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The majority of individuals working with justice-involved youth receive limited training addressing the impact of childhood trauma. There is a need for trauma-related training for staff, as well as valid measures to evaluate the effectiveness of training. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network designed a training curriculum, Think Trauma, which educates staff about the impact of trauma on justice-involved youth. A 45-item Think Trauma Evaluation Questionnaire (TTEQ) was developed to assess participants’ changes in knowledge and attitudes. This article examines the factor structure and internal consistency of this questionnaire. Two-hundred and ninety-six employees at two secure juvenile detention centers completed the TTEQ. The results suggest that the questionnaire is feasible to administer to a large group and has a factor structure corresponding to areas covered in the curriculum. A reliable and valid measure of trauma knowledge and attitudes is important to identifying the training needs for a particular facility.
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This study was supported by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SM061202-01) to Bellevue Hospital Center.
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Marr, M., Surko, M., Storfer-Isser, A. et al. Think Trauma Evaluation Questionnaire: Factor Structure and Feasibility of Large Scale Administration. Journ Child Adol Trauma 8, 229–235 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-015-0064-x
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