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in Development |
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Plans are underway to launch the Family Works
Center in May 2006. The Family Works Center was
developed following last year’s closing of the residential
treatment program at the Salesmanship Club Youth Camp.
The Family Works Center will house three innovative new
programs, which will combine prevention, early intervention,
and treatment services for children and their families.
Services offered by the Family Works Center will include:
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After school day treatment for troubled
adolescents and their parents through the Therapeutic
After School Program.
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Comprehensive assessment services for
young children and their families through the Infant
- Child Comprehensive Assessment Program.
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Parent - child training for families
with young children to encourage language and social
development through Family Life Education.
This innovative new center will be located in an underserved
area of Dallas. An exact location has not yet been determined.
Please check back with us frequently for current information
on the development of these exciting new programs.
Staff
Dr. Jim Calvert has been named director of the Family Works
Center. Jim has been the Chief Psychologist for SCYFC's Family Therapy
team for four years and brings a wealth of experience in program development
and management as well as extensive clinical experience.
Dr. Ken Graves is the associate director of the FWC
and the Coordinator of the Infant-Child Comprehensive Assessment Program.
Ken has been a psychologist with the Family Therapy team for three years
and is experienced in working with young children with developmental and
behavioral issues.
Maria Treviño Powers is the coordinator of the Family
Works Center’s Family Life Education Program. Maria has been a bilingual
therapist with the Family Therapy team for nine years and piloted a program
earlier this year with Dr. Graves to provide counseling and support for
families of preschoolers with developmental and behavioral challenges.
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