Prioritizing Mental and Emotional Health During COVID-19 Tulsa Regional Chamber, Business Support Series, Healthy Minds, Healthy Families (April 23, 2020) As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact area companies, the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s new resource for members, the Business Support Series, features regular, public conference calls and webinars on timely topics relevant to the community’s COVID-19…
Helen was referred to Family & Children’s Services (F&CS) through her school. Teachers noticed Helen chose not to speak in the classroom, with her peers, or really at all. Starting in January, Helen began sessions with her school-based therapist and was quiet, usually with her chin sitting so her hand was on or near her…
During the COVID-19 crisis, the Family & Children’s Services PACT (Programs for Assertive Community Treatment) team continues to provide lifesaving community/home-based care to the severely mentally ill population. Each day, the team goes above and beyond to deliver medication, food, technology (phones and iPads) and telehealth services. These services are imperative to ensure the stabilization of clients in order to avoid psychiatric hospitalization. Many clients depend on PACT as their lifeline for…
Eleven-year-old Ben loves his Beagle, Alex. He found the lost dog a year ago and immediately brought him home. Alex is Ben’s best friend. They share a bed and Alex helps Ben calms down at night when he starts feeling anxious about his mother, Laura, who suffers from mental illness. Being at home during COVID-19…
We realize the challenge to protect children has never been greater. Many parents now find themselves in an unprecedented situation with a lack of childcare, indefinite school closures, limited employment opportunities and social isolation. Compounded with uncertainty, anxiety, fear and frustration, the financial and emotional stress brought by the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to create a…
