The F.A.C.T. program of the Phoenix Centre provides therapeutic services to children under 18 years of age and their families in Renfrew County with a number of satellite offices. These therapeutic services are provided with the best interests of the child and the family respecting their needs, values, culture and integrity.
Children and their families come to the Phoenix Centre for many different reasons; therefore we have developed a variety of different treatment services to meet each child’s unique needs. Family and child treatment programs currently offered include:
• Community Based Services
• Early Years
• Attachment Services
• Intensive Services
• Trauma Services
Community Based Services
Referrals are accepted from the community for children ages 0 – 18 and their families; a range of outpatient services are provided which include individual, family and group counseling/treatment.
These services…
• utilize a multi-component family strength based model
• provide a range of options for youth and their families
Early Years
The purpose of this program is to serve children under 6 years of age and their families who are experiencing mental health issues/concerns. The Early Years Service offers a range of programs including therapy sessions, in-home support, play therapy workshops, and parent/children’s groups. Services will be provided within a collaborative, solution focused, cross-sectored approach, involving existing programs such as Healthy Babies, Healthy Children and new initiatives such as Ontario’s Early Years Centres.
You and your family may seek help for a variety of reasons:
• Your child is having difficulty playing with other children at home, school, or in the community.
• Your child is having difficulty with a recent change or loss (ie. separation, divorce, death).
• Your child is having difficulty in other settings, such as day care or school.
• Your child does not respond appropriately to rules in the home.
Attachment Services
Attachment is the deep emotional tie or connection that an infant forms with a primary caregiver and is determined by the responsiveness of the caregiver. Parents with children between the ages of 0-8 years are welcome to call the Phoenix Centre directly for a referral to the attachment services. Referrals may also come from doctors, schools, and/or other community agencies.
Intensive Services
The purpose of this program is to provide children and families with mental health issues with intensive flexible mental health intervention/treatment in their homes, schools and communities. Services will be provided within a collaborative, cross-sectored approach.
The core service design is based on principles of solution focused and cognitive behaviour therapy. Intensive In-Home Services include:
• Services are delivered primarily in the home, but may also include school and community.
• Services which are available not only during the day, but outside normal business hours and on weekends.
• Services will be provided by a mix of professional staff including clinicians, therapists, child care workers and psychologists
• Services will build on both individual and family strengths and resources.
Basically, intensive services provide specific behaviour modification programming dealing with effective strategies for parenting.
Trauma Services
Referrals are accepted through our intake process for children who are experiencing issues related to a trauma. This could include witnessing abuse or a traumatic event such as physical, sexual and emotional abuse or death. A specialized assessment is completed and an individualized treatment program developed.
Some possible indicators of trauma include:
• Decline in school performance
• Withdrawal, appears depressed
• Hyperactive
• Loss of interest in usual activities
• Nightmares
• Bedwetting, other regression
• Change in appetite
• Low self-esteem
• Excessive guilt or shame
• Pessimistic about the future
• Repetitive play themes
• Sexual knowledge beyond age
• Problems with peer relationships
• Sexually acting out
• Phobias/fears, anxiety
Many children who have been traumatized may exhibit several of these symptoms or none at all. Not all children who display these symptoms have been traumatized.
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