Emotional Counseling

The CARE Project (TCP) provides emotional support for families with children who are deaf and hard of hearing through use of counseling tools, family retreats and advocacy experiences.

Video Experiences

Across the years, TCP Media Director (Xris Kessler) has filmed many family stories for the purpose of sharing experiences with new groups of parents who become involved in TCP’s retreats, workshops and support groups.  These film segments bring a sense of comfort to parents with the realization that they are not alone, not broken, not isolated, that their child is not unique and that there is support to be found amongst those families who share in these experiences.

 

Journaling

A key and critical tool utilized by TCP with parents is journaling.  Parents are encouraged to record their daily thoughts and emotions as a means of documenting their emotional journey.  In turn, these recorded thoughts allow for reflection and problem solving for the parents as well as a means of sharing with TCP Staff the day-to-day experiences.  Journaling can be done in a variety of ways:

 

Parent to Parent

Family support is another key ingredient in helping parents move forward.  TCP has organized local/regional support groups for parents and local service providers in partnership with other agencies who serve the families (such as the NC EHDI Program).  To date, there is no tool more powerful or impactful than that of parent-to-parent communication, support and networking.