The goal for all Youth in foster care is for them to safely live in a permanent family home. For some Youth, this is compromised because of the combined social, emotional, and behavioral impairments they struggle with and the challenges experienced by the family in effectively addressing these impairments. This leads these Youth to be removed from the family home and placed in residential treatment.
This conversation will focus on identifying and addressing the wide range of challenging social, emotional, and behavioral issues that impact youth as they prepare to transition from residential treatment back into a family. These issues include the following:
- Impact of permanency, loss, attachment & trauma on Youth before, during, and after placement in residential treatment.
- Fundamentals principles of residential treatment and their impact on the development of relationships.
- Importance of facilitated conversations and visitation ahead of the transition.
- Integrating multi-disciplinary intervention strategies to promote a successful transition.
- Supporting the Youth and Family after the transition.