STRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAM (SFP) 

The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is a family life skills training program designed to increase resilience and reduce risk factors for problem behaviors in children and youth, including behavioral problems, emotional, academic, and social problems.  SFP improves family relationships, parenting skills, and youth's social and life skills.  SFP includes a three component life skills training: Parent Training, Children's Skills Training, and Family Life Skills Training.

By enrolling in SFP, parents learn to increase desired behaviors in children by using attention and rewards, clear communication, effective discipline, substance use education, problem solving, and limit setting.  Children learn effective communication, understanding feelings, social skills, problem solving, resisting peer pressure, consequences of substance abuse, and compliance with parent rules.