• Letter from the Chair of the Invisible Children's Project

• About the Invisible Children's Project

• Taking Care of Your Mental Health

• About Families with a Parental Mental Health Diagnosis

• Turning the Corner Toward Balance and Reform
_ in Mental Health Services - Summary

• Community Feedback

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

o Taking Good Care of Yourself

o Strengthening Families Fact Sheets, www.nmha.org/children/invisible.cfm

• Recognizing Postpartum Depression

• Positive Parenting

• Effective Discipline Techniques for Parents: Alternative to Spanking

• Issues and Challenges

• Child Custody Issues

• From Risk to Resilience: Protective Factors for Children

• Serious Mental Illness and Parenting

• Interventions and Services for Families

• The Invisible Children's Project: An Example of a
_ Promising Program

• Steps Towards Evidenced-Based Practices for Parents with
_Mental Illness and their Families

• The Invisible Children's Project: A Family Centered
_ Intervention for Parents with Mental Illness

• Critical Issues for Parents with Mental Illness and their Families

• How Can I Be a Responsible Parent

• How Do I Know If My Children are Behaving Normally?

Early Childhood

The Magic of Everyday Moments
http://www.zerotothree.org/magic/

Brain Wonders - Helping Babies & Toddlers Grow and Develop
http://www.zerotothree.org/brainwonders/

Any Baby Can - Child and Family Resource Center
http://www.abcaus.org/Programs.asp

Talaris Research Institute - Five Ways a Child Grows
http://www.talaris.org/timeline.htm#

40 Developmental Assets for Infants
http://www.search-institute.org/assets/infants.html

40 Developmental Assets for Toddlers
http://www.search-institute.org/assets/toddlers.html

School-Age Children

Parenting of K-12 Children - Child Development
http://childparenting.about.com/od/childdevelopment/

40 Developmental Assets for Elementary-Age Children
http://www.search-institute.org/assets/elementary.html

Adolescent Children

Adolescent Stages of Development
http://childparenting.about.com/od/childdevelopment/

Normal Adolescent Development - Middle and Early High School
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/develop.htm

Normal Adolescent Development - Late High School and Beyond
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/develop2.htm

40 Developmental Assets for Adolescents
http://www.search-institute.org/assets/forty.html

o Planning Ahead

• Sample Emergency Plan for Caregivers
_(form designating care for your children - not a legal form)

• Power of Attorney
_(legal form designating care for your children)

• Der Notarial Incluyendo La Guarda (Power of Attorney)

• How to Make an Advance Directive,
_ (legal form about your health care wishes)

____* Print a Sample Advance Directive Form
____www.advocacyinc.org/CS2_print.htm_

• HIPPA Authorization Form

o A Personal Experience from Bob: Living with a Parent with Schizophrenia

o Brochure: Talking to My Kids About My Mental Health Concerns

o Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma

o Atencion Para Ninos Que Han Sufrido Un Trauma (Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma)

o Helping Children Cope with the Stress of Having a Parent with a Mental Health Problem

o Helping Children Cope with Deployment, War, and Reunions

INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN

o Understanding Mental Health Problems

o Como Comprender Problemas de Salud Mental (Understanding Mental Health Problems)

o Understanding Mental Health Problems - Finding Help

mpower: Musicians for Mental Health
www.mpoweryouth.org

National Mental Health Awareness Campaign
www.nostigma.org/mhlinks.html

National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org/children/index.cfm

National Institute of Mental Health (Información en Español)
www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/spanishpubs.cfm

o Real Stories

• Up One Day, Down the Next (A Bipolar Disorder Story
_ for Younger Children)

• Up One Day, Down the Next (A Bipolar Disorder Story
_ for Teens)

• Bobby's Story: Why Does My Dad Act Strange? (A
_Schizophrenia Story for Children)

• My Dad Used to Scare Me (A PTSD Story for Children)

o Games & Activities

• What Do You Know About Mental Health? - Fill in the Blanks

• Check Your Mental Health Vocabulary

• People Who Can Help - Word Scramble

• Share Your Feelings: A Coloring and Activity Book for
_ School-Age Kids

INFORMATION FOR PROFESSIONALS

o Working with People with Mental Health Challenges

o Como Trabajar Con Personas Con Retos De Salud Mental (Working with People with Mental Health Challenges)

o Invisible Children's Project PowerPoint Presentation
___*PC Users: If you do not have PowerPoint, Download PowerPoint Viewer
___*MAC Users: If you do not have PowerPoint, Download PowerPoint Viewer

o PowerPoint de Presentacion del Proyecto de Ninos Invisible (PowerPoint Invisible Children's Project)
___*PC Users: If you do not have PowerPoint, Download PowerPoint Viewer
___*MAC Users: If you do not have PowerPoint, Download PowerPoint Viewer

o Template/Sample: Letter to a State Legislator from Professional

o Posters

• You Can Help a Teenager Enjoy a Healthier, Happier Life.

• You Can Help a Child Enjoy a Healthier, Happier Life.

• This Is Your Child's Brain. This is Your Child's Brain on Hugs!

MEDIA & OUTREACH

o Survey for Parents Struggling with a Mental Health Diagnosis

o Media Release: Invisible Children's Project

o Template/Sample: Letter to the Editor

o Template/Sample: Letter to a State Legislator from Community Advocate

o Who Represents Me? Find Your Representative and Senator

*Find your Legislator Online: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/fyi.htm

RESOURCES

o Resources / Web Links

2-1-1 Texas
A free 24-hour service of the United Way that provides telephone-based,
Multilingual information and referrals to health and human services
Dial 211 (like dialing 911)
www.211centraltexas.org

Mental Health America of Texas (MHAT)
1210 San Antonio Street, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 454-3706
www.mhatexas.org
www.ParentingInformation.org
www.InformacionParaPadres.org

Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, Texas 78756-3199
888-963-7111 • TTY 800-735-2989
Consumer Rights for Mental Health Services
Texas (800) 252-8154 • Outside Texas (512) 206-5760
www.dshs.state.tx.us

Mental Health America (MHA)
2001 N. Beauregard Street, 12th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
(800) 969-NMHA (6642) • TTY (800) 433-5959
www.nmha.org

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Public Information and Communications Branch
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
(866) 615-6464 • TTY (866) 415-8051
www.nimh.nih.gov

American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016-3007
(202) 966-7300
www.aacap.org

o Resources List: Funding the Invisible Children's Project

o Brochures About Children's Mental Health and Mental Disorders:

• 101 Ways to Praise a Child / 101 Maneras de Alabar a Un Niño

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) / Desorden de
_Deficiencia de Atención Debido a la Hiperactividad

• Adolescent Mental Health / Salud Mental del Adolescente

• Is a Young Person Trying to Tell You Something? / ¿Acaso Un
_Joven esta Tratando de Decirle Algo?

• Mind…Your Business / Tu Mente…Tu Control

• Suicide Prevention / Prevención de Suicidio Juvenil

• Talking to My Kids About My Mental Health Concerns /
_Hablando Con Mis Hijos Sobre Mis Problemas de Salud Mental

• The Angry Child / El Niño Furioso

• The Anxious Child / El Niño Ansioso

• When Your Infant or Toddler Is Sad / Cuando su Bebé o Puqeño
_está Triste

• Your Child's Mental Health / La Salud Mental de su Niño

• Helping Children After a Disaster
  A Children’s Mental Health Guide for Parents,
  Guardians and other Caregivers
• There is Life After the Storm: Helping Young People Cope After a Disaster
• Helping Children After A Disaster
• Poster - JOY