Teaching Parenting (TFA)

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Teaching Parenting (TFA)

KNIGHTOFAVALON7 Jul 28 2005, 10:42 PM Post #1

What's your opinion about the Teaching Family Model? Do you think it works or not? It has been my experience that it does not work for all kids. It seems to me that the older, smarter kids it is less likely to work. Whereas, with the younger and lower functioning kids it does seem to work a little better. Overall though, I'm not a big fan of Teaching Family.
I'm open to other opinions though. Your thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.

PapaBear

prsthelrd Jul 29 2005, 07:32 AM Post #2

I have never really worked this program so can not give an educated opinion sorry.

CaringCouple Aug 17 2005, 02:16 PM Post #3

We were exposed to it briefly and read a bit about it.

I can't envision ANY model working with ALL kids but we thought it would make it more difficult to create any "family" type atmosphere and always stand in the way of forming meaningful relationships with the youth in our care.

We spent almost 2 years in a totally "Hand Off Facility with very high risk youth and were trained in "Life Space Crisis Intervention" . The home was run with a Points and Level System as well as a lot of comon sense. Meaningful rewards were put in place for kids that set and achieved goals.

We seemed to have some success with what we were taught.

HP2005 Sep 1 2005, 05:20 PM Post #4

I agree, the Teaching Family Model does NOT work. Recently I was working with an agency that used the Teaching Family Model (TFA) and we could not even get through training because the phone to the area supervisor kept ringing, the CEO couldnt even concentrate on training because of numerous phone calls of PROBLEMS in all the homes under the agency. In my opinion, the TFA is too robotic, and it seems to elevate the kids rights over the authority. It awards back points for "good behavior", and overrides consequences that should be given for bad behavior. Thats my opinion and IM STICKING TO IT!

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