Welcome to our newest Family First certified agency -
Stillwaters Counseling in Blackfoot, ID
An alternative to residential treatment:
Intensive In-Home Program for Kids with Severe Emotional Disturbance
We need better solutions for helping struggling families.
But you already knew that, right?
Parents are burned out, hopeless and nothing seems to work.
Intensive In-Home Program for Kids with Severe Emotional Disturbance
We need better solutions for helping struggling families.
But you already knew that, right?
Parents are burned out, hopeless and nothing seems to work.
With lots of services provided to a child…
Why do families continue to struggle with escalating and increasing
aggression
violence
chaos
PTSD
emotional issues
behavioral issues
and more.
The real question is…
Why do we continue to focus on services for the child?
Why do families continue to struggle with escalating and increasing
aggression
violence
chaos
PTSD
emotional issues
behavioral issues
and more.
The real question is…
Why do we continue to focus on services for the child?
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CHILD SERVICES
Counseling Talk therapy Play therapy Medication Services in the school Medication changes Family therapy Hospitalizations Residential treatment options CBRS And more |
PARENT SERVICES
Respite Classes |
What if we flipped it?
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CHILD SERVICES
Counseling Meds Management |
PARENT SERVICES
Back in control Restore safety Practice de-escalation Eliminating power struggles Schedule the day Teaching values/sense of “family” Become a “solid object” Keep them close for bonding Identify individual goals Use mantras Teach social stories Teach feeling words |
What if we started seeing parents as HEROES and not failures?
We believe its the start of a PARENT-CENTERED movement.
But...how do you take burned out, hopeless, stressed parents and turn them into heroes?
The FAMILY FIRST WAY
We believe its the start of a PARENT-CENTERED movement.
But...how do you take burned out, hopeless, stressed parents and turn them into heroes?
The FAMILY FIRST WAY
Here is how you'll do it:
- Send your struggling parents to the Family First Parent Training (on-line monthly)
- Receive Michelle’s recommendation (see below)
- Be a hero to the parents (by providing services for them--not just their child)
90-day Intensive in-home program RECOMMENDED |
Intensive in-home program NOT RECOMMENDED |
Idaho Medicaid -- Enrollment in YES program -- Paperwork completed and returned to Healthy Foundations -- Authorization requested -- Program start date determined after authorization is received (program provided by Michelle or certified agency) Private-pay option |
-- Parents have new skills for challenging behavior -- Michelle can follow-up with referral counselor after training -- Additional help (if needed): -- Michelle offers a 2-day IN-HOME consulting package -- Private-pay in-home program option is available at parent's request |
OR, BETTER YET, provide Family First at your agency and we will show you how.
Family First at YOUR AGENCY
Here is what you get:
1. Training for your Special Units Teams
2. Access to Michelle and our Learning Management System
3. On-going support and encouragement
1. Training for your Special Units Teams
2. Access to Michelle and our Learning Management System
3. On-going support and encouragement
What can you expect?
Better outcomes
Parents feel supported and hopeful
You are known as an agency that builds stronger families by focusing on the PARENTS
Better outcomes
Parents feel supported and hopeful
You are known as an agency that builds stronger families by focusing on the PARENTS
Michelle gets challenging kids.
She’s worked with them for almost 20 years.
The last 7 years she’s spent in homes, working with desperate families to restore safety and hope.
So don’t fear. While it is challenging work, she will guide your agency through all the start-up aspects
and train and support your teams to provide a successful program.
She’s worked with them for almost 20 years.
The last 7 years she’s spent in homes, working with desperate families to restore safety and hope.
So don’t fear. While it is challenging work, she will guide your agency through all the start-up aspects
and train and support your teams to provide a successful program.
We need to teach the adults how to regulate themselves, how to have realistic expectations of the children, how to give them opportunities that are achievable and have success and coach them through the process of helping children who are struggling. -Bruce Perry, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Fellow of the Child Trauma Academy in Houston, Texas
