FAMILY CAPACITY CENTRE

This program serves children, youth and families in Red Deer and surrounding environs that may qualify for services within the Child & Family Services Authority. Maintaining a systemic framework the considered "client" would be the nuclear family. These families would be seen as under distress based on the problems that the young person is exhibiting and there may be other mental health and substance abuse issues or violence existing within the family. Problems could be seen as developmental as the family transitions through different life stages or more long standing based on unresolved grief, past traumatic influences, and the impact of poverty and violence upon family functioning.

There are five program components of this service that may be accessed in any combination as determined through an initial screening of family needs and resources. They are as follows:

1. Residential Stabilization & Assessment Services
  • Provides four beds for youth 11-16 years that would serve as a short-term acute intervention designed to stabilize the young person and to complete a quick assessment of family needs and resources.
  • At the completion of a two week stabilization period recommendations would be made regarding the transition of the young person out of the residence and into outpatient services or an alternative placement.
  • A comprehensive clinical family assessment and short planning and transition period could entail up to a maximum stay of 60 days.
  • This program may also serve as a "step-down" from such intensive services as secure services and/or the hospital, which would allow for a further period dedicated to stabilization, assessment and planning.
  • This program may also provide a safe residential intervention for street youth at risk to being involved in the commercial sex trade as described in the PCHIP legislation.
2. School Program
  • Provides curriculum-based instruction to young people in the residential program as well as community students.
  • Individual Program Plans are integrated with family treatment goals and tailored to the individual needs of the young person in conjunction with their family and involved professionals.
  • Teaching staff have a focus designed to make learning attractive and successful for young people.
3. Intensive Clinical In-Home Family Treatment Services
  • This strength-based service promotes self-agency for all family members by helping them to recognize their own expertise in regard to their family strengths and offering them interpersonal strategies for optimum family functioning through various modalities.
  • May be an intensive "front-end" treatment service that will provide family enhancement services while the young person is still in the home.
  • May also be utilized on "back-end" of more intensive interventions as a means of re-integrating the young person into the family home.
  • Services will be provided for up to six months and includes a 24 hour on-call support to families.
  • Services will be tailored to individual family needs as determined through the initial screening and assessment with access to any of the services provided by the outpatient clinical family treatment services.
4. Outpatient Clinical Family Treatment Services
  • There is a comprehensive range of clinical services available to families including:
  1. Clinical, Psychological and Family Assessment
  2. Individual and Family Therapy
  3. Group Therapy
  4. Parent Education and Support Groups
  5. Parenting and Family Violence Assessments
  6. Intensive early intervention services for pre-school children and their families affected by family violence
  7. Behavioural Service Plans and Report Cards for court
  8. Clinical Case Consultation for caseworkers and other professionals
  9. Walk-In Clinic (single session, solution focused)
  10. Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services
  • Outreach is provided to "street affected" young people at risk to commercial sexual exploitation as described under the Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution (PCHIP) legislation.
  • Addiction treatment may be delivered concurrently through a multilevel intervention approach possibly including: Outreach, Day Treatment, Residential Treatment and Outpatient Therapy.
5. After-Care Support Services
  • This less intensive, individualized service would be offered to families for a period of up to three months post-discharge form the Day Treatment Program or the In-Home Family Treatment Program.
  • The purpose of this service is to provide on-going support to the family from service providers intimately acquainted with family issues.
  • Emphasis is placed upon cementing learnings from previous involvement through consultations and developing useful linkages to community supports.
For more information or to make a referral, contact Parkland Youth Homes: (403) 340-3040

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