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Support Groups for Children and Young Adults
As part of the program, NFRC Counselors keep parents up to date on their child’s progress and offer advice and counsel on how to reinforce the lessons and coping skills their children are learning. In addition, parents are asked to participate in key sessions. As a result, parents are helped to better understand their children's needs and ways in which they can be supportive.
6 & 7 Year Old Group
Activities and topics for discussion are selected based upon assessment of the children's needs. A number of activities have been developed to help children identify helpful and non-helpful patterns of behavior in expressing feelings and dealing with problems, including:
The framework of the group allows children to:
Sessions are available two times a year. Not sure if your child needs counseling? Click here for information on how to find out |
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These programs are designed to help children and young adults better understand their feelings and give voice to their emotions in healthy ways as a critical foundation for the healing process. Based on their age and emotional and developmental levels, the children and young adults are guided toward an understanding of what is happening in their worlds so they are able to separate situations that they cannot control from those that they can. As a result, they develop a realistic view of the changes occurring in their families, as well as healthy communication and relationship-building skills, which help them realize a sense of peace and hope throughout their lives.
The Support Groups for Children and Young Adults consist of 10-12 weekly sessions and two additional multiple family sessions which include parents and significant others. Groups are offered twice a year. Each group includes approximately 10 participants, with group discussion and activities led by professional therapists and, when appropriate, NFRC-trained peer counselors.
The six and seven year old groups meet for 1 1/2 hours each week over a period of nine weeks. During the first 45 minutes of each group session, the children participate in group activities specifically geared to encouraging discussion. In the last 45 minutes of each session, parents join their children for multifamily activities and discussion (either or both parents may participate in these multi-family groups, or parents may choose to alternate weeks).