NOW AVAILABLE:
The Parents’ How-To Guide to Children’s Mental Health Services in Massachusetts
This excellent, comprehensive, and readable ‘How-to Guide’ for parents of children with mental illness has been published by the Boston Bar Association, with support by Children’s Hospital Boston. The Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee (MHLAC) was instrumental in its planning and creation. The Guide includes chapters on problems your child may have, first steps for getting help, paying for services, navigating mental health networks, services in your child’s school as well as advocacy tips throughout the book.
You can see the book on-line at
www.bostonbar.org and request a copy of your own by contacting Cori Mykoff of the Boston Bar Association by email at cmykoff@bostonbar.org or by phone at (617) 778-1946.