Once Julia’s Foster Parents understood the ‘why’ behind her outbursts they were better equipped to help her
Julia loves unicorns, rainbows and playing outside like most 4 year old children. Julia and her younger brother recently entered foster care. Julia struggled to settle at daycare and her parents regularly receive calls about Julia’s behavior. Things became so bad that her foster parents, overwhelmed and experiencing compassion fatigue, called Thompson requesting a new […]
Overcoming Language Barriers helped the Morales Family participate in Family Education Classes
Mr. & Mrs. Morales are Spanish-speaking and are working hard to to reunite their family. The children were taken into foster care by DSS and the parents have found it difficult to navigate the DSS system as they do not speak fluent English, leaving them frustrated and disappointed. DSS referred them to Thompson’s Family Education […]
The Daniels siblings foster care journey
The Daniels siblings range in age from 3 years up to 9 years old, they all love to be outside exploring and playing, or enjoying arts and crafts. The children were removed from their biological parents due to neglect in 2018. Due to the difficulties in finding foster parents able to take a large sibling […]
Thompson’s Crisis Stabilization Program was there when Chris needed help
Chris loves music, skate boarding, video games, taking walks and desires to enter the military. He was getting into trouble for destruction of property, threats of harm to self and others, significant substance abuse, and being a negative peer influence. His constant challenging behavior, and unwillingness to change had become too much for his parents, […]
Malcolm get’s the support he needs to enjoy life
Malcolm cares deeply for his family, loves to play basketball, and is passionate about the way he dresses. He struggles to get along with his siblings and to focus academically. He often engages in horseplay at school – leading to him being labelled a bully. He has a history of being with negative peers – […]
Jax is now Kindergarten ready thanks to his behavior specialist
Jax loves playing with Legos and Matchbox cars. He has been a student at Thompson Child Development Center (TCDC) for the last two years. Jax has struggled with his emotions; throwing toys, disrupting class, hitting and biting his teachers and peers. Things became even worse last year after Jax lost his older sister in a […]