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Where to Find Parent-Child Therapy

September 01, 2015 by Rise

Bronx:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Early Childhood Center

Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) at Einstein Provides relationship-based parent-child therapies for children under 5, working with many families in the child welfare system and with many families affected by trauma. Also provides services for children under 5 with developmental concerns and their parents. Therapy models include: Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and the Incredible Years. Referral required.

Contact Information
1731 Seminole Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
Referrals to … Read More

Starting Strong – Parent-child therapy helps parents and children build a lasting bond.

September 01, 2015 by Antoinette Robinson with Sonia Diaz

Wendie Klapper, director of the Parent-Infant Center at Mt. Sinai-St. Luke’s, explains how therapy can help parents and very young children build a stronger relationship. Strengthening that bond early on, she says, can benefit children throughout their lives.

Q: What is Child-Parent Psychotherapy?

A: Child-Parent Psychotherapy is therapy for parents and their young children, ages 0-5. The parent and child meet with the therapist together, and the therapy focuses on how the parent and child interact, think … Read More

The Heart of the Problem – Child welfare systems are beginning to recognize—and treat—parents’ trauma.

September 01, 2015 by Piazadora Footman and Lynne Miller

Trauma is an experience that makes you feel that your life—or a loved one’s life—is in danger and overwhelms your ability to cope. In recent years, child welfare systems around the country have been focusingon the role trauma plays in child welfare, and systems have begun to recognize how deeply trauma impacts not only children in foster care, but also parents.

Here Erika Tullberg, associate director of the NYU Center on Coordinated Trauma Services in Child … Read More

Compassion in the Court! – Model courts find that supporting parents can strengthen the whole family.

September 01, 2015 by Nicole Goodwin, Erica Harrigan-Orr and Antoinette Robinson

Child welfare cases are heard in courts because parents and children have legal rights, and the role of lawyers and judges is to protect those rights. But in a typical court case, when one side wins, the other side loses. In child welfare, that’s not the case. When parents lose, children lose. Children and parents both do best when children can safely return home.

With that in mind, the Model Courts project of the National Council … Read More

Standing in Your Child’s Shoes – How to meet your child’s needs during visits.

September 01, 2015 by Rise

Illustration by Ogen Dolma

Visit Coaching supports parents in planning fun visits that help them bond with their children. Here Marty Beyer, who developed Visit Coaching, explains how parents can make the most of family time while their children are in foster care:

One of the most important things for a parent to do during visits is to stand in the child’s shoes. Imagine what it’s like for your child to be separated from you … Read More

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