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Therapeutic Parenting Services |
The Clinic at the Institute for Parenting was developed to address the complicated range of needs of young and developing families. Our focus on the developing relationship is key as research shows that infant and toddlers need secure relationships to build capacities for coping and learning. Our goal is to help support and strengthen nurturing connections. The clinicians at the Institute for Parenting specialize in Infant Mental Health and help parents and their 0-5 year olds find their way to stronger, healthier relationships. We know that parents are the experts on their children. With this in mind we work with parents to help them guide their child's healthy social, emotional and psychological development.
Services
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Consultation
- Comprehensive evaluation
- Child focused parent therapy
- Psychotherapy/dyadic treatment
- Parent education and guidance
- Video interactive guidance
- Phone support
- Referrals for medication evaluation, social services
- Home visiting
- Support groups
- Therapeutic supervised visitation
- Office visits
- School consultations
First Connections Matter
Are you …
- Experiencing symptoms of sadness, anxiety, and frustration?
- Finding it hard to feel connected to your baby?
- Feeling overwhelmed by the challenges of new motherhood?
- Frightened by some of your own thoughts?
- Having trouble sleeping, eating, or performing daily tasks?
- Struggling to make decisions or concentrate?
- Dealing with a history of trauma or abuse?
Do you find your baby…
- Extremely fussy?
- Challenging to care for?
- Difficult to read?
- Hard to settle or soothe?
You are not alone…
If you feel you are having trouble adjusting to parenthood,
this program may be right for you!
First Connections Matter is a program through Adelphi’s
Institute for Parenting that focuses on increasing
mothers’ confidence, competence, and feelings of
closeness to their babies. We offer services to mothers
with postpartum depression, anxiety, or new parenting
challenges. Overwhelming feelings can hamper a
mother’s capacity to handle the emotional and/or
physical demands of caring for herself and her newborn.
Sometimes fathers feel overwhelmingly depressed or
anxious and can benefit as well. Our well-trained staff
recognize the importance of helping to foster those early
connections that are critical to healthy development.
About Us
Our staff consists of parent educators, social workers,
and other clinical professionals with specialized training
in maternal/infant/toddler/parent mental health. We
are an intensive training site for graduate students and
professionals in the human service field.
Services
- Office visits
- Home visits
- Consultation
- Comprehensive evaluation
and assessment
- Video interactive guidance
- Psychotherapy/dyadic
treatment
- Support groups
- Phone support
- Referrals for medication,
evaluation, and
services
Cost
Fees for clinical services are based on a sliding scale and
are affordable.
Contact us
For more information about the First Connections Matter program, to schedule an appointment, or to make a
referral, please call 516.237.8531.
Adelphi University Institute for Parenting is located on the Adelphi
University Garden City campus.
Should you require disability accommodations, please email dss@adelphi.edu, giving notice of 72 hours
before the event. Should you require ASL interpreting, seven days’ notice is required.
The VISIT Project
Visitation for Infants/toddlers that is Supervised, Intensive and Therapeutic
The VISIT Project is a collaboration of the Adelphi University Institute for Parenting and the Nassau County Child Welfare System, i.e., Family Court and Department of Social Services.
The primary goal of the VISIT Project is to help parents engage in nurturing responsive positive interactions with their children in an attempt to repair or establish a more secure parent-child relationship. We aim for expedited, successful and lasting permanency for children.
Young children who come to the attention of the court often have complicated histories which include traumatic experiences such as poverty, neglect, physical/sexual abuse, parental substance abuse, parental mental illness, witnessing domestic violence and prolonged or frequent separations from their parents. These children often have disrupted attachment relationships to their parent or primary caregiver which may result in significant developmental delays and socio-emotional difficulties, which then further fuels abuse and neglect.
The Institute for Parenting has developed a model for infant mental health assessment and therapeutic supervised visitation that guides service and treatment plans and better meets the needs of parents and their 0-4 year olds who have been placed in foster care- in the Child Welfare System. This program includes intensive Infant Mental Health (IMH) Assessment and Treatment. The IMH assessment evaluates the relationship of the parent and young their child and provides DSS and the court with the information and/or recommendations concerning the potential for reunification and whether the VISIT Project and other services may achieve the goal.
The VISIT Project’s approach to Therapeutic Supervised Visitation uses the attachment based and psychodynamically informed treatment approach of Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) for caregivers and their 0-4 year olds. The intervention provides corrective relational experiences for a parent and their very young child. It consists of a minimum of 26 weeks of parent-child sessions guided by an experienced clinician as well as weekly individual sessions for each parent. All sessions are video-taped and watched with parents. The joint parent-child sessions meet two times a week for a one hour therapeutic supervised visitation and up to an additional one - two hours of traditional supervised visitation
Some of the key components of the treatment involve: developmental and parent guidance, as well as individual therapy and video guidance to provide parents with the opportunity to review and reflect upon their responses to their children and their own attachment histories. The clinician also assists parents in learning to navigate the problems that may interfere with their everyday living and influence their parenting through, case management, crisis intervention, and assistance building support systems.
Eligibility:
The program is designed for families with young children from birth through four years of age who are involved with the child welfare system. Referrals are made by various stakeholders in the Child Welfare system and are accepted at the discretion of the Institute for Parenting. For more information contact us.
Contact
For additional information about parenting education and the Institute for Parenting, please contact:
Marcy Safyer, LCSW-R
Linen Hall, Room 11
p - 516.877.3060
e - msafyer@adelphi.edu
The Institute for Parenting
Adelphi University
1 South Avenue
P.O. Box 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
f - 516.237.8512
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