PPAL

PPAL is an organization dedicated providing hope for children with mental health needs and their families through education, advocacy, outreach and support.

[PPAL @ppalboston]

Almost 1/2 the parents told us when their child was bullied it was because of their behavioral health issues. #bullying #childrensmentalhealth

[PPAL @ppalboston]

No doubt about it. Stigma is a form of cancel culture.#stigma #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #mentalhealth

[Lisa Lambert @LisaELambert]

May is mental health month. I've been thinking a lot about how stigma is so much like cancel culture for families whose kids have mental health issues. So I wrote about it in 'Stigma is a form of cancel culture' https://t.co/Vt2as5itIQ #childrensmentalhealth #stigma

[PPAL @ppalboston]

PPAL's new study in the Globe! 243 families told us how loss during COVID affected their kids. They said those losses made their kids' mental health issues worse. There needs to be more awareness and new approaches to kids mental health. https://t.co/Gvs3nGw0sv

[PPAL @ppalboston]

Part 2 of our March Q of the month asked for the longest wait time children had in the last 2 years. About half said it was 6 months or longer. With waits like this can the kids mh crisis improve? #childrensmentalhealth

[PPAL @ppalboston]

We ask, families answer. In March almost 200 told us what mental health services their child was waiting for. Outpatient was #1. Meanwhile, their kids got worse. #childrensmentalhealth

[PPAL @ppalboston]

Thanks for the great work you do.

[UMass Chan iSPARC @UMass_SPARC]

Check out pages 21-22 of our 2021 Annual Report to see how we have helped organizations such as @ppalboston @CommHealthLink @LUKInc1 and more! https://t.co/hjLsHj6wHl

#BehavioralHealth #MentalHealth #ParticipatoryResearch #UMassChan #MassDMH #CenterOfExcellence

[PPAL @ppalboston]

Hoping parents will come to our series of listening sessions and talk about how the last 2 years have impacted their child's mental health and getting care for them. Tomorrow's session is in Spanish. Register here: https://t.co/HnpwEwndGw
#childrensmentalhealth @kidsMHmass

[PPAL @ppalboston]

We asked about 100 parents in February if a CRA - Child Requiring Assistance -- was filed, what type was it? Looks like schools are filing a lot of them. #juvenilejustice #statusoffence #childrensmentalhealth

[PPAL @ppalboston]

Our February Q of the month asked parents if a CRA had been filed against their child. 31% said yes. About half said they were the ones who went to juvenile court and asked them to provide help and supervision. #juvenilejustice #statusoffence #childrensmentalhealth

[PPAL @ppalboston]

Calls to us from families whose kids have mental health needs have exploded since the beginning of the pandemic and show no signs of slowing down. #childrensmentalhealth #pandemic

[PPAL @ppalboston]

43% of parents told us their child was struggling most of the time in the last question of our January Q of the Month. Only 1 in 5 said their child was doing well most of the time. #childrensmentalhealth

Why do you think this is?

[PPAL @ppalboston]

We say this many times to the hundreds of parents who call us every month.

[PPAL @ppalboston]

PPAL's January Q of the Month - part 2 - asked parents if their kids were getting the needed support at school this year? Two-thirds said nope or not really. #returntoschool #supportkids #childrensmentalhealth

[PPAL @ppalboston]

Our January question - part 1 - asked parents how kids are doing this school year. No surprise -- anxiety, school avoidance and sadness are up. Concentration has dropped down. #schoolavoidance #childrensmentalhealth #anxiety

[PPAL @ppalboston]

Wonder if youth results are better or worse?

[Michael Fulwiler @MichaelFulwiler]

In a study of the 93 most downloaded self-guided mental health apps, only 3.9% (!) of people continued using them after 14 days.

[PPAL @ppalboston]

Parents are the in acknowledged heroes of the pandemic for sure.

[U.S. Surgeon General @Surgeon_General]

Shout out to the parents out there who are navigating getting their kids back to schools during this #Omicron wave. You are HEROES. #pandemicparenting

[PPAL @ppalboston]

And parents are the experts on their young children and their families. #respect #childrensmentalhealth

[Black Therapist 💕 @NicoleLewisLCSW]

YOU are the expert on your life. Your therapist is there to help guide you. Not tell you what to do. #TherapistsConnect

[NFoF @nationalffcmh]

In December, the Office of U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy released an advisory called “Protecting Youth Mental Health.”

Here is what we as a society can do, according to the report.

https://t.co/FqK2Gg5rfn

[PPAL @ppalboston]

@BeaconHealthOpt Going live but ignoring kids? Which states are set up to make this work for children & families? Not many. #988

[PPAL @ppalboston]

Last week to vote in PPAL's Q of the month at https://t.co/o3s1VsBYrK #childrensmentalhealth #school