MI is a collaborative style of communication designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by utilizing a language of change to explore the person’s own motivation for change. MI is applied in all programs throughout Berkshire.

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TFCO Pilot is an evidence-based informed practice that originated in the state of Oregon. TFCO serves children and youth with emotional and behavioral challenges. Currently, our TFCO program is only being offered in the Greater Capital Region. This model serves one foster child (ages 7-14) at a time in carefully selected, trained, and supported foster homes.

The services are individualized for each youth and their aftercare family based on needs and progress. The typical placement is from six months to one year. Each TFCO foster home is surrounded by a dedicated Berkshire Treatment Team with daily support including weekends, evenings, and on-call support. This model uses specific behavior-management strategies and techniques to impact behavior change.

TF-CBT is an evidenced-based treatment approach shown to help children, adolescents, and their parents or caregivers. It is designed to reduce negative emotional and behavioral responses following trauma, including child sexual abuse and other maltreatment, domestic violence, traumatic loss, mass disasters, multiple traumas, and other traumatic events.

Teen Intervene is a tested, evidence-based program for teenagers (12 - 19 years old) experiencing mild to moderate problems associated with alcohol or other drug use, including gambling. Teen Intervene integrates the Stages of Change Model, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to help teens reduce and ultimately eliminate their chemical use.

FCU is a brief, strengths-based intervention for families with children ages 2-17. The model aims to improve parenting skills and family management practices.

FCU consists of three main components:

• Initial interview and rapport building to explore parental strengths and challenges in the family context,

• Family assessment that includes questionnaires and videotaped observations or family interactions and,

• Tailored feedback that reviews the assessment results and discusses a follow-up plan to support continued improvement in parent management.

The Sanctuary Model seeks to create a trauma-informed community through clinical and organizational change which promotes safety and recovery from adversity. It recognizes that trauma is part of the human experience and seeks to support people who seek treatment as well as the people and systems who provide treatment.

Berkshire Farm Center is certified to provide two FFT models within the agency. FFT is an effective, short-term evidence-based family therapy service designed for 11-to-18-year-old youth who are at risk or have been referred for behavioral or emotional problems. FFT works with a young person’s entire family and extrafamilial influences to facilitate growth and development. Functional Family Therapy through Child Welfare (FFT-CW) is an adaptation of FFT, an evidence-based family preservation program designed to provide services to youth (0-18 years old) and families or caregivers in child welfare settings. A preliminary assessment matches youth to the appropriate level of services based on the specific needs of youth and families.

Berkshire Farm Center is certified to provide two FFT models within the agency. FFT is an effective, short-term evidence-based family therapy service designed for 11-to-18-year-old youth who are at risk or have been referred for behavioral or emotional problems. FFT works with a young person’s entire family and extrafamilial influences to facilitate growth and development. Functional Family Therapy through Child Welfare (FFT-CW) is an adaptation of FFT, an evidence-based family preservation program designed to provide services to youth (0-18 years old) and families or caregivers in child welfare settings. A preliminary assessment matches youth to the appropriate level of services based on the specific needs of youth and families.