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Mental Health 101

Protecting Your Child's Mental Health During Challenging Times

Scroll to the bottom of this page to find out where you can get help. People are hurting. Families are living with a global pandemic,...

Lighten Up: Stress Busters for Families During COVID

As a parent coach for MACMH I have been receiving calls from parents who are trying their very best to juggle the COVID Shelter at Home...

I Am Not My Diagnosis

Repeat after me: I am not my diagnosis. Repeat after me: I am enough. Mental health interferes with a person’s life. It changes how a...

Resilience

Resilience is the ability to get through life's challenges, work through change in a positive way and become STRONGER! We can learn how...

The 3 R's : Relax, Reflect, Respond

During these stressful times, the 3 R's can help us remember to 1) slow down and calm ourselves, 2) pay attention and think about the...

Challenging Emotions & Behaviors

ALL children experience challenging emotions and behaviors from time to time. But sometimes, challenging emotions and behaviors can be a...

How the Brain Works

Understanding how the brain works can help us figure out why kids do what they do. In the video below, Dr. Dan Siegel uses a hand model...

Diagnoses and Symptoms

What do all those letters mean? ADHD... ODD.. PTSD... OCD... SED... Do you feel like you need a secret decoder book to understand your...