Enjoy this interview-style blog post with Sheila Wagler-Mills, LPCC-S, TBRI Practitioner and a foster-and-aboptive mom.

Today, we’re starting a blog series based on the book, The Connected Parent, to give caregivers support as they raise youth with trauma.

Each staff member on a cottage team contributes to a child’s transformation. From the first hello to intense trauma therapy, each residential employee provides safety and teaches a youth about their true worth. Here’s what our young boys cottage therapist, Danielle Anderson, had to say about the importance of treatment specialists in supporting a youth’s healing process. How do treatment specialists support a child’s trauma therapy? Cottage therapists generally work with yout

CCHO is focused on filling the gap in services between a child’s stay on campus and their step-down placement to a foster, adopted or biological family. Our residential team invests much time and effort into helping these kids heal and grow. Preparing their next caregivers/environments for life with these youth after residential trauma treatment is equally important for long-term success. Emily Frazier, LISW-S, clinical director of our children’s residential center, shares ou

Foster parents are invaluable to CCHO’s ministry in helping kids experience their worth in Christ. They provide safety, security, love, compassion and support for children when they need it the most. How does fostering fit into our children’s residential program? Children at CCHO are working personalized programs with specific goals tailored to their needs and circumstances. These goals include plans for completing their programs, leaving CCHO with new skills, and reentering