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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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Tips And Tools For Responding To Challenging Behaviors
Toddlers and challenging behavior: Why do they do it, and how to respond? Zero to Three offers multiple tipsheets on how to respond to challenging or aggressive behavior in little children. http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/challenging-behavior/tips-tools-challenging-behaviors.html
Streamline Your Morning Routine
Here are 8 ways to get out the door on time and unstressed. http://specialchildren.about.com/od/familyissues/tp/morningroutine.htm?nl=1
NATIONWIDE RECRUITMENT–BIPOLAR DISORDER RESEARCH STUDY: ANTIDEPRESSANT RAPID EFFECTS OF KETAMINE
Individuals who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder may be able to participate in a trial designed to understand the causes of depression and rapid antidepressant response. Specifically, this study is testing whether ketamine, a drug that affects glutamate in … Continue reading
MILITARY KIDS CONNECT WEBSITE
This new Department of Defense website provides military children a safe, fun, interactive place where they can build resilience and learn coping skills to help deal with the challenges of having a deployed family member. http://militarykidsconnect.org
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED HEMOGLOBIN A1C LEVELS IN LOW-INCOME AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH DIABETES
The frequency of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ranges from 10 to more than 50 percent in urban primary care settings where the prevalence of trauma is high. There is also growing evidence that PTSD is linked to chronic disease such … Continue reading
FFSC Is Seeking Parents To Serve In Their Community
1-Seeking Parent Advocates. The Federation of Families of SC seeks parents of children receiving services from a community mental health center to participate on state level committees. Input is needed from parents whose children are receiving services. We will provide … Continue reading
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ADHD Medication Shortages
A request from Ruth Hughes, PhD, CHADD CEO and Robert Tudisco, JD, CHADD Public Policy Committee As you know, CHADD is very concerned about the current shortage of medications to treat ADHD. No one seems to have a good handle … Continue reading
NIMH’s Top 10 Research Advances of 2011
At NIMH and in our broad research community, this has been a year of exciting discoveries and scientific progress, as we strive to make a difference for those with mental illness. Here are 10 breakthroughs and events of 2011 that … Continue reading
National Dissemination Center For Children With Disabilities
Below are articles from the NICHCY newsletter that I thought would be of interest to you: IEP Conversation Stoppers http://networkedblogs.com/rO1A8 What do I do, my child won’t go to school! http://www.matrixparents.org/pub/Spanish%20pdf/child.wont.go.to.school.eng.span.pdf How to handle a meltdown http://blog.friendshipcircle.org/2011/12/06/a-crash-course-in-meltdown-management-part-1-of-3/ http://blog.friendshipcircle.org/2011/12/13/26-sensory-integration-tools-for-meltdown-management/ http://blog.friendshipcircle.org/2011/12/21/meltdown-management-how-to-manage-and-prevent-a-panic-attack/
NIMH Outreach Partnership Program
Press Release, January 4, 2012 Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health of South Carolina Partners with the National Institute of Mental Health Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health of South Carolina has been selected as the National Institute … Continue reading
