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Family Wellbeing
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NAMI - Coping Tips for Family Members
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers this useful list of coping tips for siblings and adult children of persons with mental illness.
Coping Skills and Therapy are Key for Siblings
When a member of the family struggles with mental illness - all the other members are affected, especially siblings.
Don't Let Your Marriage be a Casualty of Your Child's MI
An article by Dr. Harold Koplewicz of the Child Mind Institute about how to protect your marriage while still supporting your child.
Thriving Marriage Despite Challenges
Oak Park Therapist Steven Parker, offers strategies to protect your marriage with “solution thinking,” intention, and respect, despite the challenges of a child with disabilities.
Family Resilience: Crisis and Challenge
An article by University of Chicago professor Froma Walsh, with strategies to help families surmount crises and persistent stresses associated with mental illness.
Resiliency for Parents and Children - What it is and isn't
A FRED Group Presentation focused on family resiliency given by Theresa M. Schultz, Ph.D. Licensed Clinical & Developmental Psychologist.
Meditation Books for Kids and Teens
These books were used by FRED members and come highly recommended as useful tools to teach meditation to both teenagers and younger children.
Thrive Talks
Thrive Talks are expert presentations to help your family thrive. View presentations including Calm the Chaos, Becoming an Even Better Parent, Anxiety in Children and Teens, and more...
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