A PRO BONO PROJECT TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO FAMILIES OF ARMY RESERVISTS
SERVING FAMILIES DURING
“ As a clinical social worker and a United States Army Reservist , I am proud to support the SOFAR initiative. This program has many of our country’s leading mental health clinicians providing pro bono mental health support for military families. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank them. As a member of a unit that will be deployed to Iraq at some point in the future, I am comforted to know that the SOFAR initiative is there to support my family if they need it.”
Where It All Began PCFINE:Psychoanalytic Couples and Family Institute of New England presented a conference
SOFAR’s Call to Action Insufficient Mental Health Services
PPT Slide
What The Families Face
War makes every parent at home function like a single parent.
Our Children, Our Legacy
Families Are The Invisible Casualties of War
Secondary Trauma
SOFAR along with the Family Readiness Command wants to cultivate the best possible outcomes
Resilience
SOFAR Support Services
Family Readiness Group Meeting of the 220th
SOFAR Support Services cont.
Members of the 883rd Family Readiness Group Along With SOFAR Co-Directors Jaine Darwin, Kenneth Reich and Lt. Col. Leonard From USARC PR
Therapy Services
Scope of Service
Phase I
This is the opportune time frame to work preventatively with the family to limit the potential of difficulties arising from the deployment and at the same time communicate skills that can ready the family to deal more effectively with the normative difficulties which lie ahead.
Phase II
SOFAR will provide an additional 3-6 months of service for these soldiers and their families.
Psychoeducation
Prevention
Teachers and Pediatricians Are First Responders In The Lives Of Children
The Partnership Between SOFAR and Family Readiness
We worked with the Director of the 94th FRC who served as a liaison between SOFAR and FRGs, many of whom chose to use our services
Major Rodolico, Psychologist in the 883rd Orients SOFAR Volunteers
Nationally, To Develop the Infrastructure for SOFAR, We Plan the Following:
Recruit and collect credentialing information from volunteers to forward to JAG.
This accountability will include tracking successful and unsuccessful outcomes as well as identifying demographic patterns of utilization for the program.
Richard Croucher, Director Family Readiness, 94th RRC
Benefits of Joining With SOFAR
Retention
Our Vision
Our soldiers are tasked with protecting our country.
About SOFAR A Pro Bono Project Of PCFINE
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