Parenting with Love Limits
SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO RESTORE AND STRENGTHEN FAMILIES
Parenting with Love and Limits® (PLL) is an Alternative to Placement and Reentry program that is brief, effective, and free to families.
The program teaches each youth and their family new skills, building on the strengths that each member already has. PLL will ultimately help caregivers establish both “Love and Limits” within their homes.
PLL is a proven practice* that has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing aggressive, rule-breaking, and oppositional/defiant behaviors, as well as improving family communication and overall family satisfaction. For families who complete PLL, there have been significant reductions in youths’ future involvement with the law
HOW DOES PLL WORK?
The PLL program offers group and family coaching as well as case management services to strengthen families and restore peace within the home. PLL will work in partnership with any system your child is a part of, the combined effort leading to your child’s success. For reentry youth, the program begins while your youth is in placement and continues throughout your youth’s transition home.
GROUP
For six weeks, you meet with a small group of families to learn concrete skills, develop a support system, and resolve issues you all are facing.
FAMILY COACHING
The PLL Coach travels to your home to develop and reinforce skills learned in group.
CASE MANAGEMENT
The PLL Case Manager works with each youth and family to identify resources that are useful to your family. The PLL Case Manager assists families in
connecting with some of the following community resources:
YMCA, United Way, school resources such as tutoring and academic evaluations, mentors, employment opportunities, prosocial opportunities, drug and alcohol services, community service opportunities, and others.
For reentry youth, a CBAT Team of community leaders is established to assist in identifying needed resources.
Unlike traditional therapy, PLL has a set beginning, middle, and end. This is a brief program.
OVERVIEW OF THE PLL PROGRAM
| Timeframe | PLL Group | PLL Individual Family Coaching |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Group 1: Venting | No Coaching 1st week |
| Week 2 | Group 2: Button Pushing | Coaching 1: Winning the Battle for Structure and putting the protective factors on the radar screen |
| Week 3 | Group 3: Contracting | Coaching 2: Identifying Undercurrents, Feedback Loops and beginning to develop first Contract and if applicable Aftercare Plan |
| Week 4 | Group 4: Putting the Contract Together as a Group | Coaching 3: Continuing to draft written plans |
| Week 5 | Group 5: Creative Consequences | Coaching 4: Developing Countermoves around written plans |
| Week 6 | Group 6: How to Start Liking Each Other Again - Restoring Closeness | Coaching 5: Further development of needed Countermoves and intensive dress rehearsals |
| Week 7 | No Group | Coaching 6: Assessment of written plans and changes as needed |
| Week 8 | No Group | Coaching 7 and Beyond: Continuing coaching until benchmarks are met |
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER PLL?
PLL provides 30, 60 and 90 day call-backs after the family has completed the program to ensure the family is still on track.
Additional support is provided if needed.
*PLL has been listed as an effective, evidence-based program by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the California Clearinghouse for Child Welfare, the Florida Sourcebook of Delinquency Interventions, and others.
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