Classes are held in both English and Spanish Tuesdays at 6 pm and Wednesdays at 9 am.

Millions of people in the U.S. are affected by mental illness each year. It’s important to measure how common mental illness is, so we can understand its physical, social and financial impact — and so we can show that no one is alone. These numbers are also powerful tools for raising public awareness, stigma-busting and advocating for better health care.

Parents/caregivers of these adolescents facilitate seeking services for adolescents and understand them in ways that healthcare providers do not. Researchers at Villanova University want to hear your experiences, positive and negative, seeking mental health treatment for your adolescent during and after a suicide crisis.

Creative Healing is a therapeutic modality that combines powerful counseling techniques along with art-making to help improve emotional, mental health, promoting self-regulation. This group is for adults 18 years old + meets Sundays from 10:30 am to 11:25 am.

This virtual 8-week program is for youth ages 14-18 who live in Bergen, Essex, Morris, Sussex or Passaic.  Youth must have Medicaid.

Unplug, Unwind, Calm Your Mind

The Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers University holds support groups on Zoom for siblings of individuals with autism or related developmental disabilities. Groups are for children ages 7-15.and conducted by advanced doctoral students under the supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist. Contact Amanda Austin

Relationship Exploration is a class for teens, 13-15 years old, to learn and practice skills to support healthy relationship development.

Hosted by Ken Verni. Occurs every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

The Mourning Meeting is a podcast dedicated to young adults. Interviews include information about grieving at college, pandemic grief, advanced directives for young adults, suicide loss, and much more.

The SPAN Parent Leadership and Advocacy Virtual Conference is a statewide conference for and about meaningful Parent Leadership across New Jersey's education, health, mental health, family support, human services, and child welfare systems.

Join us for a presentation by NJ Medicaid Outreach Division for an overview of the many health programs available to help NJ residents pay for and access health care services.

Bridging the Gap Between High School and Young Adult Services- Webinar Series Part 2

5/11-An Overview of the Abilities Day Habilitation Programs

5/18-Heigh ho, heigh ho, it's off to work we go!

6/1-Let's get Person Centered

6/8-Supports Brokerage Services

6/15- Housing Opportunities

6/22-Getting a guardian

6/29-Financial Planning

This free support group is for parents who are now on the clock 24/7 because of COVID-19! Conversations are led by you! MUCCTC is a free online counseling service staffed by supervised Monmouth University clinical social work graduate interns! 

Dr Qing Li is an expert in Forest Bathing and has since then authored numerous studies on the benefits it has on human health and mental wellbeing. ?Studies showed that this practice could lower cortisol levels and blood pressure, as well as improve brain function. As a result, the Japanese government incorporated it into their national health program. ?

I/DD transitioning from school to adulthood: What you need to know about applying for Supplemental Security Income. Presented by Beverly Roberts, The Arc of NJ, and Bea Canal, SPWA Services. Join Us Online or Via Phone. (For NJ Residents ONLY.)

Join a conversation focused on the facts behind cannabis and how that impacts our youth.

Tuesdays-10 a.m. Peer to Peer Rap Group 3 p.m. Hearing Voices

Wednesdays-3 p.m. Coronavirus Support Group 4:30 p.m. Men's Group

Thursdays-3 p.m. Stress Management 7 p.m. Healthy Eating

Fridays-3 p.m. Mindfulness 7 p.m. Women's Group

Saturdays- 3 p.m. Health Group 4:30 p.m. Journaling our Recovery

ID 480 494 4894

CODE 216467

Contact [email protected]

Welcome Faith-Based Community Leaders ~ We invite you to come together for ongoing conversations on the challenges of life as religious leaders in a pandemic world to our New Jersey Clergy Peer Group

Hosted by DCF's Youth Council, this free 2-hour event will feature a financial literacy course and a youth forum with Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer.

Join Disability Rights New Jersey for a virtual presentation about New Jersey’s designated protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities

Community experts will provide an overview of the crisis model being developed and implemented in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and will offer background on how to get started locally on the implementation of a new crisis system.

A guided panel discussion and Q&A moderated by NAMI’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ken Duckworth will follow the discussion.

Alex Gitter MS, M.ed, LAC, NCC will present:

Parent's role in Sex Talk

Facts and Autism and Sexual Development

Explore concerns and questions

Tips to teach sexual health

Virtual Tours of Animal Sanctuary

YTB scheduled two free Virtual Tours of Animal Sanctuaries--one on Wednesday, May 26th and another on Friday, June 4th . The sessions run from 3:30-5:00 p.m. with the first 30 minutes for Q&A and updates on YTB activities followed by the Virtual Tours starting at 4 p.m. Anyone is welcome to join these virtual sessions.

In this webinar we will take a deeper dive into how nature supports children's mental wellbeing including strengthened self-esteem and confidence, enhanced positive emotion and reduced negative emotion, stress reduction, restoration, social benefits, and resilience. We will share tips for getting the most out of nature activities to promote children's mental health.

Purpose: To offer the youth and young adults in our community a safe place to come together and have meaningful discussions around current events such as: Black Lives Matter, racism, social injustice etc.

First Thursday of EVERY month 3-5pm. Registration is required 

This 2 CE seminar will explore the impact of eating disorders in the Jewish community and provide evidence-based tools and creative strategies for clinicians to utilize in their practice.

Join the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey on Thursday, June 3, 2021, from 12 PM to 1 PM for "Implications and Treatment of the Long-term Neurological and Cognitive Effects of COVID-19." A Certificate of Attendance will be provided for one Professional Development Hour. For more information contact [email protected]

Learn how to track your child's developmental milestones! Learn how your child grows, talks, plays, learns, and interacts with their world.

All Families receive a FREE Developmental Tool Kit!

This FREE event will feature educational, interactive, and fun activities including Brain Injury and Covid Awareness: What You Need to Know, Arts and Crafts, Transportation Information and Resources, and Mindfulness. Questions regarding this event can be directed to [email protected] Funding for this event was made possible by the New Jersey State Department of Human Services, Division of Disability Services Traumatic Brain Injury Fund.

All mental health conditions should be approached with the utmost care in considering the basic ethical practices common to each clinical discipline--confidentiality and informed consent, operating within one's scope of competency and ensuring practices that do not cause harm to our clients. However, the numerous ethical issues facing eating disorders practitioners may differ significantly from those ethics conundrums that arise in work with a general client base.

Join C.A.S.T. for Kids for a free fishing event for kids with special needs.  A joyful day of fishing brings kids with special needs, their families, and community volunteers together for an explosion of fun!  

Saturday June 19th, 2021 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.