Geauga Community Board of Mental Health, Alcohol & Drug Addiction Services

WomenSafe is dedicated to eliminating domestic violence in our community and supporting its victims. WomenSafe offers presentations to the general public, schools, businesses, agencies, churches, and senior and youth organizations to learn about abuse-free dating, dynamics of domestic violence, date rape, elder abuse, effects of domestic violence on children, how to assess domestic violence, and how you can help someone who is being abused. All presentations are free of charge. For more information or to schedule a presentation, please contact Julia Hazen at 440-285-0211.

The Incredible Years
Positive Parenting Skills to Help Survive the Preschool Years and Beyond!

The Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant can provide services to the school such as classroom consultation, large and small group skills building activities, and teacher training. The consultant can also provide in-home services for parent enrichment, one-on-one consultations, and behavior specific support.

In the Parent Enrichment Group, parents will work to increase their positive communication skills, limit setting abilities, problem solving, and anger management skills.

In the Dinosaur School the children learn how to communicate effectively, how to handle conflict through problem solving, and how to behave appropriately at school and at home. Dinosaur School will also promote the child's positive self-esteem and general social competence.

This program will meet once per week for 10 weeks. We will problem solve, work together, role play and help each other learn positive parenting techniques. These skills combined with what the children are learning in Dinosaur School will set the stage for positive social and emotional growth in your children.

Dinner, companionship, help, understanding and babysitting will be provided at these weekly meetings.

FREE!FREE!FREE!FREE!

Meeting Place:
Chardon Community Day Care
Wednesday 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Coming Soon

Dinner will be provided

To enroll in these services or find out about the next scheduled parent group, please call Catholic Charities Services of Geauga County at 1-440-285-3537 or 1-800-242-9755.

with funding from The Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services
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We'd be happy to personalize the workshop to better meet the needs of your group or fit your curriculum. For further information or to book a workshop for your group, please call Debbie or Emily at The Family Planning Association (440)352-0608.

The Mental Health Association in Geauga County offers many educational programs:

The Facilitator newsletter, issued two times annually. Contents include: current information about timely mental health topics and issues, community events, local mental health resources, profiles of local agencies, and articles offering tips on topics ranging from substance abuse to parenting to senior mental health issues. Call (440)285-3945 to sign up today. It's free to all Geauga residents through a grant from the Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services.

The Panorama Newsletter - is co-produced with the Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services, this newsletter is published two times annually and covers both state and national trends in the mental health field.

The ParenTalk Newsletter is an educational newsletter mailed to most first time parents in Geauga County. Issues arrive to correspond with baby’s age and developmental stage. Topics cover developmental milestones, nutrition and changing family needs.

The Very Important Kid Program - currently helps to support the development of self-esteem of Geauga County preschool classrooms. VIK offers teachers a variety of activities and lesson plans to reinforce the message that each child is special and unique. VIK is provided free to all Geauga County preschools through a grant from the Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services. The VIK program is also available to preschools and Day Care centers in other counties. If you would like to have your child's preschool participate in this self-esteem building program, encourage them to contact us at (440)285-3945.

The Professional Workshop Series - offers the Geauga professional community ways to earn continuing education units locally and affordably. Workshops have addressed such themes as: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Anger Management, and Attachment and Bonding. MHA offers two workshops per year. Call for details.

For more information on MHA's programs or to be added to our database please call (440)285-3945 or visit our website at www.mhageauga.org.

Learning your child has an emotional / mental or neurobiological disorder can be overwhelming. Caring for that child can be an extraordinarily difficult task for any parent. The Hand-to-Hand Family Education Program through NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) has been developed to address these concerns, to help parents cope with these unique stresses as well as to assist parents in caring for their own well-being. You will be joining other families with children or teens with serious mental / emotional disorders. The program’s dual focus on education and personal insight provides a comprehensive service for coping parents. You will learn about illnesses of the brain and their treatment, coping skills and how to advocate for your child. The class meets once a week for 9 weeks. Call the NAMI Geauga/Mental Health Association in Geauga County at 440-285-3945 to register for the next class.

This FREE 12-class education course, taught by trained family members, provides in-depth basic education and skill training for families and friends presented with the challenges in having a loved one diagnosed with a severe mental illness (biologically-based brain disorder). This course is offered in the spring and the fall and registration is required. For more information call 440-285-3945 or email at mdoehring@mhageauga.org.

For many families this is where they find out for the first time that they are not alone, that there is information available, and that they can learn to better support recovery for their loved one.