Family Support and Preservation
Intensive Family Based Services (VT)
Overview
Integrated Family Based Services is a short term service that works to restore positive functioning in families who would benefit from a variety of coordinated services that are individualized to meet each family’s specific needs.
Eligibility: VT Social Rehabilitative Services, and referrals from the community
Areas served: Orange and Northern Windsor Counties, VT
Call: 603-298-8237
Services provided
IFB assists parents, children and teens by:
- Improving communication and problem-solving skills
- Addressing the child’s emotional/behavioral difficulties
- Teaching parenting skills
- Providing substance abuse assessment and family-centered treatment
- IFB aspires to help families find solutions to their problems and to preserve their well-being
Who Uses IFB?
Families with children who:
- Exhibit difficult behaviors
- Conflict with parents, school, community
- Are hyperactive or have anxieties or other emotional difficulties
- Have suffered the effects of past abuse and/or neglect
- Or families who need help with reunification
Family Well-Being
IFB staff can work with families for up to 13 weeks. We are committed to a treatment model which is:
- Based on strengths
- Solution focused
- Short-term
- Family Centered
Family Goals
- Promoting positive behavior
- Improving parental competency in nurturing positive development in their children
- Enhancing communication skills
- Increasing effectiveness of family meetings
- Developing conflict resolution skills
- Learning how to play together
- Helping children/teens increase confidence
- Achieving positive connections with communities
Referrals
Families come to IFB in many ways.
They may be referred by:
- self
- schools
- medical professionals
- mental health agencies
- social service agencies
- social and rehabilitative services
To refer, contact
Jeannette Birge
Director-Upper Valley Office
Coordinator IFB
603-298-8237 or 1-800-640-6486
The service is fully funded by the State of Vermont Social Rehabilitative Services (SRS)
