Child and Family Prevention and Wellness Program

An OASAS-designated Primary and Direct Prevention Program funded by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) serving children, adolescents, and parents/caregivers.

The Child and Family Prevention and Wellness Program offers parenting classes, youth counseling (for ages 10-24), and youth groups (for ages 10-18) to reduce the risk of children and adolescents developing problem behaviors, substance misuse, and mental illness.

Parenting skills taught:

• Appropriate and effective use of discipline
• Building and strengthening the parent-child bond
• Coping with stress as a parent
• Having important conversations with your child
• Improving communication with your child
• Increasing positive behaviors while managing difficult ones

Youth skills taught:

• Emotional fluency
• Goal-setting
• Organization
• Resisting peer pressure
• Social skills
• Stress management

Services offered:

• Triple P – Positive Parenting Program: a 2-hour parenting discussion group held one evening per week for 4-5 weeks;
• Teen Intervene: a brief individual counseling intervention to reduce substance use in youth ages 10-24;
• Girls Circle and Boys Council: social skills and violence-prevention groups for children ages 10-18;
• One-time educational workshops about youth behavioral health or substance misuse, delivered in school settings to students or parents or to school staff as professional development;
• Second Step: a 22-week social-emotional learning (SEL) group for elementary school children, delivered in after school settings;
• Support for Students Exposed to Trauma: a group for youth ages 10-18 to learn how to manage distress resulting from trauma.