Family Program

Program Overview

Family Program provides parenting support to Windana and community clients, their children and their children’s carers.

The program combines an understanding of alcohol and other drugs with a commitment to assisting clients to strengthen their parenting capacity and family functioning.

Groups

Windana provides the following group support:

• Tuning into Kids (TIK)
  • A six-week parents program focused on emotional intelligence building in children and how to strengthen parenting skills. The program is offered within the community and in AOD residential services.
• Parenting Group
  • A group for clients of the Therapeutic Community to strengthen parenting skills.
• Yarning Group
  • A group for clients of Winja Ulupna Women’s Recovery Centre to strengthen their parenting skills and family functioning.
• Family Days
  • Activities for families connected to Windana Family Program are held throughout the year to provide an opportunity for parents and children to strengthen parent -child bond and make social connections.

Program Eligibility

To be eligible for this program you must be:

• a parent/s or carer/s who are caring for children, or
• a parent/s who has regular access with their children or are actively working towards resuming access with their children
• a parent/s who has recently been or are currently a participant in a Windana program including Windana Health & Healing
• a parent/s who is clearly engaged in addressing their AOD dependence.