The Whole Child Interview
Faviola Lopez, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
P: 562 692 0383
Background Research
1. The Whole Child focuses on children ages 0–21 years and their families in high-risk communities throughout Southeastern Los Angeles County. Families may require The Whole Child’s professional services in the event of loss of a parent, traumatic home life, sexual abuse, emotional health issues, homelessness or a wide range of other negative situations.
2. Our mission is to give children of all ages the skills, support and security they need to build emotionally healthy lives and become caring, responsible adults. Our commitment to children includes their parents, whom we empower to create nurturing families. Together, we enrich our community and our world.
3. Services are mental health and Birth to Five Services.
Mental Health Services are provided, Family Housing and Birth to Five Center. Mental health services provided include: individual, family and group psychotherapy, crisis intervention, psychological testing, medication assessment and management, case management, and parent skill-building.
Birth to Five Services include: Child-Parent Psychotherapy: psychotherapy for children 0–5 years; The Incredible Years: training to teach parents effective parenting strategies that promote young children’s social and emotional competence, reduce problem behaviors, and increase positive and nurturing parenting
Interview with Faviola Lopez LCSW
HOW DOES YOUR AGENCY PROVIDE FAMILY LITERACY SUPPORT
-Our agency does not have direct services for literacy support. We are however,sensitive to a client or family’s literacy needs and will provide resources as needed for example, any information provided can be read to the family.
HOW DOES YOUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT YOUR CLIENTS HEALTH?
Community 5k, collaborations with PIH, mental health providers and health providers, school integrated mental health
WHAT KIND OF FAMILY LITERACY SUPPORT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN YOUR AGENCY’S COMMUNITY?
The community could benefit from literacy programs geared towards adults and in different languages.
WHAT KIND OF FAMILY HEALTH SUPPORT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN THIS COMMUNITY
More get up and move projects, more free services like dental check ups, medical check ups that we host or we participate in. We don’t host any but, we participate in promoting PIH support groups,we can give client’s information on where the mobile clinic is located at.
