With the snip of some very large scissors, the new Clarity CGC full-service Crisis Assessment Center and additional Living Unit were ceremonially opened! Clarity CGC staff, governing board members, special community guests, and 19 visionary funding organizations and individuals, were on hand for this historic event.

Thanks to all of their support, there are now six 23-hour observation beds and 14 additional acute care beds on our campus for children and adolescents. We expect to serve nearly 1,000 more children with the Crisis Assessment Center and expanded acute care beds. Patients have already transitioned to the 14 new acute care beds and staff are finalizing procedures to begin receiving patients in the six observation beds within the Crisis Assessment Center.

This new 13,500 square foot facility is the first of three phases of expansion on our campus. Watch for more exciting news on the second phase grand opening - coming soon!

Click here to see more Grand Opening photos on Facebook.

Click here for links to media coverage of the new Crisis Assessment Center.

Brighton Center, in partnership with Clarity Child Guidance Center, will present a free parent training program focused on helping parents and their children navigate the education system. The program is called Special Education Support Services (SESS) and it will be offered two times - on Thursday, November 5 and Thursday, November 12. (Attendees can pick which class to attend. You do not need to attend both classes.)

The SESS class includes:

• Special education law
• The ARD Process
• Certificate with 3 credit hours
• Complimentary meal, beverage & childcare

For more information, click here for the webpage, or download the SESS flyer for November 5 or November 12.

To register for a Special Education Support Services class, call (210) 826-4492.

The staff from Clarity CGC, representing our One in Five Minds advocacy campaign, took some important steps in support of mental health during the NAMI Walk on Saturday, October 3.

The NAMI Walk is an annual event to raise funds and awareness for mental health and Clarity CGC is proud to participate and walk with our colleagues from NAMI and other organizations across our community.

Click here for more information about the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) San Antonio.

Click here to see more Facebook photos from the NAMI Walk.

The next session of the 10-part series of Parenting Classes called Precious Minds New Connections will begin on Thursday, January 7, 2016.

The sessions, presented in partnership with the Brighton Center, will be held on the Clarity CGC campus and will include 20 hours of parenting credits, childcare, refreshments, and more. The first session will begin on Thursday, January 7 at 6:00 pm. This free program is focused on creating a positive and nurturing environment for parents and children.

For more information, check our our website page here.

To register for the Precious Minds New Connections Parenting Classes, call (210) 826-4492.

In this video replay, Becky Davenport, PhD, LMFT, and owner and director of the Institute for Couple and Family Enhancement, provides an overview of the distinctions between bullying and other forms of conflict within social systems and traditional intervention strategies used to address bullying and their effectiveness. She also addresses the systematic, emotional and psychological factors to be addressed in an effective bullying intervention plan.

This presentation was recorded during Dr. Davenport's breakout session at Claritycon2015.

Watch Preventing Bullying: It Starts at Home by clicking here.

To order a free DVD of this 6-part series, send an email to Mike Hannan and include your mailing address, telephone number, and if applicable, the organization you represent.

(Note: if you have already requested a video, you don't need to resubmit. Due to the large demand for this series it is taking a little longer to burn DVDs!)