FAMILY-
DRIVEN
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A Conversation with Trish Luchnick, Astor’s Director of Family-Driven Care
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stor Services for Children & Families is a community based, non-profit providing children’s mental health & welfare services, & early childhood programs in NY.
What is Family-Driven Care? Family-Driven Care is an approach and a mindset for our work in which we invite families to have a primary decision-making role in the care and treatment of their own children, as well as the policies and procedures governing care for all children in their community. Just as we as providers have expertise in behavioral health, treatment, and strategies; parents, caregivers and their children are experts in their family. The shared knowledge of the families’ strengths, values, culture, and experiences and our professional expertise, provides a wider lens for us to work with to help the family find solutions. When the client and family are our partners in planning, the more meaningful it will be to them and the more likely it is that they will succeed in reaching the goals that have been set. Astor Magazine 2022
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