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It is the mission of Family Trauma Services to provide community-based comprehensive mental health treatment services to children, adolescents, and families. Family Trauma Services services are based on the philosophy that traumatic childhood experiences are often manifested in inappropriate “acting out” behaviors.  Family Trauma Services provides a coordinated, multi-therapeutic approach which simultaneously manages and modifies the problematic behavior while addressing the core trauma issues.  Family Trauma Services believes that youth are best supported within a family context, and that the family is best supported within the community.  Family Trauma Services focuses on empowering families to become less dependent on “the system” and preserving family togetherness.  Family Trauma Services recognizes that families needs are continually changing and, as an agency, we strive to adapt our services to meet the family’s evolving needs. 

Family Trauma Services conducts specialized treatment programs focusing on behavioral disorders, anxiety disorders, social skills, parenting skills, parent support, as well as programs designed to meet the needs of children and adolescents returning to the community from residential placements and/or placement in a correctional facility.   All of FTS’s clinical interventions are needs-driven, family-centered, and strengths-based.  Family Trauma Services has extensive experience working closely with youth in a variety of settings, including group homes, foster homes, shelters, independent living settings, and in their homes. 

Family Trauma Services treatment philosophy employs an ecological perspective, believing that the best way to work with a family is to involve all the systems that interact with it.  Whenever possible, Family Trauma Services involves all family members, extended family,  professionals (e.g., mental health professionals, therapists, probation officers, courts,  school staff), and community resources (e.g., coaches, church, neighbors, employers, family friends) in developing a treatment plan which is tailored to meet the individual needs of the entire family.   

As an integral part of the treatment services, FTS places a strong emphasis on advocating for client families.  In doing so, Family Trauma Service’s staff routinely consult and collaborate with all professionals involved with the youth and family and participate in IEP meetings, FAPT reviews, and court hearings. FTS Counselors work extensively with families and communities with the aim of encouraging families to access available resources in their community with the overall goal of  reducing dependency on clinical services by transitioning the family to more natural, less-intensive resources. 

Family Trauma Services is accustomed to working closely with schools, recreation centers, social service agencies, Community Mental Health Centers, job training facilities and other programs in the community to assist in establishing these relationships.  

Family Trauma Services continually strives to empower families to learn the skills to advocate for their needs, to assert their rights as clients in the system of care, and to obtain the support they need in their neighborhood and community.