Secure Families
Secure Families provides foster, adoptive and guardianship families with short-term interventions that promote social and emotional regulation and secure relationships all within the context of family.
SECURE FAMILIES BOOTCAMP
A 6-week intensive intervention focused on giving families a practical map of how to build secure relationships within the context of family. It is an intensive program that supports parents through Circle of Security® parent process groups and children through experiential group activities that model the tenants of healthy and secure relationships — providing meaningful intervention for all family members.
The goals of each group are aligned and designed to promote strategic, healthy interactions between family members throughout the week between sessions.
The elements of the program are divided into two co-occurring parts - Secure Parents groups and Secure Kids groups. Currently, Secure Kids is available for two different age ranges, 7-11 and 12-16.
SECURE KIDS AND SECURE TEENS
In these groups, your children/teens will find a safe and supportive place to make connections and experience a sense of community, all while having fun!
These play-based groups are designed to help children/youth improve their overall well-being by developing self-regulation, emotional literacy and social skills.
SECURE PARENTS
Foster, adoptive and guardianship parents will be able to explore practical strategies to build secure relationships with their children.
Our talented group of adoption competent therapists will guide you through models including Circle of Security and Trust Based Relational Intervention to help add to your therapeutic parenting tool box. These trainings will equip you with the increased ability to read and respond to your child’s unique needs.
FAQs
Does my family have to receive counseling at FHH to participate?
No. Any foster, adoptive or guardianship family is eligible to participate regardless of if they receive therapy at FHH, another agency or none at all.
What is the cost?
Secure Parents: $60 (spouse is free)
Secure Kids: Group Therapy Insurance Rates Apply.*
*Sliding scale rates may be available if your child does not have insurance coverage for group therapy.
Can more than one child in my household participate at a time?
YES! As long as each child participating is adopted, in foster care or in a guardianship placement, there is no limit on the number of children per household.
I don’t have a placement yet, but I want to be prepared! Can I still come?
Right now Secure Families Bootcamp is only available to households with both caregivers and children attending together. However, we have great options for you. Please check out our Circle of Security page.
Thank you for your interest in Secure Families.
Click the button below to fill out the application to receive information about upcoming rounds of Secure Families that are most suited for your family. Each participating family may enroll up to two caregivers from the same household.
*There is no cost to compete this application, nor does the application communicate your commitment to participate. Completing this application assists our team in creating cohesive Secure Families groups each season.