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Our tip sheets offer quick and practical guidance for parents supporting a child with mental or behavioral health challenges. Each tip sheet is written with families in mind and designed to help you navigate real situations, whether it is managing school stress, handling tough behaviors at home, or finding the right services.

 

These tip sheets are easy to read, filled with expert-informed strategies, and grounded in lived experience. Use them whenever you need clarity, confidence, or a next step. All tip sheets are free to download and created to meet you where you are!

13 Things Your Kids Wish You Knew

13 Things Your Kids Wish You Knew

Children often have trouble explaining how they feel. Check out the 13 tips they wish you knew about their mental health!

Dad to Dad

Dad to Dad

Dads play an important part in their child's mental wellness. Get ideas from dads on how to make a difference. También disponible en español.

Graduation for Students with Behavioral Challenges

Graduation for Students with Behavioral Challenges

Is your child nearing graduation? Check out these tips to ensure they are prepared. También disponible en español.

How to Make Your LGBTQIA+ Child Feel Loved and Heard

How to Make Your LGBTQIA+ Child Feel Loved and Heard

Check out these tips for ensuring your child feels loved and heard when they come out to you as LGBTQIA+. También disponible en español.

How to Pick the Right Residential Treatment Facility for Your Child

How to Pick the Right Residential Treatment Facility for Your Child

Learn from parents who have had to make the difficult decision of sending their child to an RTF. También disponible en español.

Inpatient Hospitalization: A Resource for Parents and Families

Inpatient Hospitalization: A Resource for Parents and Families

Here is what you need to know to help your child navigate inpatient treatment.

Navigating Your Child's Anxiety

Navigating Your Child's Anxiety

Do you have a child who struggles with anxiety? Check out what's helped other parents navigate it!

Once They’re Safe: Taking Care of Yourself While Your Child Is Receiving Mental Health Care

Once They’re Safe: Taking Care of Yourself While Your Child Is Receiving Mental Health Care

When your child is finally safe, the adrenaline does not just turn off. This tip sheet shares real stories from parents about what helped them get through an inpatient stay.

Residential Treatment Facility Tips

Residential Treatment Facility Tips

Parents who have the experience of placing their child in a residential treatment facility share the tips they've learned to help you prepare and plan for their stay. También disponible en español.

Talking about Suicide

Talking about Suicide

If you're concerned about suicide, bring it up. If you don't know how to ask your child if they are considering ending their life, let us help you.

Tips Parents Want to Share about Trauma

Tips Parents Want to Share about Trauma

Tips from parents to parents about raising children who have experienced extreme trauma. También disponible en español.

Bullying Prevention

Bullying Prevention

Learn important tips for handling the bullying your child may be experiencing.

Emotional Safety Plan

Emotional Safety Plan

Don't wait until you're overwhelmed—make a simple plan to head off those feelings of stress. También disponible en español.

Helping our Children Make Healthy Friendships

Helping our Children Make Healthy Friendships

Friendships are an important part of a happy and healthy life, but making and keeping good friendships can be hard. Here are tips parents shared with us on how they help their children manage this tricky process.

How to Meet with Your Legislator

How to Meet with Your Legislator

Wondering how to plan a successful meeting with your local, state, or federal legislator? Check out these simple tips for a successful meeting. También disponible en español.

How to be a  Supportive Partner

How to be a Supportive Partner

Parents share their best tips for how to stay connected with your partner as you navigate the challenges of raising a child who is struggling.

Mental Health Consent to Treat

Mental Health Consent to Treat

Learn about PA's Mental Health Consent Law for children ages 14 to 17. También disponible en español.

Navigating the Juvenile Justice System with a Mental Health Challenge: A Parent's Guide

Navigating the Juvenile Justice System with a Mental Health Challenge: A Parent's Guide

Interactions between law enforcement and your child can be very scary, especially for a child who has a mental health challenge. It is best to prepare your child ahead of time for what they could expect if they were ever to have an interaction with law enforcement.

Parenting Through the Tough Days: Small Steps That Make a Big Difference

Parenting Through the Tough Days: Small Steps That Make a Big Difference

A free, interactive eBook with real tips from parents and experts to help you care for your mental health while parenting.

Sharing Your Story

Sharing Your Story

Families are often asked to share their story with decision-makers. But what should you share, and how do you start? This tip sheet will give you ideas and a plan to help. También disponible en español.

The Unique Challenges of Parenting in a Blended Family

The Unique Challenges of Parenting in a Blended Family

Get tips on how to help your child who struggles adjust to your newly blended family—tips shared by parents who lived through merging their families together.

Understanding Your Child's Social Battery

Understanding Your Child's Social Battery

If you have a child who is introverted, shy, or anxious, they may struggle with what's called their "social battery." Learn more about this concept and ways parents can help prepare their child (including adult children) for social situations.

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