San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Inc. http://www.movinglivesforward.org 1. The type of prevention is: Secondary Prevention
a. This agency provides secondary prevention to its cliental because it primarily focuses on a high-risk population: people with serious emotional disorders, severe and persistent mental illness.
2. The main functions of this agency are to: ease clients into everyday life by helping them reach their highest potential, offer individualized and effectual therapy services, educate on the benefits of therapy and raising awareness.
3. The target population is the immediate community which would be residents located in the Van Nuys area.
4. Some of the many programs that are offered are:
a. Outpatient …show more content…
There are so many families who go through bad times and need help from their community. These places, especially the ones that focus on helping low-income families are making such a huge difference in the world. People should not be denied mental health counseling because of what their income is, what languages they speak or don’t, etc. I also learned that you cannot find out everything simply by depending on the internet, there were instances where I had to personally call and ask about a question because some things are too private to have on their website. o Your overall thoughts on the resources you found in the community? I was very surprised to learn that there were so many resources for children and their families out here in the valley. I was working at a mental health center for children last summer and after seeing all the great benefits and how much difference these places make, I am so happy that they are all over the area. Another thing that I really enjoyed was that a lot of these locations focus on similar things but also some have an emphasis on different things. For example, some locations focus on counseling while others focus on …show more content…
These families already go through so much so I would not want to burden them with yet another reason to stress. The program would focus on both the parent and the child/children both as individuals and in a group setting. I believe it is important to give each person individual and undivided attention to help solve one problem at a time before involving multiple people in one sitting. I think a lot of times there is a huge problem with communication between parents and their children so when there is something bad going on children are afraid to speak up or do not have a close enough relationship with the parent to do so. I would also make sure that the child’s needs come first and are taken care of both respectfully and privately. Suffering abuse and neglect is already horrible and embarrassing enough for a child, having to relive it and discuss it is hard, so I would do everything I could to make it an experience that they can forgive and move on
a. This agency provides secondary prevention to its cliental because it primarily focuses on a high-risk population: people with serious emotional disorders, severe and persistent mental illness.
2. The main functions of this agency are to: ease clients into everyday life by helping them reach their highest potential, offer individualized and effectual therapy services, educate on the benefits of therapy and raising awareness.
3. The target population is the immediate community which would be residents located in the Van Nuys area.
4. Some of the many programs that are offered are:
a. Outpatient …show more content…
There are so many families who go through bad times and need help from their community. These places, especially the ones that focus on helping low-income families are making such a huge difference in the world. People should not be denied mental health counseling because of what their income is, what languages they speak or don’t, etc. I also learned that you cannot find out everything simply by depending on the internet, there were instances where I had to personally call and ask about a question because some things are too private to have on their website. o Your overall thoughts on the resources you found in the community? I was very surprised to learn that there were so many resources for children and their families out here in the valley. I was working at a mental health center for children last summer and after seeing all the great benefits and how much difference these places make, I am so happy that they are all over the area. Another thing that I really enjoyed was that a lot of these locations focus on similar things but also some have an emphasis on different things. For example, some locations focus on counseling while others focus on …show more content…
These families already go through so much so I would not want to burden them with yet another reason to stress. The program would focus on both the parent and the child/children both as individuals and in a group setting. I believe it is important to give each person individual and undivided attention to help solve one problem at a time before involving multiple people in one sitting. I think a lot of times there is a huge problem with communication between parents and their children so when there is something bad going on children are afraid to speak up or do not have a close enough relationship with the parent to do so. I would also make sure that the child’s needs come first and are taken care of both respectfully and privately. Suffering abuse and neglect is already horrible and embarrassing enough for a child, having to relive it and discuss it is hard, so I would do everything I could to make it an experience that they can forgive and move on