A secure family structure and environment plays a huge role in a child's social, emotional, and developmental needs and capabilities. Without appropriate behaviors modeled and a structured and secure background, children can develop inappropriate reactions to different situations and the inability to fully trust another person. Traumatic events have a huge impact on child development and children need to have a safe place to learn, grow, and develop. The Family Nurturing Center (FNC) in Medford, Oregon is one of 15 relief nurseries throughout the state that is designed to build strong families through social and emotional skill building. My time at FNC was spent interacting and building upon the social and emotional needs of preschool children through therapeutic art and play, modeling of appropriate behaviors, and integrating strategies to alleviate problem behaviors, as well as, other activities. As a result of my time there I discovered the intense need for these children to have stability and trust, and how therapeutic approaches help to change inappropriate behaviors and actions to positive ones.