THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE

Human Skills& Resources Therapeutic Foster Care provides family living and specialized therapeutic services to Medicaid eligible children and youth (ages 3 to 18) who otherwise would be in institutional or residential group settings.
 

Program Philosophy

For those youth entrusted to our care, we are committed to providing the services that are required to restore them to their best functioning possible. This process involves working from a Treatment Plan developed by the TFC Team to determine those steps required to reach this goal. 

We choose to follow those standards of the Child Welfare League where foster family services are designed to provide the kind of care that will be best suited to meet each individual child’s social, emotional, physical and developmental needs. We would like to see that the child be returned to his family, whenever possible.  When the originally identified family is not a possibility for a child, it is necessary to try another direction which will provide security and stability through alternate adoption, kinship care, relative placement, or independence.
 

The Heart of the Therapeutic Foster Care Program is clearly our Foster Parents/Therapist Team

These parents are recruited and specifically trained to work with these children. Licensed (or under supervision) Foster Care Therapists meet with the foster parents at least weekly to provide therapies, support and assistance in securing needed services.

Beyond standard foster family care, therapeutic foster family care provides individualized care and daily rehabilitative services so that children are able to move toward skills enhancement that will allow living in the least restrictive setting possible.
 

Services Provided By Our Program

Services provided include, but are not limited to, the following:

Therapeutic foster parents provide:

A nurturing family environment
24-hour supervision
Advocacy on behalf children/youth
Behavior management that encourages responsibility and caring
Participation in the child’s school and community activities
Daily direct rehabilitative services from the treatment plan
Services toward developing the youth’s independence skills
Participation in charting the work toward the youth’s progress

Direct services to children and youth

Treatment planning, including permanency planning and aftercare
Casework services including a minimum of one weekly session
Individual, group, or family therapy  from a licensed therapist
Planning visits with identified family
Educational planning
Vocational assessment and job services
Recreation
Independent living planning
Treatment Team reviews of direction and progress

Other services to children and youth

Working with schools or other educational sources
Working with employers or vocational sources
Finding extra specialized clinical services
Arranging routine and specialized medical treatment
Arranging dental and eye care
Connecting with churches, youth groups, and other community resources

For general information contact:

             
tfcadmin@humanskills.org

How to Contact Us:

Susan Gragg, Foster Family Coordinator             
Susan.Gragg@Humanskills.org

Office  918 574 2147
Fax      918 574 2149

Diana Shores, Program Director
Diana.Shores@Humanskills.org

Office 1 800 918 6866 X6133
Other   918 694 1999