Resources for Children's Mental Health
Crisis Services Local Help/Services Websites
Crisis Services
The Four County Crisis Response Team monitors a 24 hour crisis hotline and, if medically necessary, will travel to the individual's location to provide face-to-face intervention and assessment. Please click here for more information.
Local Help and Services
Children’s mental health services are available in all four counties. If you need help, the resources listed below can be contacted for non-emergency referral or assistance.
Please click here to view a local resource guide organized by different topics and concerns.
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Websites
Adolescent Health Initiative Links
Great site for parents and kids of all ages! Fun stuff, informational, recipes, books, and more.
Schizophrenia: Public Attitudes, Private Needs
National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
Minnesota Parent Knows
Minnesota Parents Know is a resource filled with convenient and trusted child development, health and parenting information. The Minnesota Parents Know Website is founded on the belief that parents are the first and most important teacher in a child's life. Parents are likely to benefit, however, from the aid and support of experts' information on child health, development, nutrition and safety in raising strong and healthy children.
The site has been developed for parents with extensive input of parents and provides up-to-date research-based information on children from birth through grade 12, strategies to support children's learning, newsletters, expert tips, an interactive early childhood and child care search, connections to Minnesota services and resources, video clips, a parent Web literacy tutorial and a customized search function of high quality, non-commercial child development and health Websites
International MOMS Club®
Offers support to moms home during the day living in St. Cloud, Waite Park, Foley, and Clearlake. Members are encouraged to bring their children with to all activity. Meets at various times and days throughout the month, depending on interest. Sends out a monthly newsletter and calendar so members know activity times and days. 320-310-4221, amiek@charter.net, Contact Person: Amie Kirby
MOPS (Mother’s Of Preschoolers)
Designed for mothers of infants through kindergarten. MOPS is about Celebrating motherhood, Meeting needs, Making Connections, and Experiencing God’s love...through relationships and resources. Meets during the school year, various groups in the area meet at different times and days and childcare is provided. 320-310-4221, amiek@charter.net, Contact Person: Amie Kirby, Council Coordinator
The Twenty-Minute Retreat
This retreat is for those of us who spend a considerable amount of time and energy taking care of other people. So often we're warm and supportive to others, while we're barely holding ourselves together.
Teen Mental Health Problems: What are the Warning Signs
Article taken from SAMHSA website.
Cultural Competence in Serving Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems
Article taken from SAMHSA website.
Health Resources and Services Administration - Depression before and during pregnancy
This site provides easty-to-understand, downloadable tools for women, their families and health care professionals.
www.C3online.org
Connecting youth to communities and careers.
The Center for Cross-Cultural Health
www.pacer.org
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Education
www.kidshealth.org
A website with information for parents, teens and kids. The focus of information is on physical and mental health.
www.namimn.org
Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Minnesota
www.macmh.org
Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health providing support and information for families of children with EBD and mental health needs.
www.nmha.org
National Mental Health Association
www.samhsa.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
www.ffcmh.org
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Children's Mental Health Statutes
www.mndlc.org
Minnesota Disability Law Center
Bright Futures
This Georgetown University website offers tons of downloadable information for families and professionals.
Stop Stigma
SAMHSA's Resource Center to Address Discrimination & Stigma Associated with Mental Illness
System of Care NW Minnesota
A Children's Mental Health System of Care involves a community network of services and supports designed to help children and youth who experience emotional, social and behavioral challenges and their families.
Campaign for Mental Health Recovery
SAMHSA’s Campaign for Mental Health Recovery is a three-year, national, public education campaign to educate the general public about mental health problems. The CMHR has produced television, radio, and print public service announcements (PSAs) accessible via the Campaign Web site.
Active Minds On Campus
Active Minds is a student-run program that addresses the stigma surrounding mental illness among college students. Started in 2001 at the University of Pennsylvania, Active Minds has worked to expose and reduce stigma associated with mental illness within college environments.
Half Of Us
Created through a collaboration with mtvU and The Jed Foundation, Half of Us is an interactive online public education Web site that provides college-aged youth with information about the prevalence of mental health issues on college campuses and connects students to the appropriate resources to get help.
ULifeline
A program of the Jed Foundation, ULifeline is an anonymous, confidential, online resource center where college students can search for information regarding mental health and suicide prevention. Their Web site has enhanced student features, and a new component called Counseling Central, built exclusively for college mental health and student affairs professionals.
SAMHSA's ADS Center
SAMHSA recently launched its re-designed ADS Center Web site that features a new library with more than 600 resources to help individuals and organizations counter discrimination and stigma associated with mental illness. Visit the ADS Center online and enter “youth” in the data library search field to find research articles, brochures, fact sheets, toolkits and other resource items. Content is now organized by both topic and audience to help you quickly navigate to items that meet your needs. The ADS Center also supports the Campaign for Mental Health Recovery – check out the Web site for information and helpful links!
From the Bookshelf
Books about mental illness and parenting.
Disability Info Website
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