Are you a caregiver or parent stuck at home with your children during the quarantine and feeling stressed?  Are you feeling overwhelmed or a bit blue?  Are your children climbing the walls and getting out of control?  Join us during Children’s Mental Health Matters week on Thursday, May 7th from 4-5 pm on Go To Meeting for our first Caring Café.  Our topic will be Caregivers and Children’s Stress and the New Norm.  During this time, we will be sharing tips…

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Mood and anxiety disorders have an earlier onset than most other medical conditions. Join Taking Flight, the youth advisory council for Maryland Coalition of Families, for a Q&A session about their experiences with trauma, mental illness, and substance use and how they navigated their teen years while struggling with these challenges. When, Friday May 8th at 3:00pm Where: Zoom https://zoom.us/j/98545771028

Sheppard Pratt and NAMI Metro Baltimore are teaming up on Saturday, May 9th to bring an exciting Yoga and Wellness Webinar to kids all over Baltimore! The Wellness Webinar will be a free, virtual event hosted on Facebook Live. Families are encouraged to join the webinar and learn some grounding tips and tricks. The webinar will feature: 30-minute yoga session from an accredited yoga instructor A DIY mindfulness craft tutorial How to Join the Webinar This community event is free,…

  The School-Based Health Alliance and the National Center for School Mental Health, as part of their School Health Services National Quality Initiative, are pleased to host national webinars on innovation and emerging best practices in school health. Information for our next webinar is provided below: Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention During COVID-19: What School-Based Staff Need to Know Tuesday, May 12th, 2:00-3:30pm (EST) This webinar is co-hosted with the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), the nation's federally funded resource center devoted to implementation of the National Strategy for Suicide…

Age Group: Birth - 5 elementary adult Event Type: Virtual Programming Date:  Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 12:00pm to 12:30pm May is Children's Mental Health Matters Month! Stories and rhymes about feelings can help children identify feelings, and work through them with their families. Presented in partnership with the Maryland Coalition of Families. Visit FCPL's Facebook page, facebook.com/FredCoLibrary to attend this LIVE program. View past recordings of this and other children's programs on FCPL's Children's YouTube Playlist.

Monday, August 31 • 6:00-7:30pm   A virtual discussion on distance learning and preparing families for the new school year, hosted by the Children’s Mental Health Matters Campaign.   About this Event The Children’s Mental Health Matters Campaign recently conducted an online survey for students and families about how last Spring went with distance learning and what would be helpful this fall. Please join us for an informal, virtual panel discussion as we all plan for kids to return to…