8 May · Lauren Till · No Comments
Thursday, May 9th is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the nation’s leader for children’s mental health services. SAMHSA’s “Caring for Every Child’s Mental Health” public awareness effort was created in 1994 with the mission to increase awareness around children’s mental health. Every year …
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Last month we featured Robin Mackey and her work with Strengthening Families. Today she shares her experiences with us in light of a recent Books, Balls, and Blocks event… As a social worker I have worked with families in a variety of settings. I have found my recent work, focused on early childhood, to be …
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Strengthening Families is a national framework that is being implemented in Alabama through the Alabama Partnership for Children (APC) with support from many agencies and partners. Strengthening Families is a framework based upon five protective factors- 1. Parental Resilience: a family’s ability to bounce back from setbacks 2. Social Connections: a family’s network of resources and …
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A few weeks ago, HMG staff hosted a Books, Balls, and Blocks event in Walker County. Help Me Grow: Books, Balls, and Blocks (BBB) is a free event held for children and their families. The purpose of the event is to screen children for developmental delays in the first five years of life. The event is …
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