Strengthening Families Program

V.O.I.C.E.S. is proud to announce that we are officially certified Strengthening Families Program providers. This will now be another service that V.O.I.C.E.S can provide to our community! 

Strengthening Families Program is a 14 session resiliency-based family skills training program. What is different from most parenting programs is that parents and children attend sessions together and learn skills that they practice together before going home to implement them. It offers three age-specific developmentally appropriate curriculums for families with children ages 3-5 children ages 6-11 and youth ages 12-16.


A typical weekly session includes a 1/2 hour family meal. Parents and children then meet for one hour in separate classes to learn parenting and social skills. The parent and children then rejoin for one hour to practice together the skill they learned in their separate sessions through fun and creative interactive activities. The skills taught include:

1. Parent Skills Training Group: Parents learn to build and increase positive time with children, manage stress, give clear directions, develop behavior change, hold family meetings, and use effective discipline.

2. Children’s Social Skills Training Group: Children learn communication skills, peer resistance, recognizing feelings consequences of substance abuse and other risky behavior, anger management, problem solving and dealing with criticism.

3. Family Skills Training Group: Parents and children practice together new skills learned in their separate groups such as parent/child bonding, communication, family organization, family management and problem solving.

Please contact us for more information!!!