Newest Mental Health Resources

Strengthening Families and Communities: 2010 Resource Guide (Article)

"This Resource Guide was written to support service providers in their work with parents, caregivers, and their children to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. The guide includes information about protective factors that help reduce t...

Trauma, Attachment, and Family Therapy With Grandfamilies: A Model for Treatment (Article)

"Population estimates indicate that approximately 1.5 million children are in grandparent-headed households without any parents present. This type of grandfamily is often created when biological parents are unable or unwilling to care for their children. ...

Best Practices and Guidelines for the Use and Implementation of Therapeutic Interventions for Children and Young people in Out of Home Care (Article)

"This publication presents guidelines for providing therapeutic interventions for children in out of home care settings. It begins by explaining the traumatic experiences children in out of home care are more likely to have, concerns relating to the use a...

Parent Involvement Programs That Work (Article)

A publication produced by Child Trends looks into programs that truly work with parent involvement. Two factsheets describe what it takes for these programs for children and adolescents, in order to "identify the components and strategies associated with ...

Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids: A Guide for Parents and Professionals (Article)

"Many adopted children come to their adoptive families with emotional problems and attachment difficulties that developed as a result of mistreatment they experienced with their birth families or multiple moves within foster care. This book explains the t...