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Mental Health
Anxiety can feel like worry, fear, tension, irritability, physical illness, or a need to avoid and control. Learn why anxiety happens, how differently it can appear, and when it may be time to seek help.
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Routines & Daily Life
Build a calmer mealtime plan for children who have anxiety, sensory needs, food insecurity history, hoarding, refusal, or conflict around eating.
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Education
Special education evaluation is more than one test. Learn about academic and cognitive testing, BASC-3 and other rating scales, adaptive behavior, speech and OT evaluations, classroom observations, FBAs, BIPs, reevaluat…
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Social Services
Social workers serve in schools, hospitals, child welfare agencies, courts, community programs, and therapy offices. Learn what their different roles have in common and what to expect when working with one.
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Child Welfare
Foster parents are expected to care for a child while also working within a larger child welfare team. Learn practical questions to ask your caseworker about the child’s needs, family contact, services, school, court, p…
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Family and Parenting
The biggest social-media risks are not limited to screen time. Learn what parents should watch for, including sleep disruption, secrecy, harmful content, harassment, exploitation, and loss of offline activities.
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Education
Michigan considers a student chronically absent when they miss at least 10% of school days. Learn what attendance letters mean, when absences become serious, and how parents can respond.
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Education
What is a 504 plan? Learn who may qualify, what accommodations it may include, and how Section 504 protects students with disabilities at school.
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Mental Health
Treatment plans can look different across providers, but many include the same basic pieces: needs, strengths, goals, objectives, services, interventions, progress measures, and review dates.
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