What is Life Skills Service?
Life Skills is seen as part of the total supportive/treatment services provided to the child and family for children with a severe emotional disturbance, or emotional/behavioral disorder.

Life Skills is defined as a 1:1 relationship between an adult and a child/youth that is designed to provide a positive role model, build on the strengths of the youth, reinforce positive behaviors, assist in practicing new positive behaviors, provide connections/linkages to community based activities, be a support figure in the life of the child/youth, and provide strength based advocacy for the child/youth.

Life Skills operates as a separate activity from Children's Therapeutic Services and Supports (CTSS); and 24 hours a day, 7 days a week crisis response services. It is assumed that most youth receiving Life Skills services are also receiving other supportive or treatment services. Life Skills is not designed to replace those activities.

The position provides therapeutic and educational interventions to African American youth with severe emotional disturbance (SED) or emotional disturbance (ED) and their families. It involves working with children and their families in the community to enable a child maintain and improve emotional and behavioral functioning. Staff is expected to meet with client up to two times a week, mostly in the afternoon and evenings.