Behavioral Health Resources

Behavior/Discipline

Times of stress will worsen previous behavior problems. The following resources are to help with parenting and normal behavioral challenges with children.



• Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing - A Free Course about Parenting
• Book: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids will Talk, Adele Faber & Elain Mazlish, updated 2017 edition
  

For All Families

• Talking to Children About Tragedies and Other News Events: How to filter information so kids can accommodate, adjust to, and cope with difficult current events.
• How To Support Your Childs Resilience in a Time of Crisis: Initially developed for post-911 and hurricanes, it is applicable now for current events regarding racism, protests against police, etc.
• How to Help Children Build Resilience in Uncertain Times: This reviews step-by-step how to translate parents emotions in response to current events for their children.
• There are more details from the same author in this book: Building Resilience in Children and Teens 4th Edition, by Kenneth R. Ginsburg MD
• Free Chapter from this book
• How To Manage Family Conflict During Quarantine
• AnxietyCanada.com: COVID-19 help for parents and children, this website offers town halls to listen to; CARD, a game to play, to help manage stressful situations, MindShift CBT an app which offers CBT for anxiety
• NPR LifeKit: A short informative parent oriented advice about talking about race, returning to work, how to get the most out of telemedicine video visits.
• First Approach Skills Training (FAST) program

For Teens

• Teenlink: offers phone, chat and text support for mental health, stress/anxiety, substance use, bullying including cyber bullying, gender/identity issues, eating disorders and self-harm/suicide.

For Parents with New Babies and Young Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic



• Briggs, D. Your Child's Self Esteem
• Gottman Ph.D., J. How to Raise an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting
• Nelsen Ed.D., J. Positive Discipline
• Phelan, T. W. 1, 2, 3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12

Mental Health (including Anxiety & Depression)

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Anxiety and Depression Association of America
• Children's Center for OCD and Anxiety
• Child Anxiety Network
• Guide to Depression Medications
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Freedman, C. (2001) Where's Your Smile, Crocodile? *For young children
• Greene, R. (2001) The Explosive Child
• Kaufman, M. (2001) The Depressed Child: Overcoming Teen Depression
• Khalsa, K. (2002) Taking Depression to School *For young children
• Miller, J. (1998) The Childhood Depression Sourcebook

Mental Health (Crisis Services)



• County Crisis Lines
• Teen Link Help Line 866-833-6546
• Confidential teen-answered computer chat service or 1-866-833-6546 (Teenlink Help Line)
• Substance Abuse Information for WA State
• Washington Alcohol Drug Help Site
• or 1-800-562-1240 (Help Line for WA State)
• 1-800-SUICIDE or 1-800-273-TALK (US National Suicide Hotlines)
• Perinatal and Postnatal Depression Resources