WTBY Television Interview
Broadcast features Astor Services

This "Joy In Our Town" program provides practical information for families looking for help.

WTBY TV host Wendy Maragh-Taylor speaks with Astor's Jim McGuirk in a program filled with practical information for families who may be seeking help with their children. This 14 minute program, originally aired on Jan. 19, 2010 on Poughkeepsie television station WTBY, covers many issues of concern to parents and families. (Summary continues below...)

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Topics include:

  • Current difficulties facing families in our community
  • Warning signs that families can look for to identify emerging behavioral and emotional problems
  • Preventive measures that all families can use to head off problems
  • How to help your children be successful
  • How families can find help
  • Screening programs
  • The importance of providing help for, and working with, the entire family
  • Methods used by Astor, such as Interaction Coaching
  • The importance of using proven-successful methods
  • Taking a strength-based approach: focusing on a child's strengths
  • Providing opportunities for success
  • Evaluating school environments
  • And much more!

If you think that Astor Services may be able to help your child and you would like more information, please phone:

  • Hudson Valley community-based services: (845) 452-5952
  • Bronx community-based services: (718) 231-3400 x 202

Donations and volunteer opportunities, please phone:

  • Astor Home For Children Foundation: (845) 871-1117

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This segment of the television show "Joy In Our Town" was broadcast on WTBY TV, Channel 54, Poughkeepsie NY, on January 19, 2010.