Home of New Vision Program Presentation: COAP

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Home of New VisionProgram Presentation COAP
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Introduction and Overview

• Brief review of HNV and our services
• In depth discussion of one of our Spectrum
  Prevention Services Programs
• Children of Addicted Parents (COAP)

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Home of New Vision Overview

• Founded by our CEO, Glynis Anderson in 1997,
  Home of New Vision is a 501(c) (3) non-profit
  organization that provides gender specific
  programs and specialized services to empower,
  protect, encourage and enrich the lives of women
  and men, their families, and communities affected
  by the disease of addiction.
• Home of New Vision is committed to promoting
  change and awareness and reducing stigma and
  shame by providing a better understanding of
  recovery.

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Programs at Home of New Vision

• Assessment and Referral Services
• Co-Occurring Disorder/Dual Diagnosis Program
• Community Corrections Housing
• LEAP
• Outpatient Treatment Program/Women
• Outpatient Treatment Program/Men
• Transitional Housing
• Womens Specialty Program
• New Horizons Program

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Spectrum Prevention Services at HNV
Decisions That Impact Tomorrow (formerly MIP)
for 18 - 21 year olds with pending possession
issues.   ASAP (Adolescent Substance Abuse
Prevention)  as above, but for the 14 - 17 year
age range.  Additionally, children do not need to
be in actual trouble to participate in this
program it may be requested by their
parents.   Healthy Living Plan  groups run for
those participating in Sobriety Court and,
  COAP (Children of Addicted Parents)  this is
a program providing both peer and parent/child
therapy sessions and supervised, family building
fun activities for parents and children.
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Children of Addicted Parents (COAP)

• Strengthening the Bond Between Mother and Child

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The Need

• In the United States there are between 11 and
  17.5 million children under the age of 18 living
  with an alcohol addicted parent (Peleg-Oren,
  2002).
• This upbringing interferes with healthy growth
  and makes constructive changes very difficult, if
  not impossible (Ranganathan, 2004).

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The Need (Continued)

• Children of addicted parents are taught to not
  talk, not feel, and not trust (AADAC, 2006) as
  doing so would acknowledge that a problem with
  drugs and/ or alcohol exists
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• Parents who abuse drugs are more likely to be
  ineffective in meeting their childrens
  educational, social, and emotional needs
  (Howard, 2005).

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How COAP Makes A Difference

• While children with addicted parents are more
  vulnerable in many ways, they can overcome the
  effects of these potentially damaging
  environmental and genetic factors, especially
  when they receive appropriate support (Howard,
  2005)
• COAP provides this support!

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Guiding Principles for Children

• Children deserve the right to their own recovery
  and healing
• Children deserve to be treated with dignity,
  respect, value, and worth
• Children deserved to be listened to and heard
  and
• Children deserve the opportunity to be kids.

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Guiding Principles for Mothers

• Mothers are the building blocks for self-worth,
  respect, and values
• Mothers are the sounding boards for children who
  are having problems and
• Mothers are essential in the prevention of their
  childrens potential use of alcohol and other
  drugs.

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COAP Topics Addiction

• For Youth- this group will assist the youth in
  understanding the disease of alcohol and other
  drug addiction.
• For Mothers- this group will assist the mothers
  in understanding the impact their ATOD using
  behaviors, and the behaviors of their partners
  (if applicable) have had on their children

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COAP Topics Feelings
For Children - this group will assist children
in expressing both comfortable and uncomfortable
feelings, with a focus on how feelings may affect
them and how they can handle feelings in a safe
way. For Mothers- this group will assist the
mothers in recognizing the feelings of their
children, with a focus on validating the childs
feelings and recognizing when action is needed.
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COAP Topics Problem Solving
This group will assist the children and their
mothers in brainstorming solutions to everyday
problems, with a focus on identifying options
that will not create additional problems.
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COAP Topics Treatment and Recovery
For Children - this group will assist children
in understanding the role of treatment in their
parents recovery.   For Mothers- this group will
assist mothers in understanding how their
children experience a parental treatment episode,
with a focus on how to talk to the child about
the need for treatment and the anticipated
experience.
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COAP Topics Safe People
For Children - this group will assist children in
identifying safe people in their lives to whom
they can go to for support. The group will
identify characteristics of safe people, while
at the same time recognizing the characteristics
of not safe people.   For Mothers- this group
will assist the mothers in identifying people
they believe are safe for their children, with a
focus on creating a plan of who the child is to
contact in case of emergencies.
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COAP Topics Coping Skills
For Children - this group will assist the
children in recognizing ways to cope with
feelings and stress. The group will identify
ways to improve communication within the family,
and to utilize self-care strategies.   For
Mothers- this group will assist mothers in ways
to cope with feelings and stress, with a focus on
utilizing the tools to assist their children with
this difficult task.  
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COAP Therapeutic Program Summary
Provides an opportunity for parents and children
to discuss what has usually been an unmentionable
subject. Gives them real life coping skills and
a reality-based plan for dealing with ongoing
recovery. One in four children raised by a
parent with SA develops a SA issue three to
four times the national average. COAP helps
provide real life changes for children who would
most likely otherwise develop their own substance
abuse issues.
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COAP Family Activities

• Bi-weekly, low cost, group activities for mothers
  and their children, coordinated and supervised by
  an HNV transition staff member.
• Mothers and children new to the program are
  helped along by more experienced program
  participants.
• Usually run at full capacity approximately 15
  client mothers and their children.

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Past Years COAP Activities

• Pools
• Farms
• Costume Parties
• Museums
• Dollar Movies

• Average cost of activity (fees, snacks,
  transport) averages 10 per participant. (approx.
  3,600 per year)
• These are self-pay activities, meaning the client
  is meant to pay the fees for themselves and their
  children.

• Apple Orchard
• Ice Skating
• Bowling

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Mom, this is a really good day.

• Recovery for clients and their families is like
  climbing a very tall ladder together.
• COAP provides the tools for families to climb
  higher.
• Every good day together is one rung closer to a
  family being put back together.
• Ways to help the COAP program
• Time We always need volunteers to help during
  activity time, and with baby sitting for younger
  children during the therapy part of the COAP
  program.
• Activity Funding Hard for mothers with more
  than one child who are also paying for their
  treatment program.