This Giving Season, we at FSA wanted to give thanks to dedicated and highly qualified team members such as Tanya Aviles who has been with FSA for over 2 years. She currently oversees the 0-5 Preschool Program with FSA’s Behavioral Health Services. The experience of learning new skills while working with the 0-5 population along with gaining more experience with working with teachers and parents is one aspect of what drew her into her program. When asked about her role with our community and her program this is what Tanya had to say:

“The most rewarding part of my job is knowing that my program is making a positive impact in the lives of young children’s mental health and helps prevent future mental health issues by helping their care providers (parents and teachers) learn to better interact with the child, understand them and effectively manage their behavior in a positive manner.

My program helps children in our community that are in the 0-5 range learn how to regulate their emotions, increase cooperation, follow directives, express their needs/wants in an appropriate manner and learn appropriate social skills. Additionally, my program helps parents and teachers in our community learn to enhance their relationship with children in the 0-5 range along with learning positive behavior management skills.

Good mental health equates to better communal positive interactions, hence, the more we improve an individual’s mental health and the more we can promote understanding of mental health among the individual’s care system the more our communities will have individuals with stable mental health and with empathy for others.”

Thank you Tanya for building community one family at a time. For more information regarding FSA’s Behavioral Health Services we invite you to click on the following link for Clinic Directory: https://www.fsaca.org/what/mental-health or to speak to our dedicated and caring team we invite you to contact us at: (951) 369-8036.