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TAKE POSITIVE ACTION TO HELP YOUR TEEN

AND HEAL YOUR FAMILY

• Take an honest look at your child's behavior and family situation.

• Become informed of your child's issues.

• Network the resources listed on the Family Help pages and throughout the Focus website to find referrals to mental health services and supportive programs.

• Follow through on professional advice and treatment plans.

• Build a support system from family, friends, self-help groups, and your place of worship.

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Indiana Information

Abuse

• 21 Things You Can Do to Stop Domestic Violence

• Child Abuse Laws in Indiana

• Special Report: Defenseless

• Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect in Indiana

• Snapshot of Child Abuse in Indiana

Abuse: Sexual

• Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry

• Indiana Sex Offender Registration & Community Notification

• Recovering from Sexual Assault (pdf)

ADD & ADHD, Learning Disabilities, and Special Education

• A Guide for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders for Administrators, Educators, and Parents (pdf)

• Indiana Special Education Rules (pdf)

• Live, Learn, Work, Play: A Guide to the Education of Students with Disabilities  NOTE:  This guide, also available in Spanish, helps parents, advocates, school personnel and others gain a better understanding of procedures relating to the provision of educational services to Indiana’s students with disabilities.

• Procedural Safeguards and Parent Rights in Special Education

Asperger Syndrome

• Genius May Be an Abnormality: Educating Students with Asperger's Syndrome, or High Functioning Autism

• Living in Fear: Anxiety in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Bullying: What Parents & Teachers Must Know

• Indiana Anti-Bullying Law

Dropouts

• The GED and You (pdf)  NOTE:  The dropout age in Indiana is 18 years of age.  Between the ages of 16 and 18, students must have the approval of parents and principal to withdraw from school.

• Indiana's Graduation Rate

Drugs & Teen Substance Abuse

• Dramatic Rise in Heroin Use

• Drugs and Drug Abuse in Indiana

• Frequent Family Meals Might Reduce Teen Substance Abuse

• Methamphetamine in Indiana (pdf)

Family Health

• Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Indiana

• Your Medical Records Rights in Indiana (pdf)

Runaways & Missing Children

• Find Brookley Chantille Louks

• Find Jasmine Walker

• Missing Children in Indiana

• Missing Children Law in Indiana

Stepfamilies & Co-Parenting

• Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines

When Your Teen is in Trouble with the Law

• Confidentiality and Open Records  NOTE:  All delinquency proceedings alleging that the child committed a felony are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  The Juvenile Court may issue an order closing the juvenile delinquency proceedings during the testimony of a child relating to sexual matters, if necessary to protect the welfare of the child.  In all other juvenile proceedings, the Juvenile Court shall determine whether the public should be excluded.

• Indiana Juvenile Delinquency Law

• Indiana Juvenile Law:  Juvenile Court Procedures