.

View Wishlist

About TLC

Request information

First Name *
Last Name *
Email *
Address *
City, State, Zip *
Phone
How Would You Like to Be Contacted? *
What Best Describes You? *
How Can We Help You?

To prevent spam, please answer the simple math question below.

2 + 2 =

* = Required Field
# = Invalid Entry

Tell a Friend

If you know someone who would find Starr Training useful, please click here.

Founded in 1913, Starr Commonwealth is an internationally recognized non-profit children’s charity
Montcalm School is a Private Therapeutic Treatment Program offering a broad spectrum of real-world solutions for families with struggling teens. Montcalm School is a private program of Starr.
The following programs are members of the Starr Global Learning Network.
TLC
Glasswing
Reclaiming Youth International