Trauma Focused Services

Trauma Focused Services provides therapy, education and support to children with histories of neglect and/or emotional abuse, and their foster or adoptive caregivers.  Experiences of neglect, physical abuse, and/or emotional abuse can have devastating long-term effects on a child’s development throughout his/her lifetime.

Cleveland County received over 3,000 reports of abuse and neglect during 2009 (OKDHS), the numbers are overwhelming. But,  it is possible to make a difference one child at a time. CCFI’s Trauma Focused Services help children and families overcome these negative experiences through therapy and support in order to enable children to lead healthy, productive lives.

Qualifications

If you are a caregiver  (parent, foster, adoptive, kinship, etc.) in the Norman or Moore area and you are interested in teaming with professionals within CCFI’s Trauma Focused Services, the following criteria must be met:

• Infant to 11 years-old
• Eating, sleeping, or activity dis-regulations
• Highly reactive demonstrated by intense aggression and/or withdrawal behaviors, lengthy tantrum behaviors, and difficult to calm
• Disruptions in foster care placements due to high-challenge behaviors
• Additional services needed beyond traditional therapy to stabilize progress

Enrollment:

If  criteria above is met:

1. Download the application (below), print and fill out the information.
2. Contact either the Clinical Director, Fran Roberson at froberson@ccfinorman.org or the TFS Senior Program Specialist, Stevie Skaggs at sskaggs@ccfinorman.org to discuss this service possibility further.

For more information about CCFI’s Trauma Focused Services call 405.364.1420.