The findings indicate that the shortened CBT-CTG protocol, which is similar to what many community child bereavement programs offer, may be acceptable and effective for children. The children who participated in CBT-CTG reported significant improvement in adverse grieving, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, depression, and anxiety; and their parents reported significant improvement in their children's PTSD, as well as internalizing and total behavioral problems. Although PTSD significantly improved only during the trauma-focused module of treatment, traumatic grief improved significantly during both trauma-focused and grief-focused modules of treatment. Child satisfaction and parent satisfaction with the treatment protocol were strong. The authors advise that the CBT-CTG model requires further evaluation in randomized, controlled treatment trials. Thirty-nine children (ages 6 to 17 years old) with childhood traumatic grief and their parents received the CBT-CTG protocol between March 2004 and October 2005. The 12 sessions focused on identifying and managing feelings; relaxation/self-soothing skills; the management of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in coping with daily events; an analysis of coping skills; narratives of the trauma-related events; joint parent-child sessions; discussion of feelings about the deceased; creating positive memories of the deceased; recommitting to current relationships; and closure issues. CTG and PTSD symptoms were assessed at pretreatment, after the trauma-focused module, and after the grief-focused module (at posttreatment). Child depression, anxiety, and behavioral symptoms, as well as parental depression and PTSD symptoms, were assessed before and after treatment. 3 tables, 2 figures, and 26 references