Cougar Health VOL 2

COUGAR HEALTH

VOL. 2 |MAY 2021

HOW TO IMPROVE 9 MENTAL HEALTH LOCAL MENTAL
YOUR CHILD'S HEALTH RESOURCES
ACTIVITES TO DO
MENTAL HEALTH Places we can reach out to
WITH YOUR for help
Tips to help create a
healthier mental health CHILDREN
environment for your kids
Helpful hints to manage
mental health

HOW TO Build Trust with Consistency
IMPROVE YOUR
CHILD'S MENTAL A solid relationship begins with building
HEALTH trust. Meet your child's physical and
emotional needs by taking care of them
If you are like most parents/guardians, when they are cold, hungry AND scared,
you're likely on top of getting your kids to anxious. or sad. Do what you say and
their well-visits, the dentist, say what you mean. Kids need
immunizations, offering nutritious food consistency, honesty, and caring from
and helping with their school work. How you. Children crave predictability and
often though, do you think about how to structure. Even during the summer
take care of your child's mental health? break, establish a flexible daily routine.

A child's mental health is just as Establish Healthy Habits and Self-
important as their physical health Esteem
particularly when it comes to dealing
with stress, behavior, and academics. A healthy diet, a good night's sleep and
plenty of exercise are not just good for
In fact, the Centers for Disease Control physical health. Help develop healthy
(CDC) estimates that 1 in 5 children self-esteem in your kids by providing
experience a mental disorder in any given genuine, realistic praise; providing
year. While all mental health issues opportunities for independence, and
cannot be prevented, you can take steps to teaching them how to develop healthy
help keep your child as mentally healthy as self-talk. Often a child's harshest critic is
possible. their own inner voice. Don't forget to
PLAY with your child, spend
Take Care of YOUR Mental Health unstructured, time with them enjoying
each other's company.
One of the best things you can do to keep
your child mentally health is to take care Watch for Red Flags
of your own mental health. Not only will
you be modeling the habits that improve Trouble falling asleep or staying
mental health, but you will also be creating asleep, difficulty waking, or other
a healthier environment for your child. sleep disturbances
Kids learn by watching us, so make sure Complaints of headaches, tiredness
that you are a positive example. If you are or generally feeling unwell.
struggling, seek help. Research shows Signs of regressive behavior,
when a parent/guardian receives therapy including social regression, acting
or medication, children's health improves. more immature, being clingy etc.
Sadness, depression, anxiety, or
fears lasting more than a couple of
weeks.

Source: https://www.verywellfamily.com/improve-
childrens-mental-health-4154379

Source:https://believeperform.com/product/9-mental-health-activities-to-do-with-your-children/ Accessed May 4 2021

LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH
RESOURCES

Help is at hand and at affordable rates - some Mercer Health Systems: 855 First Street, Macon,
free - in Central Georgia. Following are listings GA 478-301-4111
complied by United Way of Central Georgia:
Piedmont Counseling Services: 2607 Vineville
Babies Can't Wait. 201 2nd Street, #1100, Ave., Macon, GA 478-477-2220
Macon, GA 478-745-9200 developmental
evaluations and services. River Edge Behavioral Health Center: 175 Emery
Hwy, Macon, GA 478-803-7600
Behavioral Medicine: 3585 Vineville Av.,
Macon, GA 478-476-0403 S&K Professional Counseling Services: 640 Plum
St., Suite 201, Macon, GA: Mr. Sebastian Subbs Sr.,
Community Development Systems: 577 478-449-0722
Mulberry Street, #900, Macon, GA 478-743-
8333 The Reliant Group, LLC: 640 Plum St., Suite 205,
Macon, GA : Monica Swayne, 888-561-5568
Crossroads Counseling Center: 500 Bass Road,
Macon GA 478-475-4608 The Southern Center for Choice Theory: 411 Holt
Ave., Macon, GA Mrs. Gloria Cisse 478-741-1268
Dynamic Intervention, Inc.: 524 South Hudson
Lake Road, Suite G 100, Warner Robins, GA Macon-Bibb County will soon be providing free
478-254-6705 mental health support in the following
neighborhoods through the Macon Mental Health
Family Counseling Center: 277 MLK Jr., Blvd., Matters Alliance:
Suite 203, Macon, GA 478-745-2811
Indiv/Family/Marriage/Crisis counseling, free if Booker T. Washington Center (Pleasant
qualify or sliding scaled www.fcccg.org Hill/Pio Nono)
Pendelton Homes, West Macon (Cherokee
Ingleside Counseling Resources: 277 Pierce Heights/Bartlett Crossing)
Ave., Macon, GA 478-755-0060 Rosa Jackson Center (East Macon )
Bloomfield-Gilead Center (Rocky Creek Road)
Lighthouse for Families (A service of the Brookdale Warming Center (Payne City)
Methodist Children's Home): 304 Pierce Ave.,
Macon, GA 478-75-2800 Mental and Find out more and sign up to be the first to know
behavioral health evaluation, and counseling. when it launches at
www.maconmentalhealthmatters.com
Mercer Family Therapy Center: 655 1st Street,
Macon, GA 478-301-5970; Sliding scale billing.