It’s daunting enough to look for services for your child who may have a mental health concern. Figuring out what all those mental health acronyms mean will alienate the bravest among us. Read on for a quick guide!
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As parents, untangling all the different mental health options available and appropriate for your child is challenging to say the least. The available levels of care build upon each other and when one option has failed to help, your child moves onto the next. Each level of care becomes increasingly demanding, involved, and intense. Let’s break this concept down.
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What is Family Based Services and how is different than other mental health programs. JFS’ own Francina Fantauzzo eloquently explains why Family Based Services may be just what you need.
Even if that first family was unhealthy, it doesn’t matter. They never forget! Never underestimate the power the loss of the birth family has upon your children. Instead of ignoring or bypassing this fact, embrace it and help your child navigate through these hard feelings of previous broken family connections.
Why Holidays Are Tricky For Adopted Children Read More »
We adopted a sibling group of four, 2 years ago, all between the ages of six and twelve. Last Christmas, our first holiday with the kids, we went all out and got each of the kids exactly what they wanted. With 4 children, you can only imagine how many presents were under the tree. Our ten-year-old son destroyed all the toys we bought him. We are still perplexed by this as he specifically asked for those exact toys. We have heard the holidays can be challenging for adopted children. Can you advise us how to manage this year as Christmas is fast approaching?
~Perplexed
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