October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Scroll down for more information.
OCTOBER 13 | 2016
Mental health screening: let's focus on health
"October is a month that is set aside for 'mental health screening' in order to remind us that being aware of mental health is an important part of caring for ourselves and our children..."
Click here to continue reading this new blog post from Clarity CGC Psychologist Joshua Essery, PsyD, ABPP.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month
October is the 10-year anniversary of the National Bullying Prevention Month. A decade together against bullying - and united for kindness, acceptance and inclusion.
Click here for more bullying prevention information from Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center for families and kids.
Please email information you may have on local bullying prevention events and we'll include in future Enews.
In the next Enews we'll also include links to upcoming local news interviews with Clarity CGC psychiatrists and psychologists. In the meantime, click here to watch Preventing Bullying: It Starts at Home from Becky Davenport, PhD, LMFT, one of the many videos on bullying on the Clarity CGC website. A new bullying video from the September 29 CEU presentation with Melissa Graham, PhD, will also be posted soon.
Have you reserved your "TEE" time?
Make plans to join us for the first ClariTEE Classic - A Top Golf Tournament to benefit Clarity CGC, on Sunday, November 13!
Register as an individual, or team of six, and for a special rate you'll receive a dinner buffet, 2.5 hours of Top Golf (without the wait!), SWAG bag, and more! There will also be raffle drawings and awards.
Click here for all the details and to register individually or as a team!
Join the NAMI Basics course this Saturday, October 15 at Clarity CGC
Even if you missed the first class, you're still welcome to attend NAMI Basics this Saturday, October 15.
NAMI Basics is a free, six-session course for parents and primary caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness. The program is taught by trained teachers who are also the parents or family caregivers of individuals who experienced emotional or behavioral difficulties prior to age 13.
NAMI Basics is offered by NAMI San Antonio, the local organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The program will be held on Saturdays beginning at 10:00 a.m. at Clarity CGC.
Call 210.734.3349 for more information or to reserve your spot for this helpful course.
Video available: Sensory Integration Implications for Learning & Behavior
In this video replay, Teresa "Tere" Sariol, Senior Occupational Therapist and Sensory Integration Specialist with the Texas NeuroRehab Center, defines sensory integration and explains the role of the five senses as they pertain to sensory integration.
This video was recorded during her CEU presentation on July 29 at Clarity CGC.
Click here to watch Sensory Integration Implications for Learning & Behavior.
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.
We are a nonprofit mental health treatment center providing programs specifically for kids ages 3-17. Our goal is to provide families throughout South Texas greater access to children's mental health care regardless of their ability to pay.
