CLASSES WE OFFER AT FAMILY FIRST

Communication skills
This program provides comprehensive education on good communication skills.Learning how to properly communicate.Teaching you to not only be a good speaker but also a good listener.

Addiction Education
To help better educate the paient and the family with how drugs affect not only the patient but the whole family.And how to deal with addiction on a day to day bases.

Family Education
This program provides comprehensive education regarding the disease of addiction, an overview of treatment and how to begin the recovery process. Some of the goals are.

* To validate feelings experienced by the family due to the addiction of a loved one

* To educate the family about addiction as a brain disease

* To educate the family about addiction as a family disease

* To help the family understand the progression of the disease

* To introduce the family to the Twelve Steps of Recovery

* To educate the family about the role of enabling in the disease progression

* To educate the family regarding positive communication and promote the detachment process

* To help the family identify healthy recovery and healthy adolescent behaviors

* To educate the family about the relapse process

* To send a message of hope through recovery

Schedule:
Fridays, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Saturdays, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Sundays, 8:30 am to noon

Parenting class

* How to communicate with the family

* Understanding consquences