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Facing impending crisis can leave families feeling helpless, often seeing only the negatives. There are forward-looking steps you can take to minimize or prevent crisis, or handle it when it does happen.

Continue reading Positive Steps for Families in Crisis

Early intervention is the key to avoiding a crisis in children. Learning the symptoms and signs that can be a prelude to crisis is very important to be able to get help for the child or the family early. Setting up a support circle early of doctors, therapists, social workers, friends, and family is an integral part of being able to survive a crisis that may occur. If you already have this support in place then it is much easier to turn to them when you have a problem or crisis. If you have a child in crisis then you need to search out help for your child and help for you family to be able to support this child in treatment.