Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Program

Vulnerable children and their families: children in foster care and children involved in high-risk custody and visitation cases in family court proceedings

The Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Program provides specialized and intensive services to vulnerable children and their families: children in foster care and children involved in high-risk custody and visitation cases in family court proceedings. Therapeutic supervised visitation services are designed to help parents who cannot have unsupervised access to their children due to a history of child physical or sexual abuse, domestic violence, substance abuse, or mental illness. Rather than eliminating contact between a noncustodial parent and child, supervised visitation creates a one-on-one supportive setting where the relationship can safely continue and be strengthened while pending legal issues are addressed by the child protective and court systems. The program allows visiting parents to spend time with their children in the presence of a Master's-level clinician or a Masters of Social Work intern supervised by licensed clinicians. Families receive support from skilled clinicians to strengthen or repair their relationship with their children. Supervised visitation is intended to be a temporary remedy with most parents moving toward less restrictive or unsupervised visits with their child whenever possible. When a family is transitioning to unsupervised visits, The Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Program provides a neutral place for the safe transfer of children during unsupervised visits when there are restrictions placed on the contact between parents.

Anna Fuentes
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

• https://nyspcc.org/what-we-do/clinical-services/therapeutic-supervised-visitation/
• Email: afuentes@nyspcc.org
• Phone: (212) 233-5500 x205

Homework

This program does not include a homework component.

Languages

Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Program has materials available in the following languages other than English:

For information on which materials are available in this language, please check on the program's website or contact the program representative (contact information is listed in this page).

Manual Information

There is not a manual that describes how to deliver this program.

Training Information

There is no training information available for this program.

• There are currently no published, peer-reviewed research studies on outcomes with the appropriate target population for the topic area(s) in which Therapeutic Supervised Visitation Program has been reviewed.