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Children's Behavioral Health Services
Web Links of Interest
*The following Internet Web Sites are listed for your convenience. The list is not all-inclusive, nor
should it be considered an endorsement of the accuracy of, or support for, the information/views expressed
in each site.
Statewide Family Resources
- 2-1-1
Maine
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is an easy to remember, phone number and website that
connects individuals to comprehensive vital health and
social service information and resources. Services are
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
-
Access Maine
Phone: toll free - (800) 800-4876 ext. 4015 or (207) 780-4015
E-mail: accessmaine@usm.maine.edu
Website: http://www.accessmaine.org/index.htm
- Adoptive
and Foster Families of Maine - Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine, Inc. (AFFM) provides support
services for adoptive, foster parents and kinship providers. AFFM
provides the training, guidance; knowledge and resources needed
to handle complex issues as families open their hearts and homes
to children
- Autism
Society of Maine - The Autism Society of Maine invites you to join families
and professionals in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding
of autism spectrum disorders, treatments and support of
Maine children and adults with autism. The ASM provides
information, referral and advocacy services. Other activities
sponsored by ASM include presentations and workshops, statewide
newsletter, annual meeting, family weekend retreat and summer
camp program
- COS II (Maine
Co-occurring State Integration Initiative) - works with providers to integrate care, we
provide extensive training and technical support, and we work with consumer and provider committees
to change policies and procedures at the state level
- G.E.A.R.
(Gaining Empowerment Allows Results) Parent Network -
G.E.A.R. exists to facilitate contact between parents to prevent isolation and share knowledge
gained by experiences with our children's disabilities and contact with the system of care
- Kinship
Care/Family Connections -
Family Connections assists grandparents, aunts and uncles who are stepping in to care for
relatives' children
- Maine
CITE Coordinator Center - Maine CITE is a statewide
project designed to help make assistive and universally designed technology more available to Maine
children and adults who have disabilities.
- Maine Developmental
Disabilities Council - Pervasive Developmental
Disorder, Mental Retardation, Down's Syndrome, Autism,
Cerebral Palsy Learn about the different spectrum disorders,
latest in research, autism causes, and search autism
books to extent your knowledge
- Maine
Parent Federation - A statewide organization that provides information, advocacy,
education, and training to benefit all children. We promote
individual aspirations and community inclusion for people with
disabilities
- NAMI
Maine - NAMI Maine offers support to families whose children have
mental illness or an emotional/ behavioral disorder. These
disorders include: Autism, Anxiety and Panic Disorder, Asperger's
Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct
Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Pervasive
Developmental Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,
Schizophrenia, Tourette's Disorder, and Dual Diagnosis
- University
of Maine Cooperation Extension's Center for Parenting
Education - The Growing Years is an age-paced child development newsletter mailed free
of charge to any family in Maine with a child five years old or younger
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Southern Maine Parent Awareness - Helps families expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life of their children and young adults with disabilities
- The Maine Children's Alliance - (MCA) is committed to improving the lives of all Maine's children, youth, and families. By collecting and analyzing data on children and their health, economic and demographic status, we seek to link research to practice and public policy
- THRIVE (System of Care Initiative) -
helps providers and community organizations in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties
transform the way services are delivered to children, families of children, and to youth
who are affected by serious emotional and behavioral challenges
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National Family Resources
- A - Z health & disease
information - Penn State Children's Hospital references articles on diseases and conditions.
You can read about signs, symptoms, causes, risk factors, when to seek medical advice,
screening and diagnosis, complications, treatments and prevention
- Autism
Society of America -
Leading voice and resource of the entire autism community in education, advocacy, services,
research and support
- FAS
Community Resource Center -
Information about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Health
Information for Children with Developmental Disabilities -
- International
Rett Syndrome Association - IRSA has
disseminated timely, accurate, objective information on Rett syndrome throughout the world to people
who need information and resources and to researchers who can make a difference plus a lot more
- National
Association for Dually Diagnosed - NADD is the leading
North American expert in providing professionals, educators, policy makers, and families with
education, training, and information on mental health issues relating to persons with intellectual
or developmental disabilities
- National Institutes of Health - medical and behavioral research
- US
Center for Disease Control and Prevention -
Online source for credible health information
- Zero
to three -
The national resource on the first years of life
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