Program Language: Bosnian

The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is a 10- to 14-week parenting and family skills training program for high-risk and general population families. It is unique because the whole family attends and practice new relationship skills together in family groups. SFP is designed to significantly improve parenting skills and family relationships, reduce child maltreatment, children's problem behaviors, delinquency and alcohol and drug abuse; and to improve social competencies and school performance. The program is designed to work with many different ethnicities and races. In addition, it is available as a Home-use DVD for school, behavioral health, and family services to use alone or with case managers. It can also be given to families to view at home.

TGCT-A is a manualized, assessment-driven group or individual treatment program for trauma-exposed or traumatically bereaved older children and adolescents. It is designed to address the complex needs of youth who must content with the interplay of trauma and grief. Its modular design, with workbook and detailed instructions, enables it to be customized for specific youth needs and varying lengths of treatment. It is organized into four modules that can be used in multiple configurations. Module I provides psychoeducation regarding traumatic stress and grief reactions, and training in core skills for emotion regulation, dealing with trauma and loss reminders, accessing social support, etc. Module II provides guidelines for facilitating narrative construction and sharing of trauma-/loss experiences. Module III provides a customized approach to grief based on the assessment of a youth's multidimensional grief profile. Specific skill training and therapeutic experiences are provided depending on the mix of separation distress, existential/identity distress, or circumstance-related distress (traumatic circumstances of death). Module IV promotes developmental progression, planning for upcoming stressors, and consolidates treatment gains.