Although we work with the child individually, as well as the parents, the family is the primary focus. We have found that therapy designed to work with the child alone is rarely successful with attachment disordered children.
Families stay at local lodges or hotels.
When indicated, the child may stay with a therapeutic foster family for all or part of the two weeks. In some instances, the entire family may stay with the therapeutic foster family. When this occurs, the therapeutic foster parent is responsible for the child who is in treatment allowing the parents time to rejuvenate and to have an opportunity to observe our specialized parenting skills in action. The parents are involved in all of the therapy. They are either in the treatment room with the child, or they are observing the child and therapist from an observation room.