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Teenagers and Mental Health: A Q&A with Tilly’s Life Center

My Brains Not Broken

Our proactive approach uses experiential learning, journal writing, open discussion, and other activities to guide teens in effectively coping with crisis, adopting healthy habits, and reaching their full potential. The program is available as a high school course via virtual or in-person, an after-school program, or a series of workshops.

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How to Adopt a Child: What You Need to Know About the Adoption Process

All For Kids

If you are considering adoption, congratulations! However, the adoption journey can prove difficult to navigate if you don’t have the understanding and resources necessary to guide you through the child adoption process. What are your feelings on international adoption vs. domestic adoption?

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The Stages of Change Model and How To Implement It

Relias

DiClemente, this model has become a cornerstone in health psychology and is widely used in healthcare and wellness programs. This is not a “checklist” of how to encourage change within your clients or yourself, but rather a way of thinking about the psychology of changing habits. Developed by James O. Prochaska and Carlo C.

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Colorado CASA seeking volunteers to support kids in foster care

CO4Kids

To become a CASA a volunteer must be at least 21 years old and complete a background check and interview process. Most importantly a CASA is someone who has a passion to serve children and families coming from hard places,” said Kristen Blessman, Interim State Executive Director at Colorado CASA.

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‘I believe in the value of social work’: launch editor looks back as Community Care turns 50

Community Care

This is the first in a series of interviews celebrating Community Care’s 50th anniversary. The magazine covered the gamut of social work and social care including child protection, adoption, mental health and services for disabled and older people. On 3 April 1974, the first ever issue of Community Care was published.

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How To Take a Trauma-Informed Approach to Birth Trauma

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Birth trauma is an adverse psychological reaction following pregnancy or childbirth similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A trauma-informed approach to birth trauma To help your clients cope with and overcome the effects of birth trauma, it’s important that your organization adopt a trauma-informed approach to care.

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sanity, madness, the family. and the kettle

Clinical Philosophy

When the interviewers go to Maya's home. First off, he tells us that he's not offering an account of schizophrenia, doesn't 'accept it as a fact' or 'adopt it as a hypothesis', does not 'assume its existence' and 'propose[s] no model for it'. (I I quote here from the Preface to the 2nd edition.) a confused one'. And now for the kettle!