Pathways Transition Programs, Inc. (PTP)

PTP offers a comprehensive array of assessment and therapy services for children, adolescents, adults, and families. Services are both therapeutic and psycho-educational, fostering and supporting change and growth through healing the wounds of trauma and life challenges, as well as training and skill development to enhance coping skills and build resilience.

PTP staff consists of a diverse group of over 100 full-time professionals that include licensed psychiatrists, licensed psychologists, licensed counselors, licensed social workers and a team of highly trained and supervised behavioral aides.

History

​PTP was founded by Sunaina Rao Jain, PhD, a Clinical Psychologist with 35+ years experience working with at-risk families and youth.

Dr. Jain’s early work focused on children with attention and learning challenges and how these problems affect their emotional health and the lives of their families. Through subsequent work with children in foster care, she observed how positive learning outcomes are tightly intertwined with stable and enriched environments for growth.
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In 1991, Dr. Jain opened PTP in order to train and develop a group of clinicians dedicated to a whole-life, integrated, approach to helping individuals and families in distress.
  • CARF accredited (since 2004).
  • Georgia MEDICAID ​CORE provider for children and families.
  • Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Service Provider (Wraparound services include Homestead, Behavioral Aide, Early Intervention, Prevention of Unnecessary Placement, Comprehensive Child and Family Assessments, and Fitness to Parent Evaluations).
  • Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Service Provider (Wraparound services include Expedited Services, and The Seven Challenges Program).
  • DCFS and DJJ approved parenting education resource.
  • Better Business Bureau accredited with an A+ rating (since 2020).

Clients

PTP clients represent the variety and richness of our community and our referrals come from many sources.
  • Parents seeking assistance and guidance with their children and family challenges.
  • Courts and child protective services seeking assistance to interrupt inter-generational cycles of family stress and conflict.
  • Education and medical professionals.
  • Adoption and foster care agencies, as well as refugee resettlement agencies.
  • Adults seeking to find balance in their lives and build resilience for meeting life’s challenges.
We take great pride in being a resource for all families and all professionals working with children. We are committed to understanding, advocating and healing for all the different ways in which we are called upon to confront life as it unfolds.