Resources

Publications

• Journey to Family Leadership Workbook
  • Digital Version
  • Print-Friendly Version
  • Companion Document: Amplify Your Voice: Advancing Your Skills as a Family Leader
• Texas Family Voice Network Leadership Tip Sheets
  • Stages of Family Leadership
  • Self-Care: The Need for Balance
  • The Power of Partnering with Families
  • Family Involvement In Texas Timeline
  • MTSS Multi-tiered Systems of Support – Partnering with Families For Schools
• A Family Guide to Residential Treatment
  • RTC Family Tip Sheet

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Helpful Websites

• Navigate Life TX
• Family Guide—Children’s Mental Health Services
• Texas HHS Links to Crisis Hotline and Community Mental Health and Substance Use Services
• SAMHSA (Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration):
  • Parents and Families Recovery Support Tools
  • Communication Resources for Families
  • Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program Emergency Mental Health Assistance Brochure for Tramatic Events
  • Disaster Technical Assistance Center
• NAMI Texas (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
• Texas Parent to Parent
• Disability Rights Texas
• National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
• FREDLA (Family Run Executive Directors Association)
• Resources for Individuals with Disabilities
• MentalHealthTX.org

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Advocacy For Families

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Behavioral Health Education and Information

• Trauma Resources
• ADHD Resources
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – Family Resources

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Service Interventions

• Certified Family Partners:
  • Certified Family Partner Infographic (updated 2019)
    • English
    • Spanish
  • SAMHSA Family Parent Caregiver in Behavioral Health Infographic
  • The Role of a Family Peer Support Specialist (Family Partner) -Video
  • Family to Family Peer Support in Texas – Video
  • Texas HHS Family Partner Peer Support Services
  • Family Partner Roles in Wraparound:
    • How Family Partners Contribute to the Phases and Activities of the Wraparound Process
    • Qualifications for Wraparound Family Partners
    • 10 Principles of the Wraparound Process to the Role of Family Partners on Wraparound Teams
  • TIEMH Family Partner Evaluation Evaluation (Aug 2013)
  • TIEMH Family Partner Evaluation Addendum (2014)
  • TIEMH Family Partner Evaluation (Aug 2017)
• Youth Empowerment Services – YES Waiver
  • Texas HHS YES Waiver Information Page
  • Youth Empowerment Services Inquiry Line by County

• Coordinated Specialty Care – First Episode Psychosis
  • Texas HHS Coordinated Specialty Care
  • Texas HHS CSC ‘Get With The Program Presentation’
  • Wraparound for Older Youth and Young Adults
  • Texas Council Early Psychosis Handouts
  • Texas HHS Initial Evaluation: First Episode Psychosis
  • Texas Resiliency and Recovery Utilization Management Guidelines: Adult Mental Health Services (updated 2017)
  • Texas Resiliency and Recovery Utilization Management Guidelines: Children’s Mental Health Services (updated 2016)

• Residential Treatment:
  • Texas Challenge Academy
  • Texas Challenge Academy Brochure
  • National Guard Youth Foundation
  • Community Resource Coordination Groups (CRCGs)
  • Community Resource Coordination Group Directory
  • CPS Residential Treatment Center Resource Guide

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Education

• Texas Education Agency (TEA):
  • Education Service Center Contact Information
  • Parent and Family Resources
  • Special Education
  • Notice of Procedural Safeguards:
    • English
    • Spanish
  • TEA Parents Guide to the Admission, Review and Dismissal Process
• Special Education Rules and Regulations
• IDEA Manual
  • English PDF
  • English DOC File
  • Spanish Version
  • Vietnamese Version
• Misc. Parent Resources

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Child Welfare

• Texas Council of Child Welfare Boards—Find a Board
• DFPS (Texas Department of Family and Protective Services):
  • Policy Handbooks
  • Parent Collaboration Group
  • Responsible Fathering Tips
  • Kinship Care:
    • General Information
    • Kinship Care Manual
  • Adoption:
    • Adoption: Why Not You
    • Foster Adopt Information Package
    • Ten Questions Adoptive Parents Ask 

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Juvenile Justice

• Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) Prevention Resources
• TJJD Family Resources

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Family Fun

• Morgans Wonderland (fun for kids with disabilities)
• Better Beehive Project