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A guide to realizing if

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 or 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?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Help in MISSOURI

Helping Resources in Missouri

 

Missouri 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

 

Behavioral Health Response

1-800-811-4760

314-469-6644 St. Louis

314-469-3638  TTY

 

Child Pornography Tipline

1-800-843-5678

 

ChildhelpUSA

Child Abuse Hotline

1-800-4-A-CHILD

1-800-422-4453

 

Kansas City Child Abuse & Neglect Hotline

1-800-922-5330

 

Kids Under 2 Crisis Help Line

1-888-644-5886

 

Life Crisis Services

314-647-HELP

 

Missouri AIDS Information Line

1-800-533-2437

 

Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline

1-800-392-3738

 

Missouri Elder Abuse Hotline

1-800-392-0210

 

Missouri Poison Control

1-800-366-8888

 

1-866-748-7047

 

Missouri 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

 

ParentLink WarmLine

1-800-552-8522

 

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)

1-800-656-HOPE

 

Report Child Abuse

1-800-392-3738

573-751-3448

 

 

SHELTERWOOD

Christian therapeutic boarding school

for teen boys and girls

1-800-584-5005

 

 

FUTURE MEN

Christian residential program

for young men, ages 16-20

417-546-4171

 

 

ACADEMY AT SISTERS

Therapeutic boarding school

for girls, ages 13-18

Watch the video!

1-800-910-0412

 

 

BONNEVILLE CANYON RETREAT

Life skills learning centers

for young men & women, ages 17 and over

1-866-800-9517

 

Helping Resources in Missouri

 

 

 

Child Abuse Prevention Association

816-252-8388

The mission of CAPA is to prevent and treat all forms of child abuse by creating changes in individuals, families and society which strengthen relationships and promote healing.  Counseling and support services in Independence.  Visit Abuse.

 

Institute for Peace and Justice

314-533-4445  St. Louis

An interfaith organization that offers resources, workshops, and advocacy that promotes a more just and peaceful society.  Visit Anger in Our Teens & in Ourselves.

 

Jim Eisenreich Foundation

1-800-442-8624

Working for the personal success of children with Tourette Syndrome through programs and services that address the needs of families, friends, and professionals.  Visit Tourette Syndrome.

 

Learning Disabilities Association of Missouri

417-864-5110

Volunteer organization that benefits the learning disabled in Missouri.  Visit Learning Disabilities.

 

Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault
816-531-0233 
24 Hour

Social service agency serving victims of sexual assault and child sexual abuse in the greater Kansas City area through prevention, education, intervention, treatment, and advocacy.  Visit Abuse: Sexual.

 

Midwest Gang Investigators Association

402-510-8581
Educational organization made up of law enforcement officers and other members of the criminal justice community to promote a closely coordinated relationship among gang investigators for extensive and rapid dissemination and exchange of information about gang-related, cult and extremist group activity.  Visit Gangs: Awareness, Prevention, Intervention.

 

Missouri Center for Safe Schools

816-235-5656

Promotes safe and orderly schools by providing assistance in the identification of resources and by facilitating networking of schools across Missouri as they develop effective ways of dealing with violence and other safety related problems.  Visit Characteristics of Youth Who Have Caused School-Related Violent Deaths.

 

Missouri Citizens Coalition for Freedom in Health Care

314-968-8755

Educates the Missouri public about their rights as health care consumers and defends these rights whenever threatened from any source.  Visit Family Health.

 

Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence

573-634-4161

Grassroots organization of community-based programs providing services to battered women and their children.  Visit Abuse: Physical.

 

Missouri Coalition Against Sexual Assault

573-636-8776

Provides resources to individuals and organizations working to end sexual violence.  Visit Abuse: Teen Dating Violence.

 

Missouri Protection and Advocacy

573-893-3333

1-800-392-8667

Protects the rights of individuals with disabilities by providing advocacy and legal services.  Visit Special Education.

 

Missouri Victim Assistance Network

1-800-698-9199

Promotes the fair treatment of crime victims.  Visit Teen Violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

 

ParentLink

1-800-552-8522

A network of people whose mission is to help Missouri's parents provide safe, healthy and nurturing environments for their children.  Visit Parenting Teens.

 

The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation

1-866-400-5353

Assists in the location and recovery of missing or abducted children.  Visit Runaways and Missing Children.

 

SNAP Midwest - Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

314-566-9790

Self-help organization composed of those who were sexually abused by spiritual leaders -- priests, brothers, nuns, ministers, elders, teachers, etc.  Visit Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

 

St. Louis Attachment Network

Education, information and support to families and professionals to promote and facilitate healthy bonding and attachment in adoptive and foster care infants, young children, and adolescents.  Visit Attachment and Attachment Disorders.

 

The Stop Violence Coalition of Kansas City

816-753-8002

Promotes non-violence through education, programming and collaboration.  Programs include Kindness Education, Bullying Prevention, and Inmate Rehabilitation.  Visit Bullying - What Parents and Teachers Should Know.

 

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