LAUSD/RAND/UCLA Trauma Services Adaptation Center for Schools is a partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District School Mental Health Services, RAND Health, UCLA Health Services Research Center, and the UCLA Child Anxiety Program.

Los Angeles Unified School District, School Mental Health (SMH) Services  School Mental Health professionals promote the mental health, well-being and academic achievement of all students. School Mental Health professionals support positive student connections with peers, family, school and community to facilitate student development. They also facilitate the ability to successfully deal with problems, crises, or traumatic experiences. Furthermore, School Mental Health professionals foster resiliency - the ability to bounce back from challenges with a stronger sense of self-confidence and coping capacity - by promoting healthy relationships, self-reflection and problem-solving skills to optimize school success.

In 2005, LAUSD was awarded a SAMHSA grant to establish the LAUSD Trauma Services Adaptation (TSA) Center for Schools as a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. In partnership with RAND and UCLA, the mission is to improve the quality and access of care for children and their families dealing with psychological trauma of community violence. CBITS was developed through this partnership and is the only evidence-based program proven to be effective in reducing the symptoms of traumatized youth in schools.

UCLA Health Services Research Center's mission is to improve treatment, health care delivery and quality of life for persons with psychiatric and neurological disorders across the life span. In addition, we seek to inform public policy decisions and understand the implications of changes and public policy for persons with psychiatric and neurological disorders. Researchers from UCLA and RAND have been engaged in a collaborative project with LAUSD in order to develop and evaluate programs that are relevant and appropriate for children, families, and schools. The CBITS program was developed through this collaboration.

UCLA Child and Adolescent OCD, Anxiety, & Tic Disorders Program is a clinical research program that specializes in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety and related problems in children and adolescents. Our primary goal is to provide effective treatments for youngsters suffering from anxiety disorders.  Researchers from UCLA and RAND have been engaged in a collaborative project with LAUSD in order to develop and evaluate programs that are relevant and appropriate for children, families, and schools.

The RAND Health Center conducts multidisciplinary research aimed at improving health and safety. For more than fifty years RAND has been working to improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. RAND Health continues that tradition advancing understanding of health and health behaviors and examining how the organization and financing of care affect costs, quality, and access. Researchers from RAND and UCLA work with LAUSD mental health staff to develop programs that are relevant and appropriate for students, their families, and their schools. The CBITS program was developed through this partnership.

The mission of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the US. The Trauma Services Adaptation (TSA) Center provides national expertise on specific types of traumatic events in schools. The TSA supports the goals of educators by assisting Network sites to adopt, implement, and sustain evidence-based interventions in schools across the country that promote improvement in academic outcomes.

The US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has sharply focused its mission on building resilience and facilitating recovery for people with or at risk for mental or substance use disorders. SAMHSA's National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) is designed to improve treatment and services for all children and adolescents in the United States who have experienced traumatic events.