Our Family Time Coaches
Our Family Time Coaches are amazing at supporting parents in learning how to understand what their children need and how to meet those needs.
Positive Input
When parents receive positive input and feedback from the coach, they become eager to build on the skills they already have.
The Standard
We now use Visit Coaching as the standard for all our cases, and implement it at the beginning of the case in almost all cases.
Our successes have been supporting parents
Our successes have been supporting parents to feel more confident and effective as parents and allowing them to express feelings of guilt, loss and shame. Validating them has been the single most valuable tool we have in forming a trusting relationship between the coach and the parent.
We meet parents ‘where they are’
We meet parents ‘where they are at.’ Coaches take a non-judgmental stance and parents become remarkably vulnerable and willing to change.
Coaches help parents regain control
Coaches help parents regain control and feel a sense of pride and motivation during visits with their children. It is encouraging to them when they see that someone believes in them.
We see change in families
We see change in families: parents meeting their children’s needs, increasing visits throughout the week, and making the transition to overnight visits.
I felt as if everyone involved...
I felt as if everyone involved genuinely cared for me and my future. I’m very grateful for this program.
My coach is warm, compassionate
My coach is a warm, compassionate, and very knowledgeable person whom I greatly appreciate and value as I work towards bringing my children home. Penny is helping me learn how to be a better disciplinarian, how to better understand and address the different needs of my children, and I truly hope to learn from her how to be a more effective and confident mother for my children. I honestly appreciate Penny’s feedback—both positive and negative.
I have learned really amazing tools...
I have learned really amazing tools from David. It has helped me to create a more creative and explorative, curious, happy family. All of us have grown from this experience.
The non-judgment that I felt
The non-judgment that I felt throughout the entire process. Treated with respect.
I learned more about myself
I learned more about myself and moving past my past. Have to think more about myself so I can be happy to make my kids happy.
Friendly, safe environment
Friendly, safe environment made me feel comfortable and welcome. More peace and understanding about things going on in my life and insight into how past traumas have affected me today.
Thank you, Carmen
Thank you Carmen for standing by me and supporting me in my time of need.
I definitely learned things
I definitely learned things…how to deal with my son’s behaviors, and my daughter’s behaviors. Different ways of looking at it…how to show better attention to them and listen to them and set limits.
I smartened up
I smartened up and my main focus now is my son. I’m more focused and motivated and life has completely turned around. It was the reality check I needed.
I grew as a parent.
I grew as a parent. Yes, I did. Coaching got me to let go of everything and focus on my child.
I found what I knew
I found that what I knew I always had was with me. She reassured me; she supported me. It made a huge difference for me.