Empowerment Station
Services
--Child Advocates
--Counseling
--Community Education
--No Contact order
--Safe Shelter
--Support Groups
--24 Hour Crisis Line
--Window of Joy
Child Advocates
What is a Play Advocate?
Trained play advocates guide the child in “play.” This enables the advocate to identify the child’s problem areas.
Structured play with an advocate allows children to communicate naturally. Children sometimes cannot express their feelings and thoughts in words, but can effectively communicate their emotions through play.
Structured play creates a feeling of safety and permissiveness allowing the child to explore and express him or herself. It also helps the child to understand his or her feelings. The child will learn how to identify his or her feelings and healthy ways of dealing with them.
Services We Provide
· One on one counseling for children both in and out of the shelter.
· Support groups and various other outside groups.
· Help with immediate needs of the children, e.g. school supplies.
· Work with parents on parenting issues.
· Advocate for the children in the courtroom.
· Medical advocacy for children.
· Happy Bear Presentations.
· Youth Relationships Program (ages 12-18).
· Outreach in Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster, and Wright Counties.