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About Focus Adolescent Services

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Directory of Family Help in the United States and Canada

Find helping resources, programs, local support, hotlines and helplines, and information for the United States and Canada..

 

 

Parenting and Families

 

Anger in Our Teens and in Ourselves

Balancing Work and Family

Bullying: What Parents & Teachers Should Know

Emotional Health

Family Health

Health Information, News, Resources

Healthy Eating & Good Food

Financial Stress

Good Food & Healthy Eating for the Whole Family

Helping Teenagers with Stress

How Can Parents Model Good Listening Skills?

Healthy Body Image

Help Your Overweight Daughter

How Is Your Child?

How To Help Your Addicted Teen

I Love You Just The Way You Are

Our Family's Income has Changed, Now What Can I Do?

Parenting Teens

Connection, Monitoring, Autonomy

Rules & Boundaries

Rules, Boundaries & Older Children

Enjoying the Teen Years

Parenting Your Adopted Teen

Permissive Parenting

Red Flags

Simple Actions To Connect & Strengthen Your Relationship With Your Child

Single Parenting

Flying Solo: Six Ways To Soar As A Single Parent

Stepfamilies & Co-Parenting

Help Your Teen Adjust to a Stepfamily

Rights of Children of Divorce

Three Resolutions

Unclutter Your Life!

What Is Your Teen Posting Online?

What Makes a Family Strong?

When Your Teen is in Trouble with the Law

Your Child is Not Your Friend

Your Child's Behavior Before the Teen Years

Your Teen's Friends: Peer Influence & Relationships

 

 

Schools and Programs

Boarding schools and residential treatment programs, free and low-cost schools and programs, information on residential programs, paying for a program, information on teaching and learning

 

Boarding Schools & Residential Treatment

Creating Leaders at The Academy of Sisters

Dropouts

Free & Low-Cost Schools and Programs

If Your Teen Begins to Fail in School

Learning Disabilities

Outdoor Programs, Wilderness Programs, Summer Camps

Paying for a Program: Financial Information

Programs for 18-Years and Older

Schools and Programs

Special Education

Your Rights in the Special Education Process

Universal Education

 

Topic Index

Adolescence - Behavior &  Mental Health Issues - Getting Help

Schools and Programs - Parenting and Families

 

 

Adolescence

 

Adolescence

Middle Childhood (ages 8-11)

Early Adolescence (ages 11-14)

Middle Adolescence (ages 15-18)

Anger in Our Teens and in Ourselves

Bullying: What Parents & Teachers Should Know

Dropouts

Emotional Health

Friends, Peer Influence & Peer Relationships

Grief

The Habit of Identity

How Is Your Child?

Help Your Daughter Create a Healthy Body Image

Help Your Overweight Daughter

Help Your Teen Adjust to a Stepfamily

Helping Teenagers with Stress

If Your Teen Begins to Fail in School

Parenting Teens

Parenting Your Adopted Teen

Red Flags

Sexual Behavior: Issues & Concerns

The Range of Teenage Sexual Behaviors

Your Teen's Friends: Peer Influence & Relationships

 

Behavior Problems, Mental Health Issues

 

Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual, Neglect

Abuse: Emotional

Abuse: Neglect

Abuse: Physical

Abuse: Sexual

Abuse: Teen Dating Violence

Abuse: Help & Support

ADD and ADHD

ADD/ADHD:  Possible Causes

ADD/ADHD:  Medication Concerns

ADD/ADHD & School

Alcohol and Teen Drinking

Anger in Our Teens & in Ourselves

Anxiety & Anxiety Disorders

Asperger Syndrome

Attachment & Attachment Disorders

Behavior Problems & Disorders

Bipolar Disorder

How is Bipolar Disorder Treated?

What Can I Do To Help My Child?

Bullying: What Parents & Teachers Should Know

Conduct Disorder

Counseling & Therapy

Methods of Treatment & Referrals

Depression

Drugs & Teen Substance Abuse

Alcohol & Teen Drinking

Club Drugs

Cocaine Abuse & Addiction

Drugs That Teens Use

Ecstasy

Heroin Abuse & Addiction

Inhalant Abuse: It's Deadly

Methamphetamine

Steroids

Treatment & Recovery

Warning Signs

When You Lose Your Child To Drugs

Eating Disorders

Firesetting

Gangs: Awareness, Prevention, Intervention

How Is Your Child?

Overweight

Personality Disorders

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Runaways & Missing Children

Things To Do If Your Teen Runs Away

Why Teens Run Away

When Your Teen Returns Home

Runaway Prevention

School Violence

Self-Injury

Sexual Behaviors: Issues & Concerns

The Range of Teenage Sexual Behaviors

Teen Girls in a Culture of Seduction

Teen Dating Violence

Teen Suicide

Teen Violence

Tourette Syndrome

When Your Teen is in Trouble with the Law

Working with Teens and Their Families

 

Getting Help

Visit the FocusAS pages that address your specific concerns and situation as every page on the FocusAS website contains resources and support organizations that can help you.

 

Abuse: Help & Support

Alcohol: Help & Support

Books - Parenting & Self-Help

Coaching: Focusing on Solutions & Getting Results You Want

Counseling & Therapy

Counseling & Therapy - Therapeutic Methods & Referrals

Directory of Family Help in the U.S. & Canada

Health Information, News, and Resources

Hotlines & Helplines

How To Help Your Addicted Teen

Read All The Books

Schools & Programs

Self-Help & Support Groups

Total Transformation Program

 

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