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Books to Help Your Child Cope With Tragedy

Books to Help Your Child Cope With Tragedy

Here is a list of books to help your child cope with tragedy, provided by Alison Urban, Social Worker/Behavioral Health Clinician at our Smalley Academy School Based Health Center: Grief and Loss Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories  (Audrey Penn) A story about coping with loss, appropriate for both younger and older children. The Invisible String  (Patrice Karst) A story that teaches both younger and older children that they are always connected to their loved ones, no matter where they…

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Coping With Disaster In Our Community

Coping With Disaster In Our Community

As part of our ongoing efforts to help the people of Connecticut cope with the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dr. Tim Kearney, our Chief Behavioral Health Officer, hosted a live teleconference Wednesday evening on the topic, ‘Coping With Disaster In Our Community’. He was joined by Elizabeth Cestero, a Licensed Social Worker at one of our School Based Health Centers.  You can listen to a recording of the teleconference by clicking on the Play button or the ‘Audio…

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Continuing the Discussion about Mental Health

Continuing the Discussion about Mental Health

Over the past few days, there has been increased discussion about mental health in our country after the shooting at Sandy Hook.  Dr. Tim Kearney, our Chief Behavioral Health Officer, has provided talking points about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook for children and adults.  The talking points for children are also available in Spanish and Portuguese. Yet this is part of a much larger discussion in our country about mental health.  The day of the shooting, Liza Long…

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Talking with children about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook

Talking with children about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook

Many people have been telling us that they have found the talking points that Dr. Tim Kearney, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Community Health Centers, Inc. produced very helpful and have asked for a ready to print version and versions in Spanish and Portuguese. We have had them translated and are making them available to anyone who finds them useful. Talking with children about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook (English) Cómo hablar con los niños sobre el reciente tiroteo en la…

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Talking to Adults About the Sandy Hook Shootings: Ways to Help

Talking to Adults About the Sandy Hook Shootings: Ways to Help

On Friday,  Dr. Tim Kearney, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Community Health Centers, Inc. shared information about Talking with children about the recent school shooting in Sandy Hook.  Today, we are sharing information from Dr. Kearney about talking with adults.  The primary audience for this is for clinical staff at CHC, however, it is an important resource we want to share with the wider public. In the coming days, the impact of the recent shootings will be felt in nearly every conversation.  We…

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Look for the helpers

Look for the helpers

Saturday morning, a week and a half before Christmas.  It will be a busy weekend.  Today, I am supposed to go to see Santa at our local fire station, go to a family holiday party, and go to a party celebrating a friends election.  Tomorrow, I am supposed to go to Church, go to a memorial for my mother who died during Hurricane Sandy, and host a radio show with my daughter.  Yet as Social Media Manager for CHC, I…

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