Clients
SMART is designed for children and adolescents who have experienced complex stress and traumatic exposures including medical procedures, loss, neglect, emotional maltreatment, physical abuse, accidents, severe bullying, witness to violence in the home or community, or impaired caregiving due to medical or mental illness, incarceration, or substance abuse.
For many families, there is a cycle of intergenerational violence and neglect, such that whole families suffer from the effects of complex trauma. While trauma happens to everyone, it disproportionately affects those who are subject to poverty and systemic racism.