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Learning Opportunities - Child and Family Team (CFT) Process

View the CFT training schedule and register here.

The Child & Family Team (CFT) Process is strength-based, individualized, and needs driven. CFT is based on the premise that all behavior is communicating an unmet need; therefore the bigger the behavior the bigger the unmet need.

To learn more about the Child & Family Team process you can also download the Powerpoint presentation.

What is a Child and Family Team (CFT)?

A child and family team is a group of people chosen by the youth and family with the aid of the care coordinator to assist with the planning process. The family drives the process of choosing the members of this team.

What is the role of the CFT?

Identify the strengths of the family
Determine needs, including immediate ones
Discuss the culture of the family and how it will shape the planning process
Meet as needed to plan for success of the family

Who are the members of the CFT?

The youth and family
The care coordinator
Current service providers with approval from the youth and family
Natural supports
Others as determined by the team to address the need

What is a Natural Support?

A natural support is a person that can continue to support the child and family team even after formal supports go away. These are usually non paid persons.

Who are Natural Supports?

Extended family members
Friends or neighbors
Religious leaders or others in the religious community
Sports coaches or other players
School personnel
Mentors

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Updates & What's New

System of Care Leadership
Endorse Guiding Principles - NEW

Leadership from across the child-serving
system: Child & Family Services, Office
of Probation & Community Corrections,
Office of Mental Health, and the
Rochester/Monroe County Youth
Bureau have endorsed a shared set
of guding principles, the "Monroe
County Children's System of
Care Guiding Principles"

The Monroe County ACCESS grant
has come to an end but the System
of Care is here to stay.

New Mental Health Clinic opens
Just for youth! - NEW

System of Care values in action!
Great article on Cayuga Center
using SWAT Youth Council input
into the development of their new clinic.

Read the full article in the
Democrat and Chronicle.

MENTAL HEALTH: Roundtales
lets parents help parents

It's not your fault. And you're not alone.
Those are the messages that Marjorie Lefler
says the families of children with several
emotional, mental health, or behavioral
challenges need to hear.

Read the full article in City Newspaper.

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