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PART 4: TAKING CHARGE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH

Posted: May 26, 2019 | Categories: Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5-Part Series on Mental Health to be published daily or weekly during May Contact: Joe Halko / NCSS / 802.393.6414 Visit: https://vermontcarepartners.org/agencies/ Phone Number: VT Care Partners, 802.223.1773 Email: contact@vermontcarepartners.org PART 4: TAKING CHARGE OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH Why is… Read More
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PART 3: KNOW THE WARNING SIGNS

Posted: May 24, 2019 | Categories: Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5-Part Series on Mental Health to be published daily or weekly during May Contact: Joe Halko / NCSS / 802.393.6414 Visit: https://vermontcarepartners.org/agencies/ Phone Number: VT Care Partners, 802.223.1773 Email: contact@vermontcarepartners.org PART 3: KNOW THE WARNING SIGNS MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH Know the warning… Read More
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PART 2: A STUDENT’S GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH

Posted: May 22, 2019 | Categories: Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5-Part Series on Mental Health to be published daily or weekly during May Contact: Joe Halko / NCSS / 802.393.6414 Visit: https://vermontcarepartners.org/agencies/ Phone Number: VT Care Partners, 802.223.1773 Email: contact@vermontcarepartners.org PART 2: A STUDENT’S GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH Being a… Read More
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PART 1: WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH? MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH

Posted: May 16, 2019 | Categories: Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5-Part Series on Mental Health to be published daily or weekly during May Contact: Joe Halko / NCSS / 802.393.6414 Visit: https://vermontcarepartners.org/agencies/ Phone Number: VT Care Partners, 802.223.1773 Email: contact@vermontcarepartners.org PART 1: WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH? MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH What is… Read More
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Importance of youth suicide prevention

Posted: May 11, 2019 | Categories: Uncategorized

Importance of youth suicide prevention The need to eliminate stigma and communicate By Lance Metayer, Team Leader of NCSS School Based Clinical Services & Project Coordinator for Community FIRST Suicide prevention is a topic that we often don’t think about until we are directly impacted by the loss… Read More
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Resiliency in youth improves wellbeing

Posted: May 10, 2019 | Categories: Uncategorized

Resiliency in youth improves wellbeing By Tiffany Trombley, M.S., LCMHC, NCSS Soar Learning Center Clinical Services Team Leader As a community, the emotional wellbeing of our youth should be a top priority. Growing research indicates that early adverse life experiences effect social, emotional health and is correlated with the adoption… Read More
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The Day Everything Changed

Posted: May 09, 2019 | Categories: Uncategorized

The Day Everything Changed Submitted by NCSS Staff Member There are three details from that day that remain painfully vivid in my mind’s eye. The first is how warm it was outside. It was the sort of spring day that compels a person to keep slogging through the bitterest… Read More
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Mental Health Begins in Infancy

Posted: May 08, 2019 | Categories: Uncategorized

Mental Health Begins in Infancy By Heather Wilson, M.A., Licensed Psychologist-Master, NCSS Early Childhood Support Team Leader As we approach National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, this is a good time to look at the evidence around supporting healthy development in children, and how parenting activities and… Read More
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NCSS Presents at the National Counsel Conference!

Posted: Apr 17, 2019 | Categories: Uncategorized

“Our CEO recently presented at the 2019 National Counsel Conference in Nashville. The focus of the presentation highlighted NCSS’s strategic approach to adapting and thriving within a changing health care environment”. Read More
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Wretches & Jabberers

Posted: Mar 21, 2019 | Categories: Uncategorized

On Thursday April 4, 2019 at 7:00pm, Vermont PBS will host the premiere broadcast of the feature documentary Wretches & Jabberers. This inspiring documentary chronicles the world travels of Vermont disability rights advocates, Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette, in a bold quest to change attitudes about the intelligence and abilities… Read More
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