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Are antidepressants safe for kids?
Patients with depression were eleven times more likely to experience significant benefit from antidepressant medication than to experience medication-related suicidal thinking or behavior, patients with OCD were thirty-four times more likely to experience benefit and patients with non-OCD anxiety were thirty-six times more likely to experience benefit. Continue reading
Seven reasons church attendance is difficult when kids have mental illness…
Today, we’ll start by identifying seven reasons church attendance/participation is difficult for families of kids with mental illness.
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We’re teaming up for a counseling summit in Cincinnati!
In this counseling Summit, we’ll offer practical strategies for identifying and treating the most common…and pressing mental health concerns in children and teens. Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Adoption, Anxiety Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Foster Care, Key Ministry, Mental Health, PTSD, Training Events
Tagged ADHD, adolescents, Adoption, anxiety, children, Cincinnati Christian University, conferences, Dr. Sherri McClurg, Family Center by the Falls, Foster Care, Key Ministry, mental health, mood disorders, special education, Spring Counseling Summit, Stephen Grcevich MD, trauma
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Including Kids and Teens With Mental Illness in the Church and Community…#globalaccess2015
Here’s the Slideshare of Dr. Grcevich’s presentation today at the 2015 Global Access Conference, presented by Joni and Friends…Including Kids and Teens With Mental Illness in the Church and Community. Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Advocacy, Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Training Events
Tagged #globalaccess2015, children, church, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Key Ministry, mental illness, Special Needs Ministry, Stephen Grcevich MD, teens
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Any parents of kids with disabilities interested in an online small group?
Dr. Steve Grcevich recently contacted me with the idea of offering an online format for parent support via videoconferencing. This is a great opportunity to offer a community of support to parents who otherwise would not have access via a more traditional face to face group Continue reading
A disability is still a disability for kids who aren’t disabled all the time
Many kids and adults experience mental health conditions that substantially limits their ability to participate in church as a major life activity while maintaining reasonably high levels of functioning at school, at work or at home. Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety Disorders, Autism, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Mental Health
Tagged adults, children, church, Disability, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Key Ministry, mental health, teens
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Too much visual stimulation may be bad for most kids…
The research describing the impact of environment upon learning in children offers one of the best examples of how churches can take concrete steps to become more welcoming to all families (especially those with children who struggle with attentional regulation or sensory processing) and more effective during the limited time they have to influence kids without having to develop a stand-alone ministry “program” or requiring families to self-identify their kids with disabilities. Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Autism, Resources, Strategies
Tagged attention, children, children's ministry, environment, Harmony Hensley, Key Ministry, learning, youth ministry
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Too much visual stimulation may be bad for most kids…
The research describing the impact of environment upon learning in children offers one of the best examples of how churches can take concrete steps to become more welcoming to all families (especially those with children who struggle with attentional regulation or sensory processing) and more effective during the limited time they have to influence kids without having to develop a stand-alone ministry “program” or requiring families to self-identify their kids with disabilities. Continue reading
Posted in ADHD, Autism, Resources, Strategies
Tagged attention, children, children's ministry, environment, Harmony Hensley, Key Ministry, learning, youth ministry
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