Child and Family Focus is committed to developing relationships with the local community members and groups that have the best interest of children, individuals and families at hand. We believe that in order to empower our consumers, we must support their involvement in their own community through the development of natural supports and eventual participation in service to others.  Therefore, as we live and work within the community, we are privileged to be involved in the “Full Circle” of a lifetime of learning, spiritual growth, personal empowerment and collaborative support.

In effort to promote awareness and accurate information, Child and Family Focus is committed to meeting the needs of local organizations and businesses by providing topic related conferences and training seminars. Our team is experienced in presenting curriculum to the county school systems, local churches, businesses, corporations and community groups. The following workshops are examples of recent trainings and workshops provided by our staff members.

• Basic Skills of Becoming a Love and Logic Parent
   
  
• Abstinence – The Value of a Gift
   
  
• Employee Motivation and Moral
   
  
• Clean Kids – Drug Abuse Prevention and Protection

Educational Programs

“Working it”

Vocational Evaluation - evaluation that combines computerized assessments and standardized tests to determine, enhance and support an individual in their career endeavors.                                                                                                                      

Lifestyle Needs and Assessment – A full snapshot of the individual is assessed in their home and on-the-job in order to determine strengths and weakness related to personal goals and needs. The assessment is typically preformed after a reoccurring needs presents and the consumer’s wishes to develop and/ remediate best practices for that situation.                                           

Employment Skills Training – Individualized and group training sessions that will address various hard and soft employment skills necessary to be effective long-term in the workplace.                                                                                              

Resource classes – Assist individuals by providing a resource referral lab to build resumes, fax, and call perspective employee.  Assistance with placement and/ referral to competitive employers. Instruction is placed on assisting a person as they prepare and integrate into competitive employment. Assist the consumer to choose an appropriate, desirable job consistent with aptitudes and interests.                                                                                                    

Community Internship and Mentoring - Involved local business interview and hire the consumer for a short term 1-3 month internship. Local Volunteer Professional community members are assigned to appropriate students to mentor and support professional goals.

Post Employment Support – provides additional support in an effort to maintain employment after the traditional closure of case. These services are individualized based upon the work plan.

“Living It”

Life Skills 101 -

This program is offered to adolescents and young adults who are in immediate need of realistic living skills necessary to survive successfully independent of parents and providers. This effective program is unique in that instruction is delivered in the, at the students home and in their community. Course instruction includes the following topics:

• On your own but not alone-
  Identifying Your Support Network
  Local Available Community Resources
  Asking for Help: Trusting Safe People and Groups
  Your needs, remembering your strengths and recognizing the red flags.
  

• Budgeting and Financial Planning
  Opening a bank account
  Weekly budget plans
  Keeping track of your funds
  Over spending strategies
  

• Your Own Pad - renting, furniture and utilities
  Understanding a lease agreement
  Setting up all necessary services
  Home security, good neighbors and tenant rights

• Eat Up- Groceries, Cooking and Cleaning
  Shopping with skill
  Healthy Fast Food at Home
  

• Good Rides - driving to success
  Department of Transportation Requirements
  Obtaining a safe ride
  Road Readiness
  

• Working It- Finding and Keeping a Good Job
  Vocational Assessments
  Marketable Skills and Continuing Education
  Resume Preparation, Job Search and Interview Skills
  Community Mentors, Internships and Job Support
  

• Surfing the Web
  Everyone’s Space - Predator Protection
  Navigating the Web World
  

Family and Parenting Class

“Baby Time”
This is a six series revolving weekly program involving all ages of parents who are in need of comprehensive, general parenting skills, awareness and knowledge. This course reviews the Basic Parenting Strategies designed to help parents gain basic skills and interventions.

• The Gift of Yourself- Personal Plans
• The Dirt on Sex- Details on Sex and Safe Relationships ( two part series)
• Baby Time- Readiness, basic care and hygiene
• My Nerves- Parent Care and Support
• Logical Love- Age Appropriate Discipline Strategies
• Smart , Loving Parents = Safe, Happy Kids  – Going from Today to Great

“Love and Logic”
Love and Logic teaches a four-step process for turning children’s mistakes and misbehavior into opportunities for learning and building self-esteem. Raise children who are respectful, self-confident, motivated, and ready for the real world with this win-win approach to parenting. Parenting with Love and Logic puts the fun back into parenting! After attending the Love and Logic Workshop you will be on your way…

• You can quit fighting with your kids
• Let them make lots of mistakes while the price tag is low
• Teach them to solve their own problems
• Keep showing them they are loved without sacrificing good parenting

Love and Logic is a 5 series course that extensively trains parents and educators on these proven effective behavioral techniques. A certificate, official workbook and online support is included with the weekly classroom instruction.

Family Violence Intervention Programs

Judges, prosecutors, probation, and victim advocates initiated the FVIP certification process to create consistency and accountability for those in need of intensive theraputic intervention targetting the elimination of domestic violence. This  class is typically \ court ordered and is specific intensive treatment for violent or abusive individuals specifically targeting domestic violence, rather than more generic and often inappropriate and inadequate treatment for anger management.  Certified FVIPs are required to implement safety features designed to enhance safety for victims of family violence.  Safety features include:

1. Victim contact by advocates trained in safety planning;
2. Compliance and termination notifications sent to courts and probation; and,
3. Curriculum requirements based on national best practices to minimize victim blaming and to maximize offender change.
• Length:  FVIPs within the CFF program consist of  24 classes in 27 weeks.