Family Service Society

Family focus provides in-home parenting education to families referred by steuben county department of social services. Each Family served includes children who have been neglected or abused (physically, emotionally, and/or sexually). Due to the specialized education and clinical expertise of Family focus team members, the team is able to address the needs of parents who experience the special challenges presented by mental health issues, domestic violence, and substance abuse.our goal is to break the cycle of child abuse and neglect in families, many of whom have experienced generational abuse and neglect. We provide parenting education with a therapeutic aspect in order to facilitate development of healthy coping skills, positive parenting skills, and a safe, nurturing home for the children. Weekly in-home parenting education focuses on each parent's strengths, resiliencies, and special challenges. Parents learn how to provide a safe home environment that supports their children's physical and emotional well-being.

Corning area youth center - provides area youth with a place to help meet their social, recreational and educational needs.

Child sexual abuse changes and challenges the entire Family system. The choice program provides specialized counseling services by licensed master level therapists to support the Family in working through the impact of abuse. Trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy (tf-cbt) is the primary intervention used. Tf-cbt provides psychoeducation, parenting skills, relaxation and mindfulness activities, affect expression and modulation, cognitive coping and processing, development of trauma narrative and conjoint parent-child sessions to work through the trauma associated with sexual abuse. Play therapy may also be used with children when indicated. These treatment approaches are vital for the child to heal and to establish a parent's commitment to protect the child or adolescent from further abuse.for adolescents who have sexually offended, a specialized evaluation is conducted to assess the need for out of home placement to meet the adolescent offender's treatment needs and the safety needs of the victim and the community. Choice provides a specialized sex offense specific treatment program for adolescents who are able to be safely treated in the community. Treatment takes 12-24 months on average. The choice program is able to assist the Family reunification when appropriate.

General counseling - encompasses individual and Family therapy for the general public.

Youth prevention services provides children and youth with caring, nurturing, professional staff who are consistent, positive role models to help them gain improved social and/or school functioning.

Others

Youth mentoring of the southern tier - matches children in need of another positive adult role model in their lives with adult volunteers. Participants meet on a weekly basis.