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your child is at-risk, displaying 

self-destructive behaviors, and

needs your help and intervention.

 

 

Struggling Teens

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Learn more how Total Transformation, an at-home program for parents, can help your troubled and struggling teen and heal your family

 

 

What are the possible causes of ADD/ADHD behavior?

 

Will being ADOPTED make adolescence  harder for my child?

 

How can I deal with the ANGER

 in our family?

 

Is my teen's BEHAVIOR just normal teenage rebellion?

 

What do parents and teachers need to know about BULLYING?

 

What is EMOTIONAL ABUSE?

 

How can I help my OVERWEIGHT

daughter?

 

Help!  My teen is a RUNAWAY

 

My teen is cutting.  What do I need to know about  SELF-INJURY?

 

What is 'normal' teen SEXUAL BEHAVIOR and what is cause for concern?

 

How can I help my teen adjust to our STEPFAMILY?

 

What are the signs of TEEN DRINKING and SUBSTANCE ABUSE?

 

 

Step-by-step program to help improve your child's focus and behavior at school and at home

1-866-620-1418 

 

 

 

 

Family Help in KANSAS

Helping Resources in Kansas

 

Kansas Information  -  Hotlines & Helplines

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Practical Help, Real Answers

for Adoptive & Foster Parents

The Adoptive & Foster Parent Guide: Help Your Child Heal From Trauma & Loss

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Hotlines & Helplines

 

Child Pornography Tipline

1-800-843-5678

 

ChildhelpUSA

Child Abuse Hotline

1-800-4-A-CHILD

1-800-422-4453

 

Central Kansas Crisis Hotline

1-800-874-1499

785-827-5862
 

Douglas County Crisis Hotline

785-841-2345

 

Johnson County Crisis Lines

 

Kansas Child and Adult Abuse Hotline

1-800-922-5330

 

Kansas Crisis Hotline

1-888-363-2287

 

Kansas School Safety Hotline

1-877-626-8203

 

Kansas Suicide and Crisis Hotlines

 

National Domestic Violence/Abuse Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE
1-800-787-3224
TDD

 

National Hotlines and Helplines

 

National Runaway Switchboard

1-800-RUNAWAY

1-800-786-2929

 

National Suicide Hotline

1-800-SUICIDE

1-800-784-2433

 

National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline

1-866-331-9474

 

Parent Helpline

1-800-332-6378

 

Poison Help

1-800-222-1222

 

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)

1-800-656-HOPE

1-800-656-5673

 

Report Child Abuse

1-800-922-5330

 

Sedgwick County Crisis Line

316-660-7500

 

 

 

ACADEMY AT SISTERS

Therapeutic boarding school

for girls, ages 13-18

Watch the video!

1-800-910-0412

 

SHELTERWOOD

Christian therapeutic boarding school

for teen boys and girls,

with year-round enrollment

1-800-584-5005

 

FUTURE MEN

Christian residential program

for young men, ages 16-20,

with year-round enrollment

417-546-4171

 

Helping Resources in Kansas

 

 

 

Adams Foundation for Suicide Awareness and Prevention

316-618-6227

Suicide awareness and prevention, and support for survivors.  Visit Teen Suicide.

 

Brain Injury Association of Kansas & Greater Kansas City

1-800-783-1356

Prevention, research, education, and advocacy.  Visit Family Health.

 

Disability Rights Center of Kansas

785-273-9661

1-877-776-1541

Public interest legal advocacy agency empowered by federal law to advocate for the civil and legal rights of Kansans with disabilities.  Visit Special Education.

 

EFECT - Encouraging Families with Exceptional Children Together

816-537-5951

Information, support, and referrals to services to families in the Greater Kansas City area.  Visit Learning Disabilities.

 

Families Together

1-888-815-6364

Statewide organization serving families in Kansas with a child having a disability.  Visit ADD & ADHD.

 

Kansas Children's Service League

1-877-530-5275

Prevention, early intervention, treatment, advocacy and placement services that focus on keeping children safe, families strong, and communities involved.  Services include professional support to parents and youth at risk of juvenile offenses such as truancy or out-of-control behavior, counseling and therapy, support to grandparents and other relatives raising children, runaway and homeless youth programs, and parenting education.

 

Kansas Health Wave

1-800-792-4884

Low-cost or no cost health insurance for children, ages 0-19.  Visit Family Health.

 

Kansas Mental Health Alternatives Clearinghouse

The narrow focus of the mental health industry and its inappropriate medical approach promotes and maintains more disability than any other single cause.  Visit Teen Depression.

 

Kansas-Missouri Branch of the International Dyslexia Association

816-838-7323

Support organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia, their families and the communities that support them.  Visit Learning Disabilities.

 

Kansas Missing Persons

If you suspect that someone has become a missing person, or you think you know the whereabouts of someone who has been reported as missing CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY.  Visit Runaways and Missing Children.

 

Learning Disabilities Association of Kansas

Education, advocacy, and support.  Visit Learning Disabilities.

 

Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas

316-685-1821

Promotes mental health through education, works toward the prevention of mental illness, and  provides community-based services for persons suffering from such illness.  Visit Bipolar Disorder.

 

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-Kansas

785-233-0755

1-800-539-2660

Support, advocacy and education to families and individuals affected by brain disorders that manifest as mental illness.  Visit Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders.

 

Self-Help Network of Kansas

1-800-445-0116

Statewide clearinghouse for self-help groups and information about starting self-help groups.  Visit Self-Help and Support Groups.

 

Speak Out for Stephanie

913-345-0362

The Stephanie Schmidt Foundation provides information and creates public awareness about all sex offenders, victim's rights, and the quandary within the criminal justice system.  Visit Abuse: Sexual.

 

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