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PARENTS & CAREGIVERS

Project Return provides counseling and support to the families and caregivers of current and past residents. HEAL also gives parenting support to those families who have daughters participating in this program. In addition, we act as a resource for local parents and caregivers in need of guidance about the services available to them in this area.

Over the years Project Return staff has benefited from the knowledge of a variety of experts in the field of adolescent care and development. Here is a sampling of some of the material we have found helpful in caring for troubled teens.

Communication Skills
How to build communication
Active listening
Twelve Barriers to Good Communication

Limit Setting
Discipline vs. Punishment
Authoritarian v. Authoritative

If you live in Connecticut and need immediate help for a crisis, please call the Department of Children and Families (DCF) at 1-800-842-2288 or Connecticut's Infoline (211) for suggestions on shelters in your area that are able to assist you.
If you or a person you know is in a life-threatening situation, call (911) for the police and immediate emergency help.

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"My little girl had grown into a complete stranger. I couldn't talk to her, she wouldn't listen to me and she screamed that she hated me. One day she was gone. We found her and then we found Project Return, where she lived until she was able to find herself. In the process, I found my daughter again. If the door had not been open at the house on North Compo, she might be wandering the streets of New York, or worse."

Mother of past resident of Project Return's Residential Program