Montgomery County offers many opportunities to access mental health care. Please see below for resources available to all families residing in Montgomery County, Maryland. If you believe your child is having a mental health crisis, please contact one of these organizations immediately.
Montgomery County Crisis Center: 240-777-4000
Crisis Text Line: Text START or HELP to 741741.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988, or chat online
EveryMind: Provides local crisis support and can be reached at 301-738-2255
NAMI Montgomery County is hosting a free, virtual NAMI Basics class for parents, caregivers, and other family members who provide care for youth (18 and younger) who are experiencing mental health symptoms. It will meet weekly on Thursdays for 6 weeks starting 10/16 from 6:30-9:00pm. Classes are led by two trained volunteers with lived experience caring for a child with a mental health condition.
This class covers:
The impact mental health conditions can have on your entire family
Different types of mental health care professionals, available treatment options and therapies
An overview of the public mental health care, school and juvenile justice systems and resources to help you navigate these systems
How to advocate for your child's rights at school and in health care settings
How to prepare for and respond to crisis situations (self-harm, suicide attempts, etc.)
The importance of taking care of yourself
Please join us for Virtual Family Nights on Zoom! Our Family Nights, offered free of charge, bring grieving families together ahead of holidays and other special days to encourage sharing and communication between adults and children.
CaringMatters’ Family Nights workshops help grieving families learn coping tools, plan for handling celebrations and honor their loved one(s). Art activities, facilitated by trained volunteers, provide families with an opportunity to create something together as a way to explore their feelings, remember their loved ones and keep their memories alive.
For virtual Family Nights, families will need a space where they can work on a project together, as well as a device, preferably a tablet or computer, to access Zoom. CaringMatters will deliver all art materials a few days prior to the online workshop.
Each workshop is designed to be independent of the others so that families can come to one or more as they choose. Appropriate for families with children ages 5-18.
Registration is required for each session. To register, contact Gilly Cannon at gillyc@caringmatters.org, 301-990-8904.
For more information about CaringMatters and programs to support grieving children visit
www.caringmatters.org/children-s-grief-support
Los invitamos a que participen en nuestro programa; Noches en Familia en Zoom. Nuestro programavirtual de Noches Familiares se ofrece de forma gratuita,y tiene como objetivo reunir a familias que estan en duelo en anticipación de un día festivo y otros días importantes, para promover un momento de comunicación.
Noches en Familia de CaringMatters son talleres que ayudan a las familias a que adquieran herramientas de afrontamiento, planifiquen como manejar las celebraciones, y como marcar la ausencia de su ser querido de una manera significativa. Por medio de la elaboración de proyectos de arte, y facilitadas por voluntarios entrenados, se anima a los padres e hijos a crear juntos un proyecto, como una manera de continuar conversaciones a cerca de sus seres queridos y ayudar a mantener sus recuerdos vivos.
Las familias que participen en Noches en Familia necesitaran un espacio en donde puedan elaborar un proyecto de arte juntos, asi como una tableta o computadora para conectarse a Zoom.
CaringMatters entregara a domicilio todos los materiales necesarios para el proyecto de arte unos días antes del taller en linea. Cada taller esta diseñado de una manera independiente de los demás, de esta manera las familias pueden participar en una o más fechas si asi lo desean. Este programa es apropiado para familias con niños entre los 5 y 18 años de edad. Es necesario registrarse para cada sesión. Para registrarse contacte a Mabilia Rastello en mabiliar@caringmatters.org o 717-800-1631.
Rock Creek Forest is fortunate to have a partnership with Thrive Behavioral Therapy Services. If you would like more information about this program, please contact the school counselor for your grade level.
Grades K, 2,4 Colleen Smith Colleen_B_Smith@mcpsmd.org
Grades 1,3,5 Arielle Rawls Arielle_V_Rawls@mcpsmd.org