Sally"s House Professional Services

Individual & Group Counseling

Counseling services are provided to children in foster care by Masters-level registered counselors who have a strong ethical philosophy and educational background related to children and families as well as experience with children in the foster care setting.

Counseling will focus on strengths based and solutions focused models that assist children in building resiliency.

As a counseling program we believe:

Every child is unique and unrepeatable.

All children have the capacity to learn.

Children want to be know and understood by others

Children are social creatures and have need for relationships.

Children are easily influenced therefore socialized by their cultures.

Children are emotional, cognitive, and physical beings.

Children have the capacity for curiosity and wonder.

Children are able to rationalize and make choices.

Children hold beliefs and belief systems.

Children behave in ways that have been reinforced through their experiences.

Children have the capacity to love and be loved.

Children communicate physically and verbally.

Children have the capacity, to varying degrees, to be resilient and endure obstacles in struggles in their lives.

Assessment & Evaluation

Developmental assessments are conducted to ensure that children are achieving developmental milestones.

Psychosocial evaluations are conducted to identify the social and emotional deficits children may be experiencing after trauma.

These assessments allow counselors to provide recommendations to other services for all children showing signs of needing additional support with developing or processing emotions properly.

Family Visitation

Parents approved to interact with their children in foster care can be referred to Professional Services for scheduled visitations.

Trained staff supervise and document visitations, as necessary.

Transportation to and from visitations is available for children.

Age appropriate games, toys, books, and videos are available for families to utilize during visitations.

Accessing Services

At this time, referrals must come from the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

To refer a child or family to Professional Services, or to schedule transportation, please contact our office at 329-2725 for preauthorization.

We are provider # 644147.

Schedules are flexible to meet client needs.

Sally"s House

The Salvation Army"s Sally"s House cares for foster children between the ages of two and twelve immediately after removal from an unfit home until permanent care is secured.

Professional Services partners with Sally"s House to be able to provide on-site services to foster children staying in this program.