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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

Call Now!    1-866-620-1418

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

 

 

How can I help my ADDICTED TEEN?

 

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?

 

What makes a STRONG FAMILY?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Help in TEXAS

Helping Resources in Texas

 

Texas Information  -  Hotlines & Helplines

Programs & Services  -  Helping Resources in Texas

 

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.

 

BACK TO:  Texas Information

 

 

Texas Information  -  Programs & Services in Texas

Life Coaching  -  Counseling & Therapy  -  Self-Help & Support Groups

 

 

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

 

Austin Gang Hotline

512-974-8610

 

Austin Travis County Hotline

512-472-4357

 

Child Pornography Tipline

1-800-843-5678

 

ChildhelpUSA

Child Abuse Hotline

1-800-4-A-CHILD

1-800-422-4453

 

Collin County Crisis Line

972-985-0951

1-800-866-RAPE

 

Crisis Hotline Houston

713-HOTLINE

 

Gamblers' Help Line

1-800-522-4700

 

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

 

Poison Help

1-800-222-1222

 

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)

1-800-656-HOPE

 

Special Education Hotline

1-800-252-9668

 

Texas Child Abuse Hotline

1-800-252-5400

 

Texas Children's Parent Medical Advice Line
832-824-1777

 

Texas Hepatitis Helpline
1-866- 4-HEPABC

 

Texas HIV/STD Info Line

1-800-299-2437

 

Texas Runaway Hotline

1-888-580-HELP

1-888-580-4357

 

Texas Suicide and Crisis Hotlines

 

Texas Underage Drinking Hotline

1-888-843-8222

 

Texas Youth Hotline

1-800-210-2278

 

 

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

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 in Maine

for young men & women, ages 17 and over

1-866-800-9517

 

Helping Resources

 

 

 

Advocacy, Inc.

512-454-4816 Austin

1-800-252-9108

Advocates for, protects, and advances the legal, human, and service rights of people with disabilities.

 

Association for Neurologically Impaired Children (AFNIC)

512-444-1641

Advocates for children with neurological disabilities (e.g., Tourette Syndrome), provides support to families.  Visit Tourette Syndrome.

 

Attention Deficit Disorders Association--Southern Region (ADDA-SR)

281-897-0982

Resource, support, and advocacy network for those effected by ADD and ADHD.  Visit ADD & ADHD.

 

Children's Health Insurance Program

1-800-647-6558

Health insurance for children, 19 years and younger, whose families earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid health care, yet cannot afford to buy private insurance.  Read Mental Health and Substance Abuse Benefits Update (02-01-04).

 

The Elisa Project

214-369-5222

1-866-TEP-1999

Promotes healthy living and awareness of the signs of eating disorders through educational programs and resources.   Visit Eating Disorders.

 

Learning Disabilities Association of Texas

1-800-604-7500

Parent/professional organization that  promotes the education and general welfare of individuals with learning disabilities.

 

Mental Health Association of Texas

512-454-3706

Broad-based citizens' organization to promote mental health, prevent mental health illness through research and education, and improve care and treatment for persons with mental illness.  Go to their Parenting Information site.  Visit Bipolar Disorder.

 

Partners Resource Network

1-800-866-4726

Provides services across the state of Texas to parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with all types of disabilities.

 

Prevent Child Abuse Texas

512-250-8438

Works to prevent child abuse and neglect in all its forms throughout Texas.  Visit Abuse and Abuse: Emotional.

 

PROVE - Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education

Provides information on vaccines, and the immunization policies and practices that affect the children and adults of Texas.

 

Rachel Alert Network

Helps prevent abductions through awareness education and provides information to friends and families of abducted persons.

 

Reach Me

409-935-5183

Helping protective parents when their child is being sexually abused by the other parent and the courts have failed to protect the child.

 

TexProtects

214-442-1672

The Texas Association for the Protection of Children advocates for the prevention of child abuse, the well-being and safety of young people, and the healing of survivors.  Visit Abuse and Neglect.

 

Texans for Safe Education

1-800-572-2905

Citizens' group whose purpose is to defend the safety of children by educating the public on society's dangerous current decision to give psychiatric drugs to an estimated 1,000,000 of the  school-age children in Texas.  Read Letter to the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) regarding their opposition to the Child Medication Safety Act.

 

Texas Association Against Sexual Assault

512-474-7190

Ending sexual violence in Texas through education, prevention, and advocacy.  Visit Abuse: Sexual.

 

Texas Center for the Missing

713-599-0235

Missing children's organization that provides child ID kits, parent education programs, search assistance, and supportive services.  Visit Runaways & Missing Children.

 

Texas Council on Family Violence

512-794-1133

1-800-799-7233 24 Hour

Works to end family violence through partnerships, advocacy and direct services for women, children and men.

 

Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse

1-800-346-3243 24 Hour

Develops information that may assist in locating missing children and adults, and publishes and distributes a monthly bulletin listing missing and unidentified persons from Texas as well as missing persons from other states who may be in Texas.  Visit Runaways & Missing Children.

 

Texas Youth Commission World of Prevention

512-424-6336

Directory of programs, research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention of child and adolescent problems and the promotion of youth development in families, schools and communities.  Visit Adolescence.

 

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