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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...
Listening Sessions Report (Article)
After conducting five Listening Sessions across the state of New Hampshire to discuss the Ten-Year Mental Health Plan, the New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association has compiled their findings into a report. Included in the report are actual ...
Stress Free Kids (Article)
Started by Lori Lite, StressFreeKids.com is a great website featuring "a line of children's books, CDs, and curriculums designed to help children manage anxiety, stress, and anger while promoting self-esteem and peaceful sleep."...

Recommended Mental Health Resources

Parents/Professional Advocacy League (Link)
PAL is an organization of more than 4,000 Massachusetts families and professionals who advocate on behalf of children with emotional, behavioral and mental health needs and their families. PAL advocates for supports, treatments and policies that enable fa...
Positive Behavioral Support in the Home and Community: A Bibliography for Families (File)
NICHCY receives hundreds of requests for information about ways to address the challenging behaviors of children with disabilities. We have compiled this bibliography to help families identify the many materials available on the subject of problem be...
To our kids' mental health (Article)
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Depression (Article)
Depression is very common but sometimes people do not realize that they are dealing with an illness....
Anxiety Disorders (Article)
Anxiety disorders affect a large number of people from all walks of life....