CRISIS SERVICES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES Youth and Family Therapy: Our youth and family mentoring services provide direct professional support to caregivers of youth with intensive behavioral issue in order to improve the participant’s independence and inclusion in their community. The service includes assessment, development of a home treatment/support plan, training and technical assistance to carry out the plan, monitoring of the participant and other providers in the implementation of the plan and participation in the Child and Family Team meetings. Crisis counseling and family counseling may be also be provided. Youth and Family Mentoring: Youth and family mentoring services enhance participant functioning, life and social skills; prevent or reduce substance use/abuse; increase client competencies and build child and family’s strengths and resilience, and positive outcomes. This is accomplished through developing skills in identification of feelings; anger and emotional management; how to give and receive feedback; criticism and praise; problem-solving; decision making; assertive behavior; learning to resist negative peer pressure and develop pro-social peer interactions; improve communication skills; optimize developmental potential; address substance abuse and use issues; build and promote positive coping skills; learn how to have positive interactions with peers and adults, encourage therapeutic/positive play with or without parents/guardians, encourage positive community connections, and develop non-paid, natural supports for child and family . Team Facilitation: Our facilitation services provide short or long term life planning & support to children, teens, and young adults with developmental delays or emotional health needs, their families & support networks to assist them to plan most effectively for their futures. The goal of our facilitation team is to link persons served to basic necessities such as food, clothing, shelter and medical care; as well as, facilitate opportunities for them to further their education, develop friendships, participate in community activities, maintain employment, etc. Essentially, our goal is to partner with those we serve to link them to resources, which based on their individual interests and needs, improve their overall quality of life.
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