Four cornerstones support this process. As we have experienced in our own personal lives, we had to come to some place where we believed in and be guided from some place bigger than ourselves. Although we don’t emphasis religion per se, having a connection to Source, or whatever you refer to as what guides our process of being authentic. It is with repetition, discipline, or Mastery that promotes change. It is not the practice of 10 times but 10,000 times does true change come about. Exploration, or taking risks to venture into doing what we know is right. Although the direction to what is True has many unknowns, we take the risk and explore to see and experience for ourselves. Lastly, reflecting on our experiences, our understanding of Source, and in our practice synthesizes us to see value, and make Meaning of who we are and how to show up day-after-day in our lives. Transformations are what families continually go through as their children grow, moving through childhood, adolescence, to eventually become healthy young adults. Sometimes parents have to make heart-felt difficult choices to place their child in some type of intervention process. Or, as the teenager becomes a young adult, a new set of rules arise and yet the parents don’t know how to navigate through this transition.

   Whether your child has been through some form of a therapeutic program and about to return home, or you have a child struggling into young adulthood, there is a critical need to have the family transform in this kind of transition. It only makes sense that you would want to gain the critical information that can help these kinds of transitions. But wouldn’t be much more effective to have the support to guide your family through this transformation process? You probably have already spent a great deal of money, time and other resources in helping your child and your family to grow. Protect and invest the love that you have worked hard for and get the needed resources to for a meaningful transition at home or for your emerging young adult child. Achievement Transition Group (ATG) empowers young people, the parents, and others involved in this critical transition allowing the family to transform. We have to be honest with ourselves. When your graduate returns home, there are a lot of dynamics that have not changed. It is amazingly easy for reoccurring patterns and destructive behaviors to resurface. Eventually, the influence of a program fade and the life circles one is in become what shapes the direction and outcome for a young person and the family.

   Leverage yourself and your child in shaping what is to become and not let the hard, earned progress be left to chance or possible loss. While the child is at a program, one of our professionals interviews the parents, the child, and the current clinician or mentor to have an understanding of what has been working, not working, and where the reasonable direction lies. A Family Advocate will be tied to this process from start to finish. This professional will stay with you throughout the supported transition process. Next, we have measurable goals and a plan for the child coming home. Included is an understanding of what circumstances look like if things are not going well and the young person and/or parents need more resources while apart. That is, sometimes what is needed for the child to return home cannot be given and then requires another placement. We want to know when things are beginning to deteriorate and provide the least amount of disruption to be on track with our goals. When the child is home, this is where the “rubber meets the road.” Phone calls are made weekly with the parents, youth and the Family Advocate. They are sometimes combined with everyone together on the line and sometimes one-on-one. The Advocate will work with everyone along the way ensuring communications are effective and balanced. The initial support with ATG is for four months. In our experience, however, it is not uncommon for us to work together for a year. One of the great things about this process is that when you transition from us to be solo, we are always ready on your wing to support when you call. We have the relationship, the shared experiences, and understanding to support everyone when bumps in the road surface.