Parenting STAIR: Adapting a Trauma-Focused Parenting Intervention for Military-Connected Mothers and Their Children

Who can take part

• Military-connected mother, defined as a mother who is either a female service member or veteran or female spouse of a service member or veteran
• Has a child aged 2-10
• Legal guardian of index child with legal and physical custody
• Lifetime trauma exposure (Life Events Checklist (LEC-5); Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire (ACE-Q))
• Screen positive for PTSD (defined as a PCL-5 score ≥32 or meeting ≥3 out of 4 DSM-5 symptom criteria [B, C, D, E] on the PCL-5), and/or depression (PHQ-9 score ≥8), and/or low parenting self-efficacy (PSOC score <59)
• Able to speak and understand English or Spanish
• Eligible to receive services at a Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Endeavors

Who cannot take part

• Currently receiving another trauma-focused individual mental health treatment
• Severe substance or alcohol use (The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test - Lite (ASSIST-Lite); Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test-Short Form (CUDIT-SF))
• High risk for suicide (Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ))
• Current psychotic symptoms (DSM-5-TR Self-Rated Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure Domain VII)
• Disability affecting communication, such as deafness
• Index child with severe developmental disability