An estimated 70% of the thousands of lives touched each year by FSM, are the lives of children. We reach these kids through a broad array of programs, including:

Bridges for Families Birth to Three is an early intervention program for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities and their families living within the Madison Metropolitan School District.

Trauma Informed-Child Parent Psychotherapy (TI-CPP) is a family-based therapeutic program helping children who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, attachment, or mental health problems due to physical or psychological trauma. The programs serves children ages  0 to 5 years.

Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-C BT) is a treatment approach addressing the unique needs of children with PTSD symptoms, depression, behavior problems, and other difficulties related to traumatic life experiences. The program provides individual sessions for the child and for the parent or caregiver, as well as joint parent-child sessions. The program serves children ages six to 17.

Steps to Success day treatment is a program that provides comprehensive mental health service to middle school youth, male and female, ages 11-14 who are struggling in their home, school or community environments due to mental health and behavioral challenges.

The Children of Violent Homes (CVH) project provides crisis intervention and a range of short- and long-term counseling and treatment alternatives for children and their families who have been exposed to domestic violence. CVH also provides interagency coordination of referrals to providers for other forms of support. The CVH partners include Family Service Madison, Rainbow Project, Domestic Abuse Intervention Services and Briarpatch (a division of Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin).

Families in Transition (FIT) is a flexible family therapy program serving families with teens, ages 12-17, who are at risk of being placed outside of the home. The FIT team works with families in their homes where the immediacy of problems can be addressed and resolved. Issues for the teen may include emotional and behavioral difficulties, unlawful activities, school problems, troubled relationships with family members, peers or community persons, or alcohol and other drug abuse patterns.

Safe At Home (SAH), pioneered by FSM in 1989, is a resource for children, ages infant to 11, and families of Dane County who are experiencing significant life stress, conflict or child welfare issues such as abuse or neglect. SAH is an intensive family counseling program designed to work with families in their homes where the immediacy of problems can be addressed and resolved. SAH services are provided in a respectful and culturally responsive manner.

FACE-Kids is a cooperative effort to provide psycho-educational group services for school-aged children. Groups are provided on site at participating agencies or in Dane County schools or neighborhood center.

Imagine a Child's Capacity has a primary goal of helping those who struggle with social, emotional, cognitive or physical development in some way that inhibits their ability to forge relationships and fully function in our community.
The program addresses a wide range of challenges, including learning, communicating, anger-management, building relationships, eating, reading, movement and regulation. Our staff has expertise in helping people with autism, Asperger's Syndrome, cerebral palsy, ADHD, Down syndrome, sensory integration disorder, bipolar disorder, at-risk individuals who have experienced trauma, and many other challenges that lead to emotional, social or developmental delays.

PICADA education and prevention programs include: