Focus on the Family

Family Focus is made to help parents get their life back on track and get their families back together. They have been providing home-based intervention services for over 25 years. They are there to help their parents create a safe and loving environment for children because they believe people can change. They are there to help the parent learn and understand what they are supposed to raise a child in a safe, warm, healthy environment. Family Focus had maintained a solid working relationship with the Department of Child Services since the beginning, although they fell under different categories at that time. Now they collectively fall under the Crisis Programs. As time passed the system grew, changed, and expanded a bit. They have created…

Advocacy Focus; My focus is to obtain a focus group that involve individuals and groups who will like to be heard like myself, I will influence them to get involve in politicians, I will use the media, arrange activities, fairs, rally’s to get more people involve. Our voice will be heard though our supporters and networking. Throughout this focus group we will remain confidential and optimistic of situations. My support group will make sure all change are positive. The purpose is to be…

In a test of 100 families Dr. Diana Baumrind found that children who were moderately spanked by their parents as a form of punishment had no long lasting psychological effects. 94 percent of children between ages three and four have been spanked at least once by their parents in the last year (). Doctors highly encourage the use of nonabusive spanking or no spanking at all. However, doctors have found a reduced level of misbehavior in children who have been non abusively spanked (). In society…

according to Justice Mclachin justice is the most important. There are other more important things than justice. There are three things to consider when thinking about justice. People have many different views on justice, family situations, and the quality of life. All these have a part to play when thinking about justice in the YCJA. Here are a few reasons why these examples will have a part to contribute to the YCJA. People have many different views about justice in the YCJA. People see…

When it comes to the final project our group decided to focus on family systems therapy. We decided that this would be an interesting form of therapy to look into also was nice that it is one that we learned about at the end of the semester. When it comes to family systems therapy the idea is that the family is seen as a whole unit and when something effects one person in the unit it actually effects all members of that unit. When looking at one person in that unit the best way to understand…

CM-Toby completing discharge ISP for Julia. CM was unable to conduct a formal discharge meeting due to no contact with the Saginario family. Prior CM conducted a CFT back on 5/11/17 and since then CM-Toby have not been able to get in contact with the family since that date. CM-Toby made multiple attempts to call the family, left voice messages and no contact letters was even sent out to the Saginario family. CM-Toby have moved forward with discharging Julia from CMO services. Julia was…

It will also analyse what is homelessness with statistics and social support and its theory. Looking at the organisation called focus Ireland and the aspect of provision of social support will be discussed. The understanding of homelessness is a process as it was clarified in the European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion (ETHOS). This allows a better understanding of young people’s pathways to homelessness (Feantsa,…

their jobs, family roles, community roles, etc.’, this research focuses on athletes who play or played team sports during high school and college. Within a wealth of literature on the topic, evidence shows that athletes find success and happiness in life when the skills the athletes learned while playing team sports transfer to life-skills. Examples gathered in this research describe the advantages and how the advantages can transfer from skills athletes learned while playing team sports to…

a. What specific social conditions, needs, or problems does your practicum agency address? What criteria or measures are used to document the seriousness of the problem or conditions? The main focus of Family Focus is to address child abuse and neglect by providing home-based homemaker, casework, and therapy services to at risk families. These services include, but are not limited to parenting education, improving the safety and condition of the home, teaching life skills, administering…

planning is an essential component in family planning. It helps to identify the personal goals of having children or to not have children. Furthermore, the plan can provide confidence in women regarding the preparation needed prior to getting pregnant. According to studies unplanned pregnancies in the US is 50% (Coffey, K. & Shorten, A. 2012). The challenge is how can the public be educated on reproductive life planning and how can men and women participate. Goals may be different in every women…