Program:
Childcare Center Social Emotional Wellness program (CCSEW)
- Budget:
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$765,000
- Category:
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Health Care
- Population Served:
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Infants/Babies (under age 5)
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Adults
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Ethnic/Racial Minorities -- General
Program Description:
The Childcare Center Social Emotional Wellness program (CCSEW) provides(at no cost): play therapy for children; training for teachers, parents and "natural helpers"; parent-child therapy, and psychotherapy for adults in subsidized childcare centers. CCSEW initially provides intensive comprehensive services (40 hours per week) -- then gradually reduces services after the community becomes healthier and better able to support the children. Services onsite at childcare centers encourage participation. CCSEW contains built-in program monitoring and evaluation using pre and post tests (measuring therapy and workshop outcomes) to insure continuing program accountability, thereby shaping the program to meet the community's needs. This program is cost effective because of the utilization of trained master level interns and volunteers equaling approximately $600,000 per year.
Program Long-Term Success:
We anticipate that the long term success will be improved social and emotional wellness of the childcare community. Our objectives include:
a) Improve children’s social and emotional wellness, along with the improved skills of teachers and parent. The children will show improved, secure attachments, initiative in problem-solving, self-control --leading to increased learning readiness, educational achievement, decreased behavioral concerns
and becoming productive adults who are socially skilled and emotionally competent.
b) Improve teachers’ mental health status and assist them in becoming “therapeutic agents” for the children in their care.
c) Improve the parents’ mental health level and parent-child relationships. Healthy well functioning parents will be more able to reach their potential as parents, in the workplace or school, and as community members
d) Improve the overall health and functioning of everyone within the child development center community, as the above goals impact the entire community. Improved health will result in better relationships, better job performance, increased learning readiness, a more positive outlook and strengthen the community’s capacity building.
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Community Capacity Building program (CCB)
- Budget:
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$25,000
- Category:
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Community Development
- Population Served:
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Poor/Economically Disadvantaged, Indigent, General
Program Description:
Education for teachers and parents to become “therapeutic agents”, modeling these new skills for teachers in classrooms, training indigenous, culturally attuned, “natural helpers” who become therapeutic agents, teaching therapeutic skills and fostering interactions with caregivers and staff leading to increased acceptance and utilization of services.
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Program:
Play Therapy Academy
- Budget:
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$4,500
- Category:
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Education
- Population Served:
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Adults
Program Description:
The ABC Play Therapy Academy offers extensive education on health issues and techniques for therapists, students and teachers; training and supervision for graduate level interns and mental health professionals (providing Play Therapy and State of Florida continuing education credits); appropriate referrals; and literacy skills training for parents and teachers in collaboration with AmeriCorps and the Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition.
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Program:
Child & Family Center (fee-based)
- Budget:
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$15,000
- Category:
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Health Care
- Population Served:
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Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)
Program Description:
Services for individual clients ( infants, children and families) seeking psychotherapy
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