An interdisciplinary program dedicated to optimizing the growth and development of foster/adoptive children from birth to age 21, and their families.

Services Provided

Pre-placement education; multidisciplinary child assessment; mental and infant mental health services, support groups; pediatric and educational consultation; speech/language and occupational therapy; mentoring; in-home behavioral services.

Who We Serve

Children and young people in foster care, kinship care, or adopted through foster care — and their families.

Mission and Goals

To optimize the development of foster children and their resource families by providing a range of culturally-responsive, trauma- and resiliency-informed multidisciplinary services, high-quality training, and developing research to help understand the consequences of multiple risk factors and the healing power of intervention and family support.

Partnership Inquiries

TIES (TRAINING, INTERVENTION, EDUCATION, AND SERVICES) FOR FAMILIES
estark@mednet.ucla.edu
(310) 206-9238

Campus Affiliation