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MCF Newsletter: Learning the Stages of Change, Defining Emotional Disabilities and More
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Volume 16 Issue 2
August 2020
This month we share:
Stages of Change Training: Learning to Help a Loved One With a Substance Use Disorder
A Kindness Practice for Families
What is an Emotional Disability?
Children With Emotional Disabilities Fare Worse Than Other Students Receiving Special Education
Disability Rights Maryland Wants to Hear From You!
Get Connected With Our Online Support Groups
Also included: upcoming trainings and events and employment opportunities.
Stages of Change Training:
Learn to Help a Loved One With a Substance Use Disorder
If you have a loved one with a drug or alcohol problem, it can be hard to understand why addiction happens and why it is so hard to escape the cycle of substance use. You may want to help, but feel unsure where to start or what to do. Maryland Coalition of Families is here to help!
On Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00 PM, MCF staff will present Exploring the Stages of Change: Regrounding Our Response. This free online workshop is designed to help participants understand addictive behaviors and the process behind intentional behavior change. Topics to be covered include:
Defining “addiction”
Learning the Stages of Change
Matching interventions to the current stage of readiness
Increasing motivation in the early stages
Practicing harm reduction in the pre-action stages
Managing potential challenges
Click here
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for more information and to register for the workshop.
Read
[link removed]
More About the Stages of Change
A Kindness Practice for Families
It is neurologically impossible to be both stressed out, and really loving and kind at the same time. When members of our family feel stressed - even young children - their ability to be empathetic and compassionate towards others dwindles away. This results in short tempers, selfish behaviors and hurt feelings all around.
While it is just not possible to be perfectly loving beings at all times, there are tools that we can use to spend more of our time in that space. A “kindness practice” is one of the tools that requires only a few minutes and can be used by children and adults of all ages and with different abilities
Read More
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What is an Emotional Disability?
“Emotional Disturbance” is a term used in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a federal law that ensures students with a disability are provided with free, appropriate public education that is tailored to their needs. Under this law, Emotional Disturbance is considered one of 14 categories of disability. Some conditions that meet the definition of Emotional Disability include anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
Read More
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Children With Emotional Disabilities Fare Worse Than Other Students Receiving Special Education
The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) collects and monitors data on children and youth with disabilities. A recently published data report on children identified with an Emotional Disturbance (termed “Emotional Disability” in Maryland) brings to light some concerning facts.
Students identified with an emotional disability are likely to fare far worse than their counterparts in special education. Nationally, they are:
twice as likely to drop out (16% of students with other disabilities drop out vs. 32% of students coded with an Emotional Disability)
four times as likely to be educated in a separate school (3% of students with other disabilities vs. 12% of students coded with an Emotional Disability)
many times more likely to be removed from their educational placement for disciplinary purposes, including for suspension and expulsion
For more information, access the full USDE report
[link removed]
. This report illustrates why it is so important for families of a child identified with an Emotional Disability to advocate for their child to ensure that they get the supports they need to be successful in school. For assistance, you can connect with an MCF Family Peer Support Specialist by calling 410-730-8267 or emailing [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]
Read the Online Article
[link removed]
Disability Rights Maryland Wants to Hear From You!
Every year, Disability Rights Maryland seeks feedback from the disability community, families, partners, and stakeholders about our service plan for the coming year. Please share your thoughts about what legal issues you would like us to address for 2021 by taking our annual Advocacy Service Plan Survey
[link removed]
. Contact them at 410-727-6352 (ext. 0) to access the survey in alternate formats or to request a paper copy. You can also print the survey and mail it to their office by September 9, 2020.
Get Connected With Our Online Support Groups
MCF now offers many online support groups
[link removed]
to provide a safe space for you to learn, share and receive compassionate help. All are facilitated by trained Family Peer Support Specialists who have dealt with similar challenges in their own families. Current groups are available for:
Parents and caregivers of children with behavioral health challenges
Young adults ages 18-26 struggling with behavioral health challenges
Anyone who cares for a person struggling with substance use (alcohol or drugs)
Parents who have lost a child to overdose
Anyone who cares for a person struggling with problem gambling
Groups are free for all participants and are held on different days of the week and different times of day. Find one or more that can work for you and join us soon!
Find a Support Group
[link removed]
Also online:
[link removed]
esame Street Workshop Launches Webinar Series on Substance Abuse and Parental Addiction
[link removed]
Are you an Introvert, or Do You Have Social Anxiety? Here's the Difference
[link removed]
[link removed]
ow to Help Kids Cope With Situational Anxiety
[link removed]
[link removed]
ow a Baltimore Track Runner Overcame Abuse, Homelessness to Achieve Game Show Stardom
[link removed]
Upcoming Trainings & Events:
Exploring the Stages of Change: Regrounding Our Response
Join Maryland Coalition of Families for a free virtual training for families and loved ones of those struggling with substance use disorders. Learn how to support yourself and your loved one by understanding addictive behaviors and the process of intentional behavior change.
