Juvenile Justice Department Services

Conflict & Crisis Resolution

Conflict and Crisis Resolution entails FPA associates de-escalating volatile situations, and resolving fractious interactions between two or more people that have negative affects on their functioning and immediate environment, helping people with extremely difficult life transitions, and facilitating emotionally charged meetings between groups of people.

Testing

FPA associates conduct psychological testing to address diagnosis, treatment, reality testing, learning disabilities, placement, and other types of clinical questions. FPA makes use of a variety of different culturally sensitive and scientifically sound testing instruments. The psychological testing service offered by FPA is an extensive and time-consuming process that provides recipients with a wealth of insight, clarity, guidance, as well as recommendations.

Risk Assessments

FPA offers clients comprehensive risk assessments across a variety of different settings, and ways to reduce risks when dealing with a specific person. All risk assessments are informed by the latest research and technology presented at the American College of Forensic Psychology annual conference.

Diagnostic & Clinical Interview

The Diagnostic and Clinical Interview service is a complex process that allows FPA associates to directly assess the needs of clients. FPA associates utilize a structured inquiry technique that is adjusted to fit clients’ current situation and/or difficulties. Some of the typical areas that are covered during the Diagnostic/Clinical Interview include precipitating problem(s), personality and emotional functioning, reality testing, impulsivity, identity, relational style, social problem-solving competence, as well as structure, flexibility, and effectiveness of existing stress coping mechanisms. Subsequent to the Diagnostic/Clinical Interview, caregivers of clients are provided with the following: diagnosis, prognosis, short-term recommendations, and long-term recommendations.

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy and counseling services are provided to clients who are feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of life, and/or suffering from clinically significant emotional disturbance. Psychotherapy involves FPA associates leading a client through a talk-based process in which maladaptive thinking, personality, interpersonal behavior, and emotional regulation are explored and amended. An alternative form of psychotherapy is a service coined by FPA as Hip Hop Transformation. FPA associates typically engage youth and young adults in this form of psychotherapy who have been unsuccessful in the traditional form of psychotherapy. All forms of psychotherapy are integrated with PMSC™ skills and concepts to stabilize and enhance client outcomes.

Hip-Hop Transformation

Hip-hop transformation is a pioneering service developed to help adolescents and young adults for whom traditional psychotherapy has not been effective.

Many solely perceive hip-hop music from its portrayal on TV and in the media: something that breeds destruction, violence, anger, and materialism. But it can just as well be used to heal. It is a vehicle for youth and young adults to articulate and reveal feelings and thoughts close to heart: powerlessness, lack of acknowledgement, loneliness, poverty, underdeveloped sense of self, lack of gratification, abuse, and so on.

Under FPA's guidance and supervision, this cathartic yet disciplined process can help adolescents and young adults ingrain mechanisms and behaviors that will bring them to better mental health.