Project Lead: Claudia Wild
Authors: Claudia Wild, Petra Krenn-Maritz, Sabine Kampmüller, Roman Polzer
Publication: June2025
Language: English (with German summary)
Traumatic experiences are a predictor of ill mental health, primarily posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety. The Children and War Foundation has developed a group-based trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) – the Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) - for children and adolescents exposed to war, violence, and displacement. TRT is a programme designed for health promotion and prevention in low-resource settings and is facilitated by trained laypersons, often from the same cultural background as the participants. This report aims to synthesise the empirical evidence on the effectiveness of TRT programmes in other countries and to put the results of the Austrian TRT programme at AFYA in context.