Newsletter June 2014

Counseling and school professionals advise “battle-weary” parents frequently don’t consider or simply aren’t aware of viable in-home options worth consideration.  So, the child embarks (often kicking & screaming) on a series of out-of-home placements.Though the referrals and placements are all well intended and potentially effective, such drastic interventions can also bring about premature/unnatural “separation and individuation” and potentially build negative self-perceptions and feelings of abandonment that can last a lifetime.

Our goal is to keep children, teens and young adults safe without unnecessary removal or long separations from the family in out-of-home programs. Our services are designed to support families in crisis in which children or adolescents are either at imminent risk of being sent away, or having already been placed outside of their homes.

The Family Assessments are specifically customized to suit the needs of each family.  We work with a cross-section of families to include traditional intact families, divorced or separated families and blended or step-families.

PRN for Families understands it is important to reduce barriers to services by being accessible and flexible, and taking the services into families homes. If you have any families you think could benefit from the services we provide, please contact us.