A program to thrive
Steady Roots
When a placement starts to shake, we move: fast, in-home, and on the child's side.
Steady Roots starts from a simple conviction: behavior is communication, and every behavior reflects an underlying need. A child in crisis is telling us something. This program exists to help everyone around that child hear it, and to steady the placement before it breaks.
How we know a placement is wobbling
- A caregiver reaches out and asks for help
- The quiet signs of caregiver burnout
- Escalating or unsafe behaviors at home
- School suspensions or an IEP in crisis
- A history of placements that didn't hold
- A recent major transition in the child's life
What we bring through the door
- Functional behavior assessments
- An individualized behavior support plan, crisis procedures included
- In-home, parent-mediated behavioral coaching
- De-escalation and crisis support
- Help coordinating in-home assistance
- One team: school IEP staff, psychiatry, and the wider circle of care, working from the same plan
Referral-based and rapid. DCFS caseworkers, caregivers, and child-welfare partner agencies can all refer a child, and the earlier the call, the more we can protect. Timing is everything.
Every behavior is a message. Our job is to help answer it.