Services

Monitored Visitation
This is observational visitation with a monitor, who is with the children at all times. This level of monitoring is most appropriate for parents who have an ongoing relationship with their children, and need an impartial, neutral party to observe, coach, and be available if needed, but stay in the back round of the visit.

Therapeutic Visitation
Visitation is performed by a licensed mental health professional, helping parents/relatives and children have a healthy visit, with the observer intervening as necessary, to handle difficult issues and addressing parenting concerns. This service is most appropriate, when the parent and child have been estranged, and need a warming up period, as well, as when parents may have substance abuse, mental health and violence issues.

Exchanges
We offer times for parents to use our facility to drop off and pick up for unsupervised visitation. We require that each parent sign in and out for the exchanges, and we monitor their behavior and head off any possible conflicts that could make the child uncomfortable.

Re-Unification
This is also performed by a licensed mental health provider, and is similar to Therapeutic Visitation, but requires more direct intervention to get children and parents to develop a new relationship, discuss gaps in their relationship, formulate plans to be more consistent, deal with anger issues of the child, and mediate between parent and child.

Interactive Evaluations
This is performed by the Clinical Director, and offers parents a structured, short term plan to meet with both parents, evaluate the behavior of the children with one or both parents, and provide a report to the GAL or Family Services. This assesses suitability of unsupervised visitation, and has nothing to do with custody.

Co-Parenting Mediation
This is agreed upon mediation between both parents to structure a plan for parenting access, and to help both parents see the needs of their children. Often this service is offered after Therapeutic Visitation has been on going and is concluding. The parents still need assistance in scheduling, parental interaction, language they use around the child, and creating workable plans in both homes.

Coaching
This service is offered as both parent coaching and as visitation coaching. Parent Coaching, offers parents a knowledgeable person, often a parent themselves, to encourage, coach and offer suggestions in handling childhood matters. Visitation Coaching offers to parents, ways to handle parenting access, how to handle things that children say, normalizes the two families, and creates solutions that both parents can agree to.

NOTE: All Prospective Parents must have an intake prior to beginning Visitation.