What is the Child & Youth Behavioral Program?
The Child & Yourth Behavioral (CYB) Program is a component of the Military & Family Life Consultant (MFLC) Program.
CYB-MFLC's are:
- Masters and Ph.D. level MFLC's specializing in child and youth behavioral issues
- Available at no cost to assist children and youth, parents, family members and staff
- Available to provide situational, short-term, problem-solving support
- Dedicated to augmenting existing military support services
Services are private with the exception of duty-to-warn situations.
How CYB-MLFC's Make a Difference
CYB-MFLC's provide broad-ranging support to military children and youth, and to the family members and other adults who support them. For example, they:
- Engage in activities with children/youth
- Provide direct intervention in classroom, camp or family childcare situations, including assisting staff in setting and managing boundaries
- Model behavioral techniques and provide feedback to staff
- Are available to staff to discuss interactions with children and other concerns
- Outreach to parents
- Facilitate psycho-educational groups at chid and your program sites
- Conduct parent and staff training sessions
Issuess Addressed by CYB-MFLC's
- School Adjustment
- Deployment and Separation
- Reunion Adjustment
- Sibling and Parent-Child Communication
- Behavioral Concerns
- Fear, Grief and Loss
- Daily Life Issues
Group session, educational presentations and individual meetings can be arranged. After-hours and weekend appointments are available.
For more infomation contact our School Counselor Jodi Scoggins.
