Parents for Children’s Mental Health
admin January 22nd, 2009
I stumbled upon this great website that I just had to share with you.
“To Advocate, To Educate and To Support.”
Parents for Children’s Mental Health is a non-profit, provincial, parent run organization that provides a voice for children and their families who face the challenges of mental health problems in Ontario. We work with the families, the general public, mental health professionals and agencies, and government to provide education, support and advocacy.
The goals of Parents for Children’s Mental Health:
- To advance the unique needs of children with emotional and behavioural disorders and their families
- To dissolve the stigma attached to children’s mental illness
- To advocate for research, prevention, early intervention, family support, education and other services needed by these children and their families
- To work with mental health agencies and government to ensure that children with emotional and behavioural disorders have access to community-based services to help them reach their full potential
One of the things that I have been fighting for as many of you know is for understanding and a bright future for these kids. Parent’s for Children’s Mental Health has the same goal in mind but they have gone one step further. If you go to the website you’ll come to a letter from the President Sylvia Naumovski. She describes how the waits are long and how government funding falls short.
Children’s mental health treatment works. Sadly, most local and regional children’s mental health centres have long wait lists. Government funding for children’s mental health services falls far short of what is required to help meet the mental health needs of children and youth.
The organization is asking for our help. There are pre-written letters that we can address to our local government officials to let them know that we are concerned about our children’s futures. Please help!
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