Juvenile Protective Association

Description

At JPA, we help Chicago’s defenseless children through a life struggle with trauma by building on their strengths and working through difficulties causing distress and vulnerability. JPA's programs/services include: 1) early intervention for parents and young children through supportive psychoeducational groups that foster healthy attachment relationships, provide parents with vital information about child development with a goal of preventing maltreatment; 2) clinical treatment and counseling for individuals, couples, families and groups to ameliorate problems that cause abuse/neglect, or otherwise threaten a child’s well-being and healthy development; 3) consultation to share direct service expertise and experience with public/private agencies that treat high risk children and families; 4) advocacy to support social policy and services that protect children and enhance their development, and to ensure that best interests and constitutional rights are recognized for children and families; 5) research and publication to contribute knowledge to the field; and 6) professional education/technical assistance to train professionals in child welfare, early childhood and developmental psychology.