Family Help in COLORADO

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Programs & Services  -  Helping Resources in Colorado

TAKE POSITIVE ACTION TO HELP YOUR TEEN

AND HEAL YOUR FAMILY

• Take an honest look at your child's behavior and family situation.

• Become informed of your child's issues.

• Network the resources listed on the Family Help pages and throughout the Focus website to find referrals to mental health services and supportive programs.

• Follow through on professional advice and treatment plans.

• Build a support system from family, friends, self-help groups, and your place of worship.

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Programs & Services  -  Helping Resources in Colorado

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Colorado Information

Abuse

• Colorado Child Abuse Laws

• Colorado Child Abuse & Neglect Manual

• Domestic Violence:  Make It Your Business

• Real Talk About Dating Violence (pdf)  NOTE:  Relationship violence is a pattern of dominating behavior that one person uses to control another person in a dating relationship.  Teen relationship violence is just as serious as adult domestic violence.

• Reporting Child Abuse & Neglect in Colorado (pdf)

Abuse: Sexual

• The Abuse Connection

• Boulder Sex Offenders

• Colorado Convicted Sex Offenders  NOTE:  This database only includes violent sexual predators, multiple offenders, and individuals who have failed to register.

• Colorado Sex Offender Registration & Community Notification

• Excerpts from Standards and Guidelines for the Evaluation, Assessment, Treatment & Supervision of Juveniles Who Have Committed Sexual Offenses (pdf)

• Juvenile Sexual Aggression

• Longmont Sex Offenders

• School Resource Guide Regarding Sex Offender Registration Information (pdf)

• Toward Healing and Justice: Handbook for Survivors of Sexual Assault (pdf)

ADD & ADHD

• Banning Ritalin in Colorado

Adolescence and Parenting Teens

• Colorado Emancipation of Minor Law

• Colorado Law on Abortions for Minors

• Colorado Youth and the Law

• Grandparents: As Parents

Alcohol & Teen Drinking and Drugs & Teen Substance Abuse

• Adolescent Alcohol & Drug Abuse

• Drugs & Drug Abuse in Colorado

• Tracking Meth in the Mountains

Behavior Problems

• Educational Alternatives for Expelled Students (pdf)

Bipolar Disorder and Personality Disorders

• Child Mental Health Treatment Act NOTE: The main purpose of this law is to provide access to residential treatment for children with mental health needs without requiring court involvement.  Contact your local Community Mental Health Center for more information.

• Guide to School Mental Health Services in Colorado (pdf)

Bullying - What Parents & Teachers Must Know

• Colorado Anti-Bullying Law

• How Students Can Avoid School Victimization

   

Depression and Teen Suicide

• Suicide in Colorado (pdf)

• Preventing Youth and Adult Suicide

Dropouts

• Colorado Dropout Policies (pdf)  NOTE: Approximately 30 percent of Colorado's students fail to graduate within four years of starting high school.

• Early Exit:  Denver's Graduation Gap

• GED in Colorado

Family Health

• Colorado may soon lose status as leanest state

• Consumer's Guide to Getting & Keeping Health Insurance in Colorado

• What Happens When Your Insurance Company Says 'No' (pdf)

• Your Medical Record Rights in Colorado

Runaways & Missing Children

• Find Christopher

• Find Danice Lea Day

• Find Mary June Comiskey

• Missing Children Data & Statistics for Colorado

• Missing Kids in Colorado

Special Education

• Parent and Child Rights in Special Education (pdf)

Teen Violence and School Violence

• Tips for Youth Safety (pdf)

• Victim and Witness Reactions to Trauma (pdf)

When Your Teen is in Trouble with the Law

• Answers to Your Questions about Juvenile Delinquency (pdf)

• Colorado Law on Juvenile Delinquency Records (pdf)

• Juvenile Justice System Flowchart (pdf)