Tallahassee program connecting parents and kids to reduce impacts of trauma

  • The Parent Child Interaction Program at Families Connect is teaching parents skills to navigate their child’s trauma.
  • The program is free in partnership with NWF Health Network.
  • Watch the video to find out how it’s changing lives in our community, boosting the wellbeing of our neighborhood, and how you can sign up.

BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:

Building on services available for families in our neighborhood. Looking into one Families Connect program that’s providing tools for parents to help their children with behavioral or emotional issues and why this service is helping our community.

Amanda Huddleston has been taking part in the Parent Child Interaction Program at Families Connect with her sons Trevian and Tresean.

They heard about it through Trevian’s case manager.

“They let the parents and the kids really communicate with each other, you can really spend that time with them,” said Huddleston.

She said it’s giving them the tools to connect and manage their trauma.

“It can help them grow up to be more of men and women of the society that wants to get out and do more and help more people,” said Huddleston.

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