FAMILY
DYNAMICS
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“The staff
at Family Dynamics showed me and my family that giving
up is not an option”
-Participant in Family Dynamics Program |
Since 1975, Family Dynamics has been dedicated to the mission
of strengthening families and protecting children. In 2003,
Family Dynamics served over 2,100 individuals and families
through its wide range of family support and youth development
services which include its Family Support Centers in the
Brooklyn communities of Bushwick and Bedford Stuyvesant and
also satellite programs at the Beacon Center in Bedford Stuyvesant,
the Middle School Initiative program at IS 71 in Williamsburgand
the Bayview Correctional Facility in Manhattan. Services
provided include family counseling; parenting enhancement
classes and support; advocacy and referral; youth development
services; academic enrichment; home visiting and respite
care services.
“At Family Dynamics, we focus on family through
our preventive and school based services”
Services provided by Family Dynamics in Bedford Stuyvesant & Central
Brooklyn:
Preventive Services
- Parenting Enhancement Workshops & Support Groups
Programs
in Bushwick and Bedford Stuyvesant focus on preventing child
abuse and neglect, reducing foster care placements and accelerating
family re-unification through parenting workshop classes
and support groups which help parents become more conscious
of their parenting styles and make productive choices during
stressful situations with their children. Covering topics
such as child development, natural and logical consequences,
anger management and stress reduction techniques, parents
become aware of positive child rearing modalities in order
to better communicate with their children.
“We come from different walks
of life, ….we share in common the need to recover
or keep our children. Who suffers from bad parenting? Our
children do. We were taught how to deal with everyday communication
with our children and to take charge when the situation
calls for it…and make the right decisions.”
- Participant in Parenting Enhancement Workshop
- Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Services (APPS)
APPS provides teens in the Bedford Stuyvesant community
with relationship and family planning counseling. Adolescents
receive individual case management and specialized development
workshops designed to improve social skills and promote self-empowerment
and personal development. APPS also provides parenting
skills training and assessment, and information on pregnancy
prevention.
Brooklyn and Queens families in crisis are offered temporary
housing for their children for up to 30 days. Respite care
is voluntary and aims to provide a safe alternative for children
when a family is in crisis, rather than foster care placement.
Services to the parent assure the rapid and successful reintegration
of the family unit.
 Programs in the Bushwick and Bedford Stuyvesant communities
of Brooklyn work to keep families together by offering an
array of counseling and other supportive services such as
advocacy, anger management, parent and teen support groups.
School-Based Programs
- After School Program at PS 81
After school program providing after-school care and services
for elementary school aged youth in Bedford Stuyvesant. Services
provided include homework assistance and arts instruction.
Please see “Educational Programs” page.
- AIDP: Attendance Improvement and Dropout Prevention
Family Dynamics’ AIDP program focuses on truancy prevention
through academic support, counseling and guidance services,
parent involvement and family literacy services to the students
and parents of middle school aged youth at IS 71 in Williamsburg.
Please see “Educational Programs” page.
- Beacon School
Community-based program offering after-school and evening
services as well as weekend recreation services and summer
enrichment programs for children and adolescents in Bedford
Stuyvesant. Located at MS 35, the program strives to meet
the academic, physical, social and emotional needs of children
and adolescents in the community. The Beacon School also
serves as a community center, opening the building up to
community groups for meetings. Please see “Educational
Programs” page.
After school program providing after-school care and services
for middle school aged children at IS 71 in Williamsburg.
Program services include: academic enhancements, homework
support and tutorial, recreational services and leadership
development projects. Family Dynamics also hosts an AIDP:
Attendance Improvement and Dropout Prevention program at
IS 71. Please see “Educational
Programs” page.
Alternative high school program in Bedford Stuyvesant for
disruptive adolescents which places students in a smaller
environment that is better equipped to meet their needs.
Serving adolescents from various inner-city neighborhoods
in Brooklyn, the school provides a semester long program
consisting of academic classes, workshops and activities
in an effort to later re-integrate them into regular schools.
Please see “Educational Programs” page.
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