A systematic review of non-clinician trauma based interventions for school age youth

Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is increasingly globally recognised as a risk factor for health problems in later life. Awareness of ACEs and associated trauma is increasing in schools and educational settings, as well as demand for supportive services to deal with needs. However, there is a lack of clear evidence for effective interventions which can be delivered by non-clinicians (e.g., the school staff themselves). For this systematic review, we searched five electronic databases (Web of Science, Embase, Science Direct, Applied Social Sciences Index (ASSIA) and EBSCO) for studies published since January 2013. The review question was: What evidence exists for the efficacy of non-clinician delivered interventions for supporting trauma recovery or improvements in mental health in school-age youth (4-18 years) who have experienced ACEs? Search terms included: Trauma* OR \"Post-Traumatic Stress\" OR PTSD and Intervention* OR Treatment* and children OR youth and education OR..., This dataset was collected through a systematic literature search with the following terms: 
1. Trauma* OR \"Post-Traumatic Stress\" OR PTSD (Topic) 
2. and Intervention* OR Treatment* (Topic) 
3. and children OR youth OR young OR adolescen* (Topic)
4. and education OR school OR teach* OR play (Topic)
5. not review OR meta-analysis OR preschool OR pediatric OR longitudinal OR \"very young children\" OR toddlers (Topic)
Timespan: 2013-01-01 to 2023-04-04 (Index Date)
Five electronic databases – Web of Science, Embase, Science Direct, Applied Social Sciences Index (ASSIA) and EBSCO (including CINAHL Plus with Full Text, MEDLINE, APA PsycArticles, APA PsycInfo, Teacher Reference Center, and Education Research Complete) – were searched to identify relevant studies published in English
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* Search strategy used on different databases to produce all results included in the manuscript
* Summary of dataset used for analysis, including characteristics of studies included in the review
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* Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) Qualitative Studies Checklist
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