Category Archives: Youth Treatment
Mental Health, Substance Use, Children and the Holidays
The holidays are a perfect time for parents to address alarming behaviors they may have [...]
Dec
Seize The Awkward
The Seize the Awkward campaign from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention,, in partnership with [...]
May
Options for those in a substance abuse crisis and for their families
When there is a substance abuse crisis, individuals and their families are overwhelmed and often [...]
Mar
Children’s Mental Health and Trauma
“Children are resilient.” “Kids bounce back.” “They’re young, they won’t really remember.” In many ways, [...]
Mar
KET’s You Are Not Alone – A Six-Part Series on Youth Mental Health
You Are Not Alone is a new six-part series from KET featuring people on the [...]
Oct
Do you know how to respond to youth with mental health concerns?
Do you know what to say to a young person in trouble? Across the country, [...]
Aug
Cyberbullying and Substance Abuse
According to the Megan Meier Foundation—a foundation created by Tina Meier after her 13-year-old daughter, Megan, [...]
Jun
Parent Guidelines for Helping Youth after the Incidents at Marshall County High School
The recent events at Marshall County High School have been an extremely frightening experience, and [...]
Jan
Psychological Impact of the Recent Shooting
The combination of life-threatening traumatic personal experiences, loss of loved ones, disruption of routines and [...]
Jan
Recognizing the Signs of Anxiety from Trauma
For many, choosing to seek help is tough and for others, especially children, parents may [...]
Jan
Press Release – Marshall County High School Tragedy
Immediately following a tragedy like the one at Marshall County High School, the attention is [...]
Jan
Coping After a School Shooting
A school shooting is a terrible and traumatic event for parents, students, and the community [...]
Jan
Shatter the Myths
Every January the National Institute for Drug Abuse has a week that they hope will [...]
Jan
The Zone, Opening Soon
Everyone goes through thing’s in life that are hard to deal with. Sometimes you just [...]
Dec
99 Ways to Cope with Stress
There will be days that just suck. There will be some days that nothing works [...]
Nov
I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty
Well, I won’t back down No, I won’t back down You can stand me up [...]
Oct
The Zone – Coming Soon to Paducah
TAYLRD (Transition Age Youth Launching Realized Dreams) is a new way to REACH OUT to [...]
Oct
Do you need a creative outlet?
Tom Petty, the musician, died last week. He was my friend and therapist since I [...]
Oct
The story of how Casey’s Law was born
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] The story of how Casey’s Law was born. “My son died of a [...]
Sep