Wisconsin

Structured Family Interventions

– Dane County

Our Wisconsin program provides community-based behavioral health services designed to strengthen children, teens, and families through evidence-based treatment, skill development, and relationship support. Services are delivered primarily in the home and community to ensure that families receive practical, accessible care in the environments where challenges occur. Our family-focused approach emphasizes stabilization, resilience, and long-term success for the entire family system.

Services Provided

Psychotherapy (Individual, Family, and Caregiver Sessions)

Licensed clinicians and mental health professionals provide therapy focused on emotional regulation, behavioral needs, trauma-informed support, parent–child relationship strengthening, and treatment planning aligned with the child’s and family’s goals.

Psychoeducation for Children, Teens, and Caregivers

Education and skills training aimed at increasing insight, building coping tools, improving communication, enhancing emotional awareness, and supporting family resilience. Includes parenting support, behavior management coaching, and strategies for consistent home structure.

Individual Skill Development & Enhancement (ISDE)

Individualized in-home interventions delivered by trained paraprofessionals and professionals to:

• Teach coping skills

• Improve problem-solving

• Strengthen daily living and independence skills

• Support emotional regulation

• Address behavioral challenges

• Reinforce treatment goals in the home environment

Peer Support Services

Peer specialists provide lived-experience–driven emotional support, encouragement, and advocacy for both youth and caregivers. Services promote empowerment, hope, self-direction, and the development of natural community supports.

Program Purpose

Structured Family Interventions in Wisconsin are designed to:

• Promote family stability and prevent out-of-home placement

• Strengthen parent–child communication and healthy relationship dynamics

• Increase coping, emotional regulation, and problem-solving skills

• Improve behavioral health functioning across home, school, and community settings

• Provide coordinated, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed care

• Ensure continuity of support through a team-based approach involving therapists, ISDE providers, peers, and caregiver supports

• Empower families to achieve lasting change, self-sufficiency, and resilience

Service Highlights

• In-home, community-based, and virtual services

• Individualized treatment planning guided by clinical assessments

• Wraparound family involvement throughout the entire treatment process

• Collaboration with schools, CCS (Comprehensive Community Services), and other community partners

• Strengths-based, culturally sensitive, trauma-informed care

• Medicaid-accepted services for Dane County youth and families