Wheeler Clinic, Inc.
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Contact Information
91 Northwest Dr
Plainville, CT 06062
United States
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Plainville, CT 06062
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8 AM-8 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM-8 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM-8 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM-8 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM-6 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
On any given day in Connecticut, there are thousands of children in foster care and more who need safe, loving homes. Wheeler Clinic’s Therapeutic Foster Care program provides 24-hour-a-day supported family homes to children and adolescents, primarily ages 6 through 17, needing a therapeutic level of foster care. The program also serves younger children as part of a sibling group and works with children over 18 years of age.
The program offers foster families training and ongoing support to help them provide a structured and nurturing environment to children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse and/or neglect, and who may be experiencing symptoms related to trauma, loss and other behavioral health concerns.
Services and information
- Traditional Foster Care
- Emergency Foster Care
- Respite Foster Care
- Other
Requirements to become a foster parent
You must meet minimum requirements to provide foster care for children in Connecticut. Before you start, educate yourself and reach out to a foster care agency. Social workers recommend that you and other family members in your home feel ready before starting your foster journey. Caring for a foster child takes time, patience, and persistence.
Contact your local licensed child-placing agency or attend an orientation meeting to learn more about what fostering entails. They will inform you about foster parent requirements, common obstacles you might face, and unique challenges among foster children. All foster kids have experienced trauma. Training teaches foster parents how best to help foster children manage their feelings and feel secure.
You must meet minimum state requirements to qualify as a foster care provider in Connecticut. Foster parents must:
- Be 21 years of age or older
- Offer a safe living environment
- Pass a police and FBI background check
- Maintain sufficient income to care for a family
- Complete the 10-week training program
- Provide a separate bed for the foster child
- Complete the Home Study process
- Have a clean driving record (pass a DMV check)
Kids of the same gender in a similar age range may share a bedroom.
Contact the Connecticut Department of Children and Families or a local child-placing agency for additional questions about foster parent requirements.
Ratings and Reviews
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Apr 24, 2019
More for children and, addicts, law offenders. They were nice just not for me. They did try and help but wasn't for me and too far of a drive too. Group therapy was really all they could offer me and it wasn't what I needed. Just wasn't the right fit for any of the group's I tried, because the patients were all trying to get their kids back, or something with the law. Most had to pee in cups and prove they weren't doing drugs to report to a case worker. Which means probably a good place for people struggling in those areas. But unfortunately I'm a PTSD and OCD case not drugs or law so not a good fit. I suggest elsewhere if you're not doing it for kids or legal reasons. And they were kind enough to suggest elsewhere after things doddid work out so 3 stars because they were nice, 2 lost because they're not very upfront with what they seem to actually specialise in and lack of individual therapy.
Apr 30, 2018
Waited there today for almost four hours to be told to come back tomorrow. Absolutely pointless. To have to do it all over again tomorrow 🤯🤬
Oct 25, 2017
This is the worst walk in you can go to avoid at all costs I’m serious you will be highly disappointed steer clear
Jun 25, 2017
this place legit was the worst experience of my life. i had a walk in intake in august and didnt see anyone till december they kept calling and cancelling everytime i saw a therapist i was almost never allowed to talk because they were too busy talking about their procedures. you are required to go to group therapy no matter what and it only lasts about 2-11 sessions and in group you are not allowed to talk go figure... thye make you sit there like a bunch of children doing activities that do not help in my case with anxiety and PTSD making tree cut outs will not help me in my life i obviously am there for the help and they did not provide i was in their care since august 2016 and left in april 2017 only seeing one person a month if that and one person every 2 weeks if they dont decide to cancel. also every time i did see a therapist it was always a new person every time i went in id have to re explain why im there making absolutely no progress and the same goes with the psychiatrists someone new each time. which means i was a guinea pig for meds because one person wasnt there long enough to help. i recommend you try thocc outpatient they are absolutely amazing and you will get treated the way you deserve
Jun 30, 2016
Great service