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Eating Disorders—Exploring Mental Health
Eating disorders are common and can have serious complications. Learn more about their impact, signs, and symptoms.
Parenting Hack: The Power of Positive, Strength-Based Communication
Learn how to harness the power of positive, strength-based language to successfully guide kids while strengthening your connection with them.
13 Quotes Illustrating the Power of Building on Strengths
Children grow best when we build on their strengths! Here are thirteen quotes illustrating how to lay a solid foundation for kids to thrive.
No Shortcuts to Excellence—Great Work, Great Outcomes Take Grit
Got grit? It’s the secret sauce to excellence! Learn more about what it is and how to develop it in yourself and others.
14 Quotes on Parenting When Triggered
Parenting, when triggered, is hard! Here are fourteen quotes illustrating how to slow down and respond with love.
Drop the Labels! Kids Shine When We Focus on Strengths
When mental health providers focus on strengths rather than labels and deficits, excellent outcomes happen for kids!
5 Tips for Parenting Kids with PTSD
No shortage of trauma touches the lives of our kids today. Learn more about PTSD and how to care for children experiencing it.
17 Quotes Illustrating Life with Bipolar Disorder
What’s bipolar disorder? Here are seventeen quotes that illustrate the condition and the experience of those who live with it.
Rough Waters Ahead! A Guide to Raising Teens
Raising teens is hard! Here are twelve of YDI’s best quotes to guide you in parenting through the teenage years.
Saving Lives—Suicide Warning Signs & How to Intervene
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. To honor it, we’re exploring warning signs and intervention because education saves lives.
Saving Lives—Understanding Suicide Risk Factors
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. To honor it, we’re exploring risk and protective factors because education can saves lives!
Moving with Kids: How to Support Their Mental Health
Moving is hard for kids! Yet, often necessary. Learn how to help your children adjust and thrive in the face of change!
18 Quotes to Help You on the Path to Purposeful Parenting
Here are eighteen of our best quotes to help anyone on their journey to purposeful parenting.
Our Continued Commitment to Montana Children & Families During the COVID-19 Outbreak
At Youth Dynamics, there is nothing more important to us than your health and the broader health of our communities.
Tips for Helping Kids Through the Coronavirus Outbreak
In order to support families with children staying at home, we have come up with four tips for parents.
Faces of Mental Health- “I have always had a heart for working with kids.”
This is the eighth segment in our series, Faces of Mental Health, which gives people an intimate look inside of children’s services. To see our latest story, check us out on Facebook at Youth Dynamics of Montana or People of Youth Dynamics every Tuesday and Thursday...
Faces of Mental Health- “I don’t like school; it never did it for me.”
This is the seventh segment in our series, Faces of Mental Health, which gives people an intimate look inside of children’s services. To see our latest story, check us out on Facebook at Youth Dynamics of Montana or People of Youth Dynamics every Tuesday and Thursday...
Faces of Mental Health- “She looked broken.”
This is the third segment in our series, Faces of Mental Health, which gives people an intimate look inside of children’s services. To see our latest story, check us out on Facebook at Youth Dynamics of Montana or People of Youth Dynamics every Tuesday and Thursday...
Faces of Mental Health- “It’s Hard to Ask for Help”
This is the first segment in our series, Faces of Mental Health, which gives people an intimate look inside of children's services. To see our latest story, check us out on Facebook at Youth Dynamics of Montana or People of Youth Dynamics every Tuesday and Thursday...
7 Myths About Child Mental Health
Psychiatric disorders are not a result of bad parenting — or poor willpower Child Mind Institute - by Harold S. Koplewicz, MD It is easy to empathize with suffering we can see: a child who has lost her hair as a result of chemotherapy, for instance. The suffering of a...
Therapy and Service Animals for Children with Special Needs
Service and therapy animals are proven to make a positive difference Very Well Family - May 22, 2018 Service and therapy animals have become increasingly popular for children with special needs, and for good reason. Research shows that animals can make a huge...
How to Help Kids with Social Anxiety
Psycom - May 22, 2018 by Katie Hurley, LCSW Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) isn’t simply a fear of making or interacting with friends. It’s actually characterized by an intense fear of social situations in which the child might be judged or scrutinized by...
Mental Illness in Kids: The Surprising Warning Signs
Everyday Health- April 5, 2018 Few parents are prepared to recognize symptoms of mental health problems in their child. Do you know what to look for? Just like adults, many kids — infants and toddlers included — are plagued with mental health problems. In fact, nearly...
For Kids, Chronic Illness May Trigger Mental Health Issues
Health Day - January 15, 2018 MONDAY, Jan. 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- When children learn they have a long-term illness, such as diabetes or epilepsy, they're likely to suffer emotionally, too, a small study finds. These mental health issues surface soon after the...
Organization Helps Families Work Through Issues
Glendive Ranger-Review, Chad Knudson - March 2, 2018 We make suggestions and the family can take it from there Conflicting viewpoints, sarcasm, raised voices and teenage defiance punctuate an interview about how one local non-profit is working to improve family life,...
Building Resilience in Children – 20 Practical, Powerful Strategies
All children are capable of extraordinary things. There is no happiness gene, no success gene, and no ‘doer of extraordinary things’ gene. The potential for happiness and greatness lies in all of them, and will mean different things to different kids. We can’t change...
Many children rely on the emergency room for psychiatric care
Spectrum - October 26, 2016 On any given day, pediatrician Lindsay Irvin estimates a quarter of her patients need psychiatric help. She sees teens who say they are suicidal, and elementary school children who suffer chest pains stemming from bullying anxiety....
The Cost of Budget Cuts Affecting Montana’s Most Vulnerable
It is easy to dismiss the budget cuts being considered by the Department of Public Health and Human Services as an easy way to save money. However, the latest round of proposed cuts to home support services and therapeutic foster care create a potentially serious...
How Anxiety Leads to Disruptive Behavior
Kids who seem oppositional are often severely anxious Child Mind Institute- January 22, 2018 by Caroline Miller A 10-year-old boy named James has an outburst in school. Upset by something a classmate says to him, he pushes the other boy, and a shoving-match ensues....