How to Be a Good Parent in the Era of Social Media
Parents today face new challenges in raising kids in this technological age. Here are some tips on parenting and social media. Click here to read more.
5 Tips To Help Your Child With Back-to-School Anxiety
The start of school can bring lots of change and read about these tips to help your kids in this transition.
Primary Care Intervention
This article talks about how consistent one-on-one counseling and text messages significantly reduced violent behavior, anxiety and substance use among adolescents. Access to these prevention programs is vital! Watch our video about Mental Health Checkups.
#TipTuesday – Teens Starting School
#Tip Tuesday - Teens Starting School Many teens are starting school this week. Every year, the beginning of the school year can bring about anxiety in your child, but this year has been especially hard. Suicide rates among teens are highest at the start of school, during finals, and at the end of the school [...]
Tip Tuesday – Creating Structure and Routines
Creating Structure and Routines #TipTuesday Every Tuesday we will be sharing a new parenting tip. So don't forget to subscribe to our social media pages to be alerted every Tuesday! Links can be found below. When you have a special needs child, it is especially important to create structure and routines. Routines build safety and [...]
RTS System Instructions
What is the RTS system and how can you register? The Request To Speak (RTS) system is a website that allows the public to register opinions and voice comments on bills as they pass through the Arizona Senate and House of Representatives. The following steps will guide you through registering for RTS and voicing [...]
My Army – By Carly Fleege
I have an army behind me. It’s an invisible army. But it’s there. My army is a community of other suicide loss survivors. They get it. All of it. They personally and intimately understand the emotional energy expended fighting through the grief battle. They too have been wounded by the words and actions of [...]
Why I am not Jumping on #metoo
© Photographee.eu/ Adobe Stock When I was 5 and 6 I was molested by a neighbor for about a year, and when I was 13 I was raped. These events drastically changed my life and affected my worldview. These men were never caught and never convicted. They were free to do this to [...]
When your child needs a 504 or an IEP
Children struggling with mental illness face many challenges. Sometimes the pressures of school can create additional issues and put more pressure on your teen. For teens struggling with mental illness, the pressure can be immense. Just getting out of bed can be a battle. Some children may feel overwhelmed when faced with a test, others [...]
The 13 Reasons Why Dilemma: To Watch or Not to Watch? by Carly Fleege
© Biker3/Adobe Stock To watch or not to watch? I belong to a private Facebook support group for sibling survivors of suicide and that is the question that currently seems to be the most common concern for its 1,595 members. Have you also been struggling to decide whether or not to watch [...]