Natasha Bonner, Clinical Supervisor for Youth Villages, discusses five best practices to protect your mental health while dealing with the global pandemic and racial injustices.
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A Day in the Life of a Family Intervention Specialist
At Youth Villages, Family Intervention Specialists work closely with youth and families through our Intercept and LifeSet programs. And while no day at Youth Villages is ever the same, Katie Guajardo, a family intervention specialist in our Intercept program, walks us through her typical day.
Program works to ‘Intercept’ young people from life of crime
Without the Youth Villages Intercept program, Johnnie Alvarado knows he would have wound up in prison or, worse, dead…
Dad Steps Up to Provide a Home for Tyanna
Youth Villages’ intensive in-home services program, Intercept, often is used to safely reunite families after children have experienced foster care. This is so important because children need stability to have their best chance at long-term success…
Step by step, Youth Villages helps Sawyer and her mom overcome her refusal to go to school
The anxiety of going to school caused Sawyer, a seventh-grader, to have migraines and become sick…
Early intervention at home key to youth violence
The Commercial Appeal in Memphis featured a guest column from Dr. Tim Goldsmith, chief clinical officer for Youth Villages, it its Viewpoint section Sunday, Nov. 18 highlighting the importance of early intervention for families and youth at-risk of entering the...
Want to help troubled youth? Help their families
In Memphis, The Commercial Appeal's Nov. 18 issue included a guest column from Youth Villages CEO Patrick Lawler emphasizing the importance of helping the families of young people; not just the child. Read the full article here. [.$?*|{}()...