While reintegration in abduction and alienation cases is a new and emerging body of knowledge and field of professional competence, it is not rocket science!
The Rachel Foundation for Family Reintegration has identified and developed a flexible, four-step program for the reintegration of returned abducted children and children who have been severely alienated from a parent.
It has applied this program with remarkable success, even in cases estimated to be close to hopeless: for instance where children are severely alienated from a parent and in cases where children have had no contact with a parent for many years.
Each case is different and the program can be adapted to meet the needs of the individual family unit, either residential or non-residential, short term (3 days to one week) or longer term (up to several months.)
The Rachel Foundation for Family Reintegration delivers practical, affordable, structured reintegration programs on several levels:
Bridges ™ - intensive residential program for returning abducted or alienated children and their left behind parents. This program also facilitates Clauses 13(b) and 21 of the Hague Convention, by working with Federal Courts.
Footsteps ™ - short term supportive residential access program to strengthen damaged or at-risk parent-child bonds. For non-custodial parents and parents whose bonds with their children have been damaged through divorce or other reasons.
Rachel Community Reintegration Program – outpatient, in the family’s community.
Rachel Outreach – Consulting and counseling services, multidisciplinary networking with appropriate social and legal agencies and Courts. This includes a developing network of trained reintegration facilitators.
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