Growing Resilience & Lifting Lives
Reshaping futures with:
● Therapeutic Child Care
● Individual Therapy
● Family Therapy / Home Visitation
What We Do
A Child’s Haven is a 501(c)(3) organization that treats children with developmental delays as a result of limited resources, abuse, or neglect, and provides support and education for their families. Our vision is that all children in the community are thriving with families that nurture their success.
For 29 years, our team of highly trained behavioral health professionals has helped struggling preschool children in the Greenville area acquire skills necessary to be successful in school and beyond. Most children and families benefiting from our services have been expelled from mainstream child care settings, have limited resources, and demonstrate clinical need for behavioral health treatment services.
Our unique combination of services provide high-quality child care combined with behavioral health treatment in a nurturing, and structured environment
The Story of Jahlil
Jahlil and his mother, Shantel, were referred to A Child’s Haven (ACH) when he was four years old. Leading up to their referral, Shantel was an extremely stressed single parent. Jahlil struggled with extreme social-emotional challenges that lead to poor behavior. Shantel was afraid of what the future would look like if Jahlil’s behavioral challenges were not addressed. Shantel had exhausted the ways she knew to help her son and knew she needed a different approach. During her ACH intake, Shantel was excited to learn that while Jahlil was in treatment, the Child and Family Therapist would help her too.
Shantel shares, “I’m an old school parent and I parented my oldest three children in a significantly different way. The way I parented Jahlil just didn’t work.” After a few months of being enrolled at ACH, Shantel was relieved to see huge improvements in her son. Jahlil was having positive interactions with adults and peers, and he stopped throwing tantrums every time something did not go his way.
During Shantel’s Family Therapy sessions, she learned how to understand her child’s needs. This information taught her how to be the best parent to Jahlil, and she was able to empower him. This newfound empowerment helped Jahlil take charge of his emotions and to process and express them in a positive way. Jahlil continued making significant progress during his time at ACH. He was enrolled in our new 4K program in August and thrived during the transition.
Jahlil is on track to graduate from 4K in time to begin kindergarten next Fall. Shantel shared what makes ACH unique. “A Child’s Haven for us has been everything under one roof. During the day he learns coping skills in his classroom and has Individual Therapy a few times a month. Then, we are able to have Family Therapy together with the same therapist. It has worked very well for us. I don’t know where our lives would be without A Child’s Haven.”
Benefits of Our Services
For children with behavioral, social, or emotional challenges, success in a mainstream child care program and entering kindergarten “ready to learn” can be difficult. A Child’s Haven’s early interventions address the mental health needs of these precious children and their caregivers. By healing the child and strengthening the family unit, their future and our community have the potential to be remarkably reshaped!
Since 1992, our team has provided high-quality child care combined with behavioral health treatment in a nurturing, and structured environment. Each child has an individualized treatment plan designed to help them develop healthy social-emotional skills and improve behavior so they can successfully transition into a mainstream child care or education setting. Our program helps struggling families stay employed increase economic mobility, strengthens parenting skills and interfamily relationships, and connects those families to other community resources.
4K Program
A Child’s Haven launched a 4K program in collaboration with South Carolina First Steps (SCFS). ACH is one of only four SCFS 4K programs in Greenville County and is available to families who are already enrolled at ACH or who are in the process of being enrolled
The new 4K program currently serves 8 children and will expand to 16 in the Summer. The SCFS 4K program adds a traditional academic component to our Therapeutic Child Care and further ensures their success when they enter a public school classroom. ACH Program Director, Coraretta Smalls, leads the initiative with support from other clinical staff at our facility.
The program includes:
Two classrooms at A Child’s Haven with eight children in each room.
Qualified, trauma informed staff.
Therapeutic approach to learning including daily lesson plans following the Creative Curriculum provided by SC First Steps.
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INVEST IN YOUR COMMUNITY’S FUTURE
Research has shown that for every $1 spent on programs like A Child’s Haven, $13 is returned to the public treasury. This is possible because of a reduced need for juvenile and adult programs, and an increased contribution of each person to his or her community.
Think about your own childhood. What difference would it have made if someone invested in making your life richer? A gift to A Child’s Haven not only demonstrates your belief in our mission, but also reinforces your commitment to making a difference in the world.
HELP YOUR COMMUNITY GROW
If you have any questions about our programs and services, or just need to talk through some of the details, please reach out to us!
Phone: 864.298.0025
Fax: 864.298.0045
