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- Mental Health workers are burnt out - Mental health “workers” are chronically overworked, underpaid, and not appreciated. “Workers,” given a variety of job titles, are the day-to-day…
- Why I use the word “rage” and not “tantrum” for my child with developmental trauma - What kind of parent calls the police when her kid has a tantrum? Or, even worse, tries to check him…
- Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism - An inspiring story of a family who used Disney animated movies to communicate with their non-verbal autistic son, Owen. Ultimately…
- Don’t blame workers for psych center woes - Here in Charlotte, NC we’ve recently had a lot of news about Strategic Behavioral Center, a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility…
- Funding for Adopted Children - If you adopted your child out of foster care and your child is special needs you should qualify for: Medicaid…
- Mental Health Services – A glossary to get you started - Most often the services described below are bundled under an agency who is considered your child’s clinical home. (This may…
- Assumptions: The deck is already stacked against you - Navigating the mental health system on behalf of our children, especially those with extreme behaviors, is like traversing hostile territory.…
- Adopted baby nephew - My youngest sister gave birth to a baby boy in 2008. She has had a substance abuse problem and has…
- I will only adopt cats from here on out. - Since I was about 16, I have wanted to adopt children. Not babies, children. I really felt God had called…
- Alexandra - Today is Alexandra’s 12th birthday. Over the last 16 months we’ve had people reach out asking why she isn’t in…
- Kyla - Rewind to five years ago. (Don’t I wish I could?) My then husband and I have enjoyed an empty nest…
- Adopting family tortured by girl’s RAD illness | KSL.com - It took Jay and Jodi Bean of Alpine years to figure out why their new daughter brought anger and fear…
- Just - This is a devastating story of a family struggling to love and raise two adopted foster children. The unfairness and…
- Conduct Disorder (CD) – Early detection - First published by Milk & Hugs, and republished with permission. The Worry… Early childhood is a wondrous time of life,…