• UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTING THE DIAGNOSIS/CONDITION: Accurate information and treatment planning, coping with life changes.
• NUCLEAR FAMILY DYNAMICS: Family Dynamics are as individual as a fingerprint. New challenges can shift the structure, creating stress. Focus on balancing the new structure.
• THE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP: Explores parental and marital roles, communication challenges, time issues and shifting priorities common to couples.
• SIBLING ISSUES: Siblings face unique challenges and birth order impacts this. Jealousy, guilt, resentment and loyalty are common emotions.
• DISCIPLINE: We as parents face special challenges around discipline issues. We will discuss common pitfalls with ways to increase confidence.
• DEALING WITH THE COMMUNITY: Expectation of others are not always realistic. Strategies for everyday life situations will be explored.
• EXTENDED FAMILY ISSUES: Grandparents, aunts and uncles, close family friends and other significant relationships are part of everyday life.
• FINANCIAL CONCERNS AND LIFE PLANNING: Do you feel confident in the area of finances? Do you have a long-term financial plan in place? We will have experts in this area, address individual concerns in this segment.
• SELF CARE: Do we take ourselves into consideration? Avoiding burn out, emotional fatigue, and replenishing ourselves appropriately.

• Directed by a BCBG Certified Behavior Consultant and speech therapist to increase socialization/ communication for children with special needs.
• Occupational and physical therapy also available upon request.

Groups now forming for our state-of-the art 12 week program that considers
the needs of the whole child within the context of family and community.

• Our physcial therapist will expose your child to a variety of ways to be physical and connect with their bodies in twice weekly sessions.
• Our registered dietitian and licensed social worker will work with your child to discover an intuitive eating approach to diet.
• Parents will meet in a group twice a month to discuss family lifestyle changes that will support the child. Topics will include power struggles, easy food prep and role-modeling.