When: Tuesday, August 11
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Where: Online
Read More and Register
[link removed]
Surpassing Obstacles Autism Retreat
This online, five-part educational series is designed to help parents and caregivers learn how to help and advocate for their child with autism. Participation in all five sessions is strongly encouraged. This program is free for family members.
When: Fridays in August (Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28)
Time: 10:00 AM – Noon (additional afternoon session from 12:30 to 2:30 on Aug. 28)
Where: Online
Read More and Register
[link removed]
Western Maryland Overdose Response Training
Join MCF for a free, interactive online training and gain the skills necessary to save a life in case of an opioid overdose. Participants will receive a free Naloxone kit.
When: Tuesday, September 1
Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Where: Online
Read More and Register
[link removed]
For a complete list of upcoming trainings and events, visit our web site
[link removed]
MCF Employment Opportunities
MCF is growing, and we have employment opportunities that might be perfect for you or someone you know! We currently have job openings for:
Substance Use/Problem Gambling:
Family Peer Support Specialist, Baltimore City
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Mid-Shore
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Upper Shore
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Prince George's & Anne Arundel countie
[link removed]
s
Family Peer Support Outreach Specialist, Baltimore City
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
Mental Health
Family Peer Support Specialist, Lower Shore
[link removed]
Early Childhood
Family Peer Support Specialist, Central Maryland
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Eastern Shore
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Western Maryland
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Southern Maryland
[link removed]
Click here for further information on employment opportunities
[link removed]
.
Maryland Coalition of Families (MCF) helps families who care for someone with behavioral health needs. Using personal experience as parents, caregivers, youth and other loved ones, we connect, support and empower Maryland’s families. Our staff provide one-to-one support to parents and caregivers of young people with mental health issues and to any loved one who cares for someone with a substance use or gambling issue.
10632 Little Patuxent Pkwy Suite 234 | Columbia, MD 21044
Toll Free: (888) 607-3637 | Fax: (410) 730-8331
www.mdcoalition.org
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Volume 16 Issue 2
August 2020
This month we share:
Stages of Change Training: Learning to Help a Loved One With a Substance Use Disorder
A Kindness Practice for Families
What is an Emotional Disability?
Children With Emotional Disabilities Fare Worse Than Other Students Receiving Special Education
Disability Rights Maryland Wants to Hear From You!
Get Connected With Our Online Support Groups
Also included: upcoming trainings and events and employment opportunities.
Stages of Change Training:
Learn to Help a Loved One With a Substance Use Disorder
If you have a loved one with a drug or alcohol problem, it can be hard to understand why addiction happens and why it is so hard to escape the cycle of substance use. You may want to help, but feel unsure where to start or what to do. Maryland Coalition of Families is here to help!
On Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00 PM, MCF staff will present Exploring the Stages of Change: Regrounding Our Response. This free online workshop is designed to help participants understand addictive behaviors and the process behind intentional behavior change. Topics to be covered include:
Defining “addiction”
Learning the Stages of Change
Matching interventions to the current stage of readiness
Increasing motivation in the early stages
Practicing harm reduction in the pre-action stages
Managing potential challenges
Click here
[link removed]
for more information and to register for the workshop.
Read
[link removed]
More About the Stages of Change
A Kindness Practice for Families
It is neurologically impossible to be both stressed out, and really loving and kind at the same time. When members of our family feel stressed - even young children - their ability to be empathetic and compassionate towards others dwindles away. This results in short tempers, selfish behaviors and hurt feelings all around.
While it is just not possible to be perfectly loving beings at all times, there are tools that we can use to spend more of our time in that space. A “kindness practice” is one of the tools that requires only a few minutes and can be used by children and adults of all ages and with different abilities
Read More
[link removed]
What is an Emotional Disability?
“Emotional Disturbance” is a term used in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a federal law that ensures students with a disability are provided with free, appropriate public education that is tailored to their needs. Under this law, Emotional Disturbance is considered one of 14 categories of disability. Some conditions that meet the definition of Emotional Disability include anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
Read More
[link removed]
Children With Emotional Disabilities Fare Worse Than Other Students Receiving Special Education
The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) collects and monitors data on children and youth with disabilities. A recently published data report on children identified with an Emotional Disturbance (termed “Emotional Disability” in Maryland) brings to light some concerning facts.
