Behavioral and Living Skills Support Strategies for Families and Communities

  • Helping famiies and communities to reach goals and overcome obstacles to success, in a complex world, one step at a time.

  • Because we can dream our dreams, and strive to reach goals, one step at a time.

  • Helping families and communities to reach goals, and overcome obstacles to success

    in a complex world, one step at a time.

Section 28 Behavioral Services for Children
Qualified behavioral health professionals can make a positive difference in the life of a child who needs extra support to build skills for living. The leadership and behavioral support staff at 10 Forward are experienced in providing rehabilitative and community services for children with special needs related to cognitive and functional limitations. We help families thrive. We are contracted providers through Maine DHHS, to provide quality services for children and families who qualify. We serve children with developmental disabilities, history of trauma and abuse, with behavioral challenges or other mental health diagnosis.
Evidence Based work
We set goals and define measurable outcomes so that we can observe progress, make adjustments and move ahead to help children achieve needed goals for lifelong skills such as safe interactions, making healthy choices, managing their emotions, and being part of community.
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Our Service Areas
Fostering Independence
Creative programs and supervised play with integrated goals for learning, sharing, following directions, even learning to enjoy and have fun within limits, are developed with best outcomes in mind and carefully managed. All of our outcomes are logged and shared with parents and care givers to help ensure progress.
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When children have challenges managing their feelings and behaviors, or interacting with others, it can be tough for parents. You are not alone. We help children to reach key goals to prepare them for life.

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CHILDREN's BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
We fully support those healthy interactions, helping with such goals as building life skills, fostering good coping skills, building good communication skills for every day life, and supporting social skill development for inclusion, with as much independence as possible, teaching children and families to utilize natural supports in community, and offering necessary attentional support for safety and well being.
Our Primary Service Areas:
Kennebec County especially the Greater Waterville area (Belgrade, Belgrade Lakes, Fairfield, Oakland, Rome, Smithfield, and Waterville) and the Greater Augusta area (Augusta, Chelsea, Fairfield, Gardiner, Manchester, Readfield) 10 Forward serves Lincoln County: including Boothbay, Damariscotta, Jefferson, Newcastle. We may also serve Franklin County, Sagadahoc County and Waldo County. Contact us.
Helping Children, Parents and Families across the Generations to Thrive
We work with the entire family so that children can have positive interactions with siblings, peers, parents, grandparents, and can enjoy the fullness of families across the generations. Certified Provider of RUBI Parent Training for Disruptive Behaviors .
Stepping Stone Resources to build Strong, and Inclusive Communities
A special feature of our program is that we work with communities by both identifying resources and building resources, helping with stepping stones to success. This may include supporting groups so that children with special needs will have supervised and safe groups for practicing social skills.
10 Forward Programs for Families and Communities

Behavioral Resources that include basics, as well as creativity. We are data driven, and work with evidence-based approaches, to help us live better.