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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...
It Takes A Team to Help a Hurting Child Rebuilding the Broken Bond (File)
What is Reactive Attachment Disorder? RAD is a condition in which individuals have difficulty forming loving lasting relationships. They often have a nearly complete lack of ability to be genuinely affectionate with others. They typically fail to devel...
To our kids' mental health (Article)
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Against All Odds (Article)
I found myself leaning forward at the wheel squinting into the gaps left in the ice on my windshield by the worn out wipers. With my heart pounding in fear at each icy curve of the mountain highway, I glanced over at my son. His sixteen year old, six foot...
Anxiety Disorders (Article)
Anxiety disorders affect a large number of people from all walks of life....