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Recent Updates
- US Department of Education Issues Resource Document That Discourages Restraint and Seclusion
- Financial Assistance for Children’s Health Care cost
- Family-driven care training, May 24th, 2012, 9am-4pm.
- Join us for Parent/Caregiver Leadership Training, May 18 & 19, 2012. See flyer for more information. If you are a parent wanting to strengthen your advocacy skills to benefit your family as well as helping others. Please join us for this free training.
- Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week May 6th- 12th, 2012
- Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) application deadline extended to May 1, 2012
- FUN DAY at The Park Postponed
- If you or your child are a Medicaid recipient please read this important Message about your personal information:
- NIMH articles of interest for April & May
- The Developing Brain: What It Means For Treating Adolescents
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- National Eating Disorders Assn.
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Youth mental health initiative starts in Marion County
We thought you might be interested in reading this article from WDAM in Hattiesburg, MS about a new family services initiative they started in their county. Youth mental health initiative starts in Marion County – WDAM – Channel 7 – … Continue reading
A New Resource in the Upstate
Chance Waiver services are now available Children in Cherokee, Union and Spartanburg counties. Families and youth will have a choice of services and supports to help keep their child at home or after they return from a treatment facility. For … Continue reading
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Tagged children, county, mental health, south carolina, treatment, waiver
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PACER’s New School Discipline Process Guide Available Online
Parents and professionals can both benefit from PACER’s “School Discipline Process for Minnesota Students with Disabilities: An Interactive Guide.” Based on federal and state law, it walks you through the process Minnesota schools must follow to determine discipline options, including … Continue reading
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Tagged children, disabilities, disability, education, health, mental, rights
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House Passes Mental Health Parity
The long campaign to pass parity legislation is over, with a stunning win in Congress. Continue reading
Posted in Action Alerts
Tagged bill, congress, health, house, law, legislation, mental, parity
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South Carolina Safe School Climate Act
H. 3573 (A353, R400, H3573) AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 2 TO CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 59 SO AS TO ENACT THE “SAFE SCHOOL CLIMATE ACT” TO PREVENT SCHOOL HARASSMENT, … Continue reading
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Kids and grief and loss, Counselor honored for her service
Kids and grief and loss, Counselor honored for her service Continue reading
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