Students identified with an emotional disability are likely to fare far worse than their counterparts in special education. Nationally, they are:
twice as likely to drop out (16% of students with other disabilities drop out vs. 32% of students coded with an Emotional Disability)
four times as likely to be educated in a separate school (3% of students with other disabilities vs. 12% of students coded with an Emotional Disability)
many times more likely to be removed from their educational placement for disciplinary purposes, including for suspension and expulsion
For more information, access the full USDE report
[link removed]
. This report illustrates why it is so important for families of a child identified with an Emotional Disability to advocate for their child to ensure that they get the supports they need to be successful in school. For assistance, you can connect with an MCF Family Peer Support Specialist by calling 410-730-8267 or emailing [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]
Read the Online Article
[link removed]
Disability Rights Maryland Wants to Hear From You!
Every year, Disability Rights Maryland seeks feedback from the disability community, families, partners, and stakeholders about our service plan for the coming year. Please share your thoughts about what legal issues you would like us to address for 2021 by taking our annual Advocacy Service Plan Survey
[link removed]
. Contact them at 410-727-6352 (ext. 0) to access the survey in alternate formats or to request a paper copy. You can also print the survey and mail it to their office by September 9, 2020.
Get Connected With Our Online Support Groups
MCF now offers many online support groups
[link removed]
to provide a safe space for you to learn, share and receive compassionate help. All are facilitated by trained Family Peer Support Specialists who have dealt with similar challenges in their own families. Current groups are available for:
Parents and caregivers of children with behavioral health challenges
Young adults ages 18-26 struggling with behavioral health challenges
Anyone who cares for a person struggling with substance use (alcohol or drugs)
Parents who have lost a child to overdose
Anyone who cares for a person struggling with problem gambling
Groups are free for all participants and are held on different days of the week and different times of day. Find one or more that can work for you and join us soon!
Find a Support Group
[link removed]
Also online:
[link removed]
esame Street Workshop Launches Webinar Series on Substance Abuse and Parental Addiction
[link removed]
Are you an Introvert, or Do You Have Social Anxiety? Here's the Difference
[link removed]
[link removed]
ow to Help Kids Cope With Situational Anxiety
[link removed]
[link removed]
ow a Baltimore Track Runner Overcame Abuse, Homelessness to Achieve Game Show Stardom
[link removed]
Upcoming Trainings & Events:
Exploring the Stages of Change: Regrounding Our Response
Join Maryland Coalition of Families for a free virtual training for families and loved ones of those struggling with substance use disorders. Learn how to support yourself and your loved one by understanding addictive behaviors and the process of intentional behavior change.
When: Tuesday, August 11
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Where: Online
Read More and Register
[link removed]
Surpassing Obstacles Autism Retreat
This online, five-part educational series is designed to help parents and caregivers learn how to help and advocate for their child with autism. Participation in all five sessions is strongly encouraged. This program is free for family members.
When: Fridays in August (Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28)
Time: 10:00 AM – Noon (additional afternoon session from 12:30 to 2:30 on Aug. 28)
Where: Online
Read More and Register
[link removed]
Western Maryland Overdose Response Training
Join MCF for a free, interactive online training and gain the skills necessary to save a life in case of an opioid overdose. Participants will receive a free Naloxone kit.
When: Tuesday, September 1
Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Where: Online
Read More and Register
[link removed]
For a complete list of upcoming trainings and events, visit our web site
[link removed]
MCF Employment Opportunities
MCF is growing, and we have employment opportunities that might be perfect for you or someone you know! We currently have job openings for:
Substance Use/Problem Gambling:
Family Peer Support Specialist, Baltimore City
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Mid-Shore
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Upper Shore
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Prince George's & Anne Arundel countie
[link removed]
s
Family Peer Support Outreach Specialist, Baltimore City
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
Mental Health
Family Peer Support Specialist, Lower Shore
[link removed]
Early Childhood
Family Peer Support Specialist, Central Maryland
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Eastern Shore
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Western Maryland
[link removed]
Family Peer Support Specialist, Southern Maryland
[link removed]
Click here for further information on employment opportunities
[link removed]
.
Maryland Coalition of Families (MCF) helps families who care for someone with behavioral health needs. Using personal experience as parents, caregivers, youth and other loved ones, we connect, support and empower Maryland’s families. Our staff provide one-to-one support to parents and caregivers of young people with mental health issues and to any loved one who cares for someone with a substance use or gambling issue.
10632 Little Patuxent Pkwy Suite 234 | Columbia, MD 21044
Toll Free: (888) 607-3637 | Fax: (410) 730-8331
www.mdcoalition.org
[link removed]
| Connect on Facebook
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[link removed]
or LinkedIn
[link removed]
| Join the Mailing List
[link removed]
DONATE TODAY
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Copyright © 2020, All rights reserved.
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10632 Little Patuxent Parkway
Suite 234
Columbia, MD 21044
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