Comprehensive Wellness Support
for Everyone

At the Harris Family Agency (HFA), we stand out as a for-profit agency that offers unique wellness support programs for family-centered nonprofit organizations and private and public organizations in the surrounding areas.

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about us

We aim to support and equip young children, youth, tweens, parents, and teachers by providing emotional wellness programs to promote healthy relationships. Our goal is to partner with individuals and organizations to support ongoing maturity of emotional regulation and coping skills concerning, but not limited to: unexpected life changes, daily anxieties, and unhealthy behavioral challenges. We also support working activities to reduce these issues.

Our Goal
We strive to provide affordable emotional health wellness programs for individuals of all ages, in hopes of supporting the emotional health and well-being of the whole family.

Victoria Van Buren

Victoria Van Buren, Founder & CEO
901.791.1284 | [email protected]

Our Educational Services

Early Heart Start

  • Baby Seja | A key component of our early heart start service, is meticulously tailored to serve infants from six weeks to 13 months (Parent & Me Classes) and toddlers from 14 months to 35 months of age (Independent Class). This age-specific approach ensures that children receive comprehensive child development, mental wellness, and physical wellness services that are precisely relevant to their development stage.

  • Little Seja | A part of our early heart start services, is a fun and interactive social and emotional life skill program. It prepares young children from ages 3–5 with everyday life skills, bully prevention skills, and wellness skills to help them discover the world around them and achieve their full potential.

  • Seja | Also a part of our early heart start services, is a fun and interactive social and emotional life skill program. It prepares young children from ages 6–8 with everyday life skills, bully prevention skills, wellness skills and school readiness to help them discover the world around them and achieve their full potential.

Transition

  • Kid Theory is part of our transition services. It is a social and emotional life skill program that prepares children 9–12 years of age with everyday life skills, bully prevention skills, and wellness skills to help them discover the world around them and achieve their full potential.

  • Teen Theory is part of our transition services. Serving ages 13–15, Teen Theory is a social and emotional life skill program that prepares preteens and teenagers with everyday life skills, bully prevention skills, and wellness skills to help them discover the world around them and achieve their full potential.

  • Seriously Speaking is also part of our transition services. Serving ages 16–18, Teen Theory is a social and emotional life skill program that prepares teenagers with everyday life skills, bully prevention skills, wellness skills, and job readiness to help them discover the world around them and achieve their full potential.

Family Services*

  • ParentMe At the HFA, we understand that each family is unique. That’s why our reflective curriculum, including Parent Theory, is designed to enhance parental communication and child-rearing skills. We assess each family to identify their strengths, needs, and goals, and then coordinate services, accordingly, ensuring a personalized approach to family support. • Family-centered wellness services are offered based on parental input or request. • Community resources and referral information are provided based on the family’s additional needs. • The ultimate goal is to strengthen guardians’ social, emotional, and parental knowledge and move the family toward building a healthy family dynamic.

  • Family Theory At the HFA, Family Theory is designed to enhance wellness and communication skills throughout the whole family. We assess each family to identify their strengths, needs, and goals, and then coordinate services, accordingly, ensuring a personalized approach to family support. • Family-centered wellness services are offered based on parental input or request. • Community resources and referral information are provided based on the family’s additional needs. • The ultimate goal is to strengthen guardians’ social, emotional, and parental knowledge and move the family toward building a healthy family dynamic.

  • Parent Engagement Professional Development Services (PEPD) PEPD is a professional family engagement strategies framework training. PEPD provides critical strategies to help programs evaluate their current family engagement plan and create a new one that reflects the needs of the families they serve. The learning strategies cause professionals to reflect on essential social and emotional actions that foster strong relationships with parents and children.

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Victoria Van Buren

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