Family Preservation Services provide in-home family therapy, parent skills training and youth mentoring services to families at-risk. The goal of Family Preservation Services is to help children thrive in their homes, schools and communities. Families may be experiencing difficulties related to child or adolescent behavior problems and mental health concerns as well as the effects of child abuse or neglect, trauma and poverty. Family Preservation Services typically work with families with children or adolescents up to age 18. Each Family Preservation program site provides unique services tailored to the needs of the community.
120 S. Barstow Street Eau Claire, WI 54701 Contact: Mike Bauer (715) 832-2221 mike.bauer@lsswis.org
809 Park Avenue Beaver Dam, WI 53916 Contact: Maisi Schrauth (920) 887-3172 maisi.schrauth@lsswis.org
131 S. Main Street Fond du Lac, WI 54935 Contact: Maisi Schrauth (920) 410-1154 maisi.schrauth@lsswis.org
727 8th Street Baraboo, WI 53913 Contact: Shannon Robinson (608) 355-4103 shannon.robinson@lsswis.org
612 N. Randall Avenue Janesville, WI 53545 Contact: Emily Tofte (608) 752-7660 ext. 5117 emily.tofte@lsswis.org
The Family Interaction Program is a multi-dimensional service to families to promote attachment and permanence in a safe and supervised setting. The core philosophy is that family interaction is a process, not a place. This program is not specifically a building or a place to go, but a service that occurs in the most natural setting safely available to the individual family. Interactions could occur at the library, in the foster home, at school, in a park, or at the home of the parent(s), in addition to a formal location. While family interaction is a restrictive and imposed setting, it should be one of rehabilitation and not punishment.
Our family-centered interaction program goals include:
Traditionally, a family moves from the most restrictive setting to increased flexibility. LSS works with the family and case manager to design the component most fitting to the parent(s) skills and emotional impact for the child. The duration and frequency is also individualized to the family and the developmental stage of the child.
120 S. Barstow Eau Claire, WI 54701 Contact: Ann Larsen (715) 832-2221, ext. 2121 ann.larsen@lsswis.org
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