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Thanks in advance for your assistance in “stomping out stigma” and “raising awareness” of children’s mental health needs by removing barriers to learning that provides every child the opportunity to succeed!

Thursday, May 6, 2010 has been designated as Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.  A day set aside to raise awareness of the need for quality, effective programs to address the challenging mental health needs of children and their families.  Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day is a national day of recognition for everyone to demonstrate the importance of promoting positive development of the “whole child,” physical as well as social-emotional needs that foster recovery and resiliency.

The theme of Awareness Day 2010 focuses on the importance positive mental health has on a child’s healthy development with the key message that “positive mental health is essential to a child’s healthy development from birth.”  You can show support by wearing your “green ribbon” and join the celebration to promote positive mental health, well-being for all children and youth by spreading the message that without mental health one cannot be physically healthy.  Serious emotional and mental health disorders in children and youth are real yet treatable if identified.  As our future, every child and youth facing mental health challenges deserve access to quality, effective services and supports that are family and youth driven and provided in a culturally appropriate environment.

Numerous community planned events have been created to celebrate Awareness Day; wearing crazy socks to symbolize your commitment to “sock-it-to mental illness,” carnivals and health fairs that raise awareness or a crazy hat that sends the message “hats off to mental health! 

Austin/Travis County area will host several celebrations that include:

• May 3-10 Children’s Art Show at the Texas State Capitol and State Mental Health Proclamation to promote awareness and resiliency of children and youth, sponsored by the South Texas art Therapy Association and supported by the Child & Youth Mental Health Planning Partnership;
• May 4, 2010 at Travis County Commissioners Court there will be a Proclamation of May being Mental Health Month and May 6 as Children’s Mental Health Awareness day;
• May 4, 2010 from 5:00-8:0pm, The Children’s Partnership will sponsor the Ten Thousand Villages event;
• May 6, 2010 from 5:00-7:30pm, the Lucy Read Pre-K Demonstration School will host a Children’s Mental Health Awareness day event focusing on early childhood, promoting positive mental health development in children ages 0-8.

If you are interested in learning more about Awareness Day and how you can participate and make a difference, visit the sites listed below:

http://childrensmentalhealthawarenessweek.org/

http://www.samhsa.gov/children/index.aspx

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Lifeline Family Enrinchment

13706 Research Blvd. # 211 D

Austin, TX 78750

"Children's Mental Health

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