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CAMP APAC is a week-long summer camp for waiting and adoptive children ages 12 to 18, along with their siblings living in the same household. Children in the permanent custody of the state with a plan of adoption are also eligible to attend.

Camp To Belong is a 6-day, 5-night camp that reunites siblings ages 8 to 18 separated in out-of-home care including foster, adoption, or kinship homes. Camp To Belong strengthens sibling relationships by providing youth with a place to connect, create memories, and normalize their experiences with out-of-home care.

Catawba County Social Services Success Coach Service program provides the following services free of charge to adoptive families: connecting families to community resources, helping parents assess child’s needs, providing adoption education and training, offering opportunities to connect with other adoptive families, offering support for special school needs, helping families manage crisis, providing individual, family, and group counseling, and teaching parenting strategies that work. Services are usually provided monthly via face-to-face sessions for 1 to 3 hours with the family. However, sessions can be completed through virtual means, community visits, or other settings to meet the needs of the family. Duration [...]

Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI) is a brief (5-8 session), evidence-based early intervention for children 7 to 18 years old and young children ages 3 – 6 that reduces traumatic stress reactions and the onset of PTSD. CFTSI is implemented within 30-45 days following a traumatic event or the disclosure of physical or sexual abuse. CFTSI is used successfully with children with extensive trauma histories. In addition, CFTSI can act as a seamless introduction to longer-term treatment and other mental health interventions when necessary. CFTSI is completed by conducting individual meetings with the caretaker and the child before [...]

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) is a play-based treatment program for young children presenting with behavioral, emotional, social and attachment concerns. CPRT is a way to strengthen the relationship between a parent and child by using 30-minute play times once a week. CPRT is an intervention grounded in the child-centered play therapy philosophy. In CPRT, parents are taught specific skills that focus on enhancing a secure attachment with their child and helping parents attune to and respond to their child’s underlying needs to address symptoms. Parents also learn to effectively limit their child’s misbehavior. CPRT was developed for children ages 3 [...]

CRP provides home- and community-based services to help children/adolescents with mental health challenges transition back to the community from out-of-home placements, such as residential treatment centers (RTCs), hospitals, foster homes, and shelters. After a youth is determined eligible for this program, a care coordinator works with the caregiver, school, RTC, and other professionals to develop a wraparound plan to help ensure a successful and permanent placement. Once this is in place, the youth returns home and weekly team meetings are held to make sure all of the youth and family’s needs are addressed in all areas (safety, physical & mental [...]

Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) is an intervention model for children aged 0-5 who have experienced at least one traumatic event (e.g. maltreatment, the sudden or traumatic death of someone close, a serious accident, sexual abuse, exposure to domestic violence) and/or are experiencing mental health, attachment, and/or behavioral problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The treatment is based in attachment theory but also integrates psychodynamic, developmental, trauma, social learning, and cognitive behavioral theories. CPP is delivered weekly for 1 to 1.5 hours, and services are provided in the home, community agency, outpatient clinic, or school for approximately one year.

Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program (PSB-CBT) serves families with youth who have demonstrated sexual behavior problems. PSB-CBT treats youth across three age groups: ages 3 – 6, ages 7 – 12 (with modification for youth up to age 14), and ages 13 – 18. Treatment can be provided in either a family or group modality and is typically delivered in an out-patient clinic. The average duration of treatment delivery is 4 to 5 months, but this can vary by age group. Caregivers are taught how to supervise children, teach and implement rules in the home, communicate about [...]

Circle of Parents provides a friendly, supportive environment led by parents and other caregivers. It’s a place where anyone in a parenting role can openly discuss the successes and challenges of raising children. This may include biological parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, grandparents, kinship caregivers, etc. Support groups meet once weekly for an average of 1½ hours. Occasionally, due to factors such as access in rural communities, availability of the program site or the choice of the particular group, the group may meet less often but not less than once a month. Groups are free of charge, and foster an [...]

The Circle of Security Parenting is a manualized, video-based program divided into 8 chapters during which trained facilitators reflect with caregivers of children with attachment difficulties due to developmental issues, reactive attachment disorder, maltreatment, disrupted relationships and complex trauma about how to promote secure attachment. This program is designed to be delivered in groups, but can be adapted for individual caregivers and couples. Facilitators stop at designated moments throughout the videos and ask reflective questions from the manual to participants. Through the use of videos, caregiver handouts/workbook, and facilitator presence and knowledge, caregivers can explore their strengths and struggles in [...]