“We see families who arrive with a sense of hopelessness and feeling defeated by their circumstances and the child welfare system. Visit Coaching has turned that around for them. We have witnessed parents who become encouraged, motivated and confident to do more for their families. They really seem empowered and supported by their visit coach to ask questions of their caseworker and foster/kinship caregiver without feeling that they will be reprimanded for it. We have also experienced parents who come to an understanding that reunification with their child is not likely, but are grateful to have experienced positive interactions and created memories with their children through Visit Coaching.”
What Coaches Say
Testimonials
Our Family Time Coaches are amazing at supporting parents in learning how to understand what their children need and how to meet those needs.
When parents receive positive input and feedback from the coach, they become eager to build on the skills they already have.
We now use Visit Coaching as the standard for all our cases, and implement it at the beginning of the case in almost all cases.
Our successes have been supporting parents to feel more confident and effective as parents and allowing them to express feelings of guilt, loss and shame. Validating them has been the single most valuable tool we have in forming a trusting relationship between the coach and the parent.
We meet parents ‘where they are at.’ Coaches take a non-judgmental stance and parents become remarkably vulnerable and willing to change.
Coaches help parents regain control and feel a sense of pride and motivation during visits with their children. It is encouraging to them when they see that someone believes in them.
We see change in families: parents meeting their children’s needs, increasing visits throughout the week, and making the transition to overnight visits.
