Become a Family First Agency
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
BEHAVORIAL 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
BEHAVORIAL 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 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
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?
Parents that have safety restored to their home, greater hope, and confidence in their parenting.
You are known as an agency that builds stronger families by focusing on the PARENTS.
Parents that have safety restored to their home, greater hope, and confidence in their parenting.
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, hope, and confidence. 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.
Agency Packet Materials
Michelle Alden has the best parent training program for trauma cases.
-Ron FedericI, Psy.D.
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
