Childrens Center

Therapyin late 2018, the center began a therapy program. Prior to its launch, children and families would often endure long waits for a therapy appointment elsewhere. Now, after a medical assessment at the center, children and families may continue their healing process by taking part in the therapy program. The trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy(tf-cbt) model is an evidence-based treatment designed to help kids overcome the effects of a traumatic experience. According to research, tf-cbt successfully resolves many emotional and behavioral difficulties associated with traumatic experiences.the center is also a lead partner in healthy boundaries and behaviors (a program to support children with problematic sexual behaviors) which was established by the mdt to provide support, education, resources, and intervention to children eleven years and younger who demonstrate sexually inappropriate behavior. The center contacts families in these cases with a goal of addressing behaviors before they escalate to a point that necessitates juvenile justice involvement.

Outreach and preventionthe center has a strategic goal to prevent child abuse by engaging and equipping community members to recognize the signs and symptoms of abuse, empowering them to properly advocate for and protect children. Broad-based community awareness initiatives, network and partnership building, and public information and training are essential to these efforts. The work with partners in law enforcement, child welfare and child-serving-agencies, and the medical and mental health community means that the centers child abuse prevention initiatives reach every corner of clackamas county. Targeted outreach efforts to individuals from business, civic and faith-based groups only add to the number of people becoming child abuse prevention activists.because so many evaluations involve a child who has been sexually abused, the center has made this issue a high prevention priority. Utilizing darkness to light's nationally acclaimed curriculum stewards of children, the center conducts community-based trainings to improve awareness of child sexual abuse and enable adults to be responsive to the signs and symptoms of this prevalent form of child maltreatment.