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Understand the Significance of Human Trafficking Awareness Month

2021-10-18T13:57:18-06:00

When Americans hear the phrases “human trafficking” or “sex trafficking,” they often imagine this is only a concern in other countries. While international trafficking is a serious issue, domestic human trafficking and the trafficking of Americans into other countries is just as much of a problem. The statistics behind human trafficking are still largely unseen, [...]

Understand the Significance of Human Trafficking Awareness Month2021-10-18T13:57:18-06:00

Get in the Know: It’s Suicide Prevention Day

2019-11-19T09:29:12-06:00

Hi friends and community! We hope you are having a wonderful start to your September. As you may know, Suicide Prevention Week is September 10th-16th, and Suicide Prevention Day is September 10th. This is a topic we feel strongly toward, and we wanted to be a part of the discussion this week. To do that, [...]

Get in the Know: It’s Suicide Prevention Day2019-11-19T09:29:12-06:00

Prevent Injuries By Practicing Safety First

2019-11-19T09:42:50-06:00

To help raise safety awareness, this article will discuss safety topics and concerns as they apply to children and adolescents. Awareness efforts often focus on ways to reduce unintentional injury. These efforts are important for children as well. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), unintentional injury is the leading [...]

Prevent Injuries By Practicing Safety First2019-11-19T09:42:50-06:00

What is Depression and What Does it Look Like?

2019-06-18T11:35:07-06:00

What is Depression? And What Does it Look Like in Children? This article will briefly explore one of the more common mental health concerns for children today – depression. According to the CDC, approximately 3.2% (1.9 million) of children aged 3-17 have been diagnosed with depression. That makes depression an important area for [...]

What is Depression and What Does it Look Like?2019-06-18T11:35:07-06:00

What you Need to Know About Children’s Mental Health

2019-11-19T10:01:01-06:00

What You Need To Know About Children's Mental Health May is National Mental Health Month, which means that many relevant organizations focus on increasing awareness of various important facets of mental health through media, events, services, etc. The purpose of this article is to embrace National Mental Health Month by attempting to [...]

What you Need to Know About Children’s Mental Health2019-11-19T10:01:01-06:00

Teen Dating Violence: Get in the Know

2022-02-09T12:41:54-06:00

Teen dating violence is more common than you may think. In this article Ms. Christie lays out the facts and warning signs, to empower you, as parents, to protect your teens through education and appropriate limits.  Read below for the full scoop!“It’s complicated”…a common response when adults, and even adolescents, are asked about their romantic [...]

Teen Dating Violence: Get in the Know2022-02-09T12:41:54-06:00

National Safety Month – Guest Contributor Gerald New

2017-05-18T13:00:08-06:00

National Safety Month Guest Contributor: Gerald New  Husband, Father, & Textbook Seller © Johnkasawa | Dreamstime.com - Bicycle Mountain Bike Safety Helmet Photo June is National Safety Month and when the good people at the Arkansas Families First asked me to write a column on the subject, I jumped at the chance to [...]

National Safety Month – Guest Contributor Gerald New2017-05-18T13:00:08-06:00

Is Your Cell Phone Coming Between You and Your Children?

2019-08-28T13:32:00-06:00

Is Your Cell Phone Coming Between You and Your Children? by Adam Benton, Ph.D. and Mary Ekdahl, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologists at Arkansas Families First, LLC. Children, smartphones, and social media have made the news again, but not in the way you might think! This time it is not about the risk of online predators, too [...]

Is Your Cell Phone Coming Between You and Your Children?2019-08-28T13:32:00-06:00

Child-Parent Psychotherapy Introduction

2019-07-31T09:48:26-06:00

What is Child-Parent Psychotherapy? "Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) is an intervention for children from birth through age 5 who have experienced at least one traumatic event (e.g., maltreatment, the sudden or traumatic death of someone close, a serious accident, sexual abuse, exposure to domestic violence) and, as a result, are experiencing behavior, attachment, and/or mental [...]

Child-Parent Psychotherapy Introduction2019-07-31T09:48:26-06:00