What does Family Advocacy promote?

• Services and supports based on family-identified needs and strengths
  

• Equal partnerships with families in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of services
  

• Family involvement in all aspects of a child’s care
  

What do Family Advocates provide?

• Wrap-around services for families including assistance with referrals to community resources
  

• Support transitioning into post-secondary services
  

• Assistance with a child’s educational process
  

• Services in the home or community to ensure full participation by all family members
  

• Assistance for family members to be equal partners in all levels of assessment, planning, and implementation of services for their children
  

What skills do Family Advocates teach?

• Social and emotional skill instruction
  

• Anger management skill development
  

• Behavior management strategies
  

• Conflict resolution
  

• Mediation
  

• Healthy relationship-building techniques
  

For more information on family advocacy, please contact our Director of Family Advocacy

Ms. Julienne Foy at 203-977-5690.

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