The Center on Trauma and Children (CTAC) is dedicated to the enhancement of the health and well-being of children and their families through research, service and dissemination of information about child abuse and trauma.
The Center is a coordinated partnership between the UK College of Social Work and the UK College of Medicine-Department of Psychiatry, and employs scientists and clinicians who are actively engaged in a wide range of basic and applied research investigations, program development and evaluation, clinical technology design, implementation, testing, dissemination, and public policy consultation. It is philosophically grounded in its commitment to the “clinical scientist” model that is the basis for translational research, and is driven by the commitment that research and clinical programming should result in demonstrably effective outcomes for children. Its location in the flagship university of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its long term collaborations with the executive and judicial branches of government have resulted in important public policy outcomes that have flowed from the Center’s research, clinical and educational activities.
College of Social Work