With the right amount of supports, family thrives
It’s said it takes a village to raise a child. In the case of Chelsea, it also took a “Dream Team.”
As we started working with 14-year-old Chelsea and her family, we knew mom had a lot on her plate. Her oldest son had been acting out and was involved with MST. Now, she was having problems with her daughter, Chelsea. We learned early in treatment the girl was running away, hanging out with men as old as 21, being argumentative daily and recently was physically aggressive. She was not only struggling at home, Chelsea had five school suspensions that eventually led to her expulsion. Her only educational option was to attend virtual school, an off-site school provision. Initially, because her behavior was so disruptive, she couldn’t stay there. She had to work at home.
As her MST therapist, I knew that it was going to be a lot of hard work for mom, who already had a lot to handle. This wasn’t going to be easy, but I could see with the right support, mom was up for the challenge. I also knew I was going to use the support of my MST teamto help this family succeed.
