SUWS Family Support

The SUWS program has proven to be highly effective as an intervention placement for children going on to long-term emotional growth programs and boarding schools. SUWS helps children accept and be successful in their new placements. Whether a child is going on to another program or returning home, it is important that parental involvement remains a primary part of the student's healing. Family involvement and responsibility are key components of the SUWS Program and can be powerful reinforcement tools to ensure that each child will continue to learn and grow long after his or her SUWS experience.

SUWS provides several wonderful tools and resources to the parents and families of its students. The following are key features of our family support:

Parent Extranet
The Extranet is intended to support and enhance the communication received from the Field Supervisor/Therapist, NOT replace it. If you sign up to participate in the Extranet (Page 19A of the Enrollment Agreement), you will receive an e-mail directing you to your child's website three (3) business days AFTER your child arrives in the program. A new photo will be uploaded to the site each week. Every effort will be made to update the progress report on a weekly basis. You can also refer to this site to learn more about our staff, facility, and post-SUWS travel arrangements.

To go to the Extranet Demo Site, click here.
User Name is: suwsdemo
Password is: suws

FamilyIQ
SUWS partners with FamilyIQ to provide you with a complete set of tools and resources that we think will not only keep you coming back to the site again and again, but also help serve the ultimate goal: to improve your relationships. You will receive a set of CDs and access to online courses that will help you accomplish your goals. Your child's Field Supervisor/Therapist will guide you weekly to coordinate your courses of development with your child's. To learn more about all the resources FamilyIQ provides, spend a few moments in this FamilyIQ Tour.

Case Management
The SUWS Troubled Teen Treatment Program supports your child's long-term success by offering support with aftercare placement. A case manager works with the Field Supervisor/Therapist and can provide information about educational consultants and program s that may be appropriate for your child upon completion of the SUWS experience.

PARENT MEETING / GRADUATION
In your communications with the field supervisor/therapist, you will discuss specific Parent Meeting/Trail's End arrangements for your family. Based upon the therapeutic needs of your child, you and your field supervisor/therapist will determine if it is suitable for you to attend. Parent meeting will be an opportunity to ask questions, share concerns, reduce anxieties concerning trail's end, etc. Graduation is the culmination of the whole experience. It reunites parents with their children in a neutral environment in which both parties have the opportunity to acclimate to one another. Parents marvel at the changes in their child.

SUWS employees are guided by the principles: Youth and Family, Growth, Teamwork, and Service

"I must admit I was skeptical whether the SUWS experience would achieve all that was claimed, so it was with some trepidation that we traveled to meet our daughter. What an incredible surprise! Her personality had turned from a rebellious, uncaring, self-destructive, and noncompliant problem into a warm, caring, decent 14-year-old. For the first time in more than two years she hugged us with tears in her eyes and told us she loved us and really meant it. The work you do with children is incredible. You have my utmost respect and undying gratitude." --Parent of a SUWS student

After the graduation ceremony in the outdoors, the families congregate at the field facility where the students get showered and changed and then enjoy a splendid breakfast prepared by SUWS.

And then . . . it's on to the future. A future filled with the promise of hope and long-term success!

SUWS offers an effective troubled teen treatment program and troubled teen rehab treatment for teens and youth