How we help
Prevention
You’ve seen the early warning signs and are committed to doing what you can to prevent things from getting worse. We applaud you for having the insight and courage to act. Prepare to Bloom will holistically help your entire family put customized structures and the right resources in place. We’re here to walk beside you, creating a sense of hope in a time of crisis.
Family Support
Prepare to Bloom understands that families operate as interconnected systems. No individual’s challenges can be understood in isolation from another’s. Each member of the family can play multiple roles and carry many expectations. Often, the “rules” of a family system go entirely unspoken. Families fall into patterns, and these patterns resist attempts to change them, frequently becoming further entrenched. Even when a child is placed outside the home, the family system persists. At Prepare to Bloom, we get it. As therapeutic consultants, we help your family to see its own system and gain the understanding and power to change it in ways that truly serve each member.
Placement
The list of possible challenges for your helping your teen or adolescent can be long and daunting: anxiety, depression, disrespect, defiance, identity issues, academic failure, substance abuse, anger, aggression, toxic friends, eating disorders, learning disorders, and more. And more often than not, challenges like these travel in packs. Sometimes the right path needs to start with an out-of-home placement. An opportunity for a teen or young adult to get the support they need, in an environment that invites them to receive it. An opportunity for the rest of the family to do their own work, remaking the family system into one that works for everyone. Prepare to Bloom is your partner for this process. As treatment consultants, our ethical work in placing clients gives us a unique perspective; we know the landscape of choices. Options abound, but many are inappropriate for your unique teen. We work to see “the big picture” for your family and for your child. With great care and wisdom, we guide you toward the placements best tailored to your needs.
After care
Even the best out-of-home placement is just the beginning of a larger process. During their time away, your child has learned about themselves, learned to see in new ways, and put in a lot of good work. For their own part, the rest of the family has done the same. It’s a great foundation—and it will be tested in the transition as your child returns home. Experts in family systems, Prepare to Bloom knows the pitfalls and the possibilities of this delicate transition. We help your family to find its way and make the most of the good work already done.
Home planning
For families who have previously placed their tween, teen, or young adult at a residential program and are ready to transition home, this can be a very exciting time. It can also be nerve-wracking trying to choreograph all of the professionals, programs, and family members involved so all of the pieces work together for a successful transition. Prepare To Bloom helps to ensure all of the appropriate resources are in place. From teachers to therapists, psychiatrists to program staff, and beyond, everything will be where it should be prior to the transition.
In this process, we work with your current treatment team, ideally a few months prior to the transition home. We also meet with your child via phone, Skype, in person, at home, or in the field and hear what is important to them in this transition. With all of this information pulled together, we holistically arrange the home resources with the child’s schedule prior to their arrival. The opportunity for a successful transition grows dramatically when there is a solid home plan in place. Choose this service and Prepare To Bloom to help your teen and family find hope and success in a daunting time.
We can help.
At Prepare to Bloom, we understand. And we’re here for you—not just in the beginning, but to walk beside you every step of the way, to provide guidance and hope, and get your child back on their own right path. Let’s get the comeback started, together.