The Village Dispatch:  CMHRC's August 2024 Newsletter
Topic: CMHRC Awarded $100K from Baszucki Family Foundation
Giving Corner: Support Families

Wednesday Webinars: Back to School Essentials
Clinical Seminar for Professionals: Differentiating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) from Bipolar Disorder (BD) in Teens

Book Club: The Out-of-Sync-Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder

Through this partnership we will launch a study on

ketogenic therapy for children with bipolar disorder. 

We are so thrilled to share this fantastic news! Children's Mental Health Resource Center (CMHRC) has been awarded a generous $100,000 grant from Baszucki Family Foundation.

With this grant CMHRC will launch a groundbreaking study on the effects of metabolic therapy through nutritional ketogenic diets in children with bipolar disorder. This study will be one of the first of its kind, investigating the effects of metabolic therapies in children. But CMHRC is doing what we do best and providing a comprehensive program to support the parents and caregivers whose children will be trying out this metabolic therapy. 

We have so much admiration for Baszucki Family Foundation's commitment to championing the potential of metabolic health and therapies. We are also incredibly grateful for their recognition of CMHRC's unique position as an organization that can carry out this study while providing resources, support, and guidance to the parents and caregivers. This significant funding will allow us to further our mission of providing vital support and resources to children and families facing mental illness.

We are actively looking for participant families with children between the ages of 6 - 17 with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder who are interested in participating in this study. Participant families must be willing to change their diet, keep a daily food diary, monitor blood glucose and ketones, track bipolar symptoms each day, and participate in weekly zoom sessions for 6 months.

If you have been thinking about trying ketogenic therapy for your child, this may be the perfect opportunity to have extra support from the CMHRC Team. To be considered for the study, complete the interest survey below.

Not sure, if you'd like to join the study but want some more information about it? Click the link below for more information.

education, and outreach make sure that families understand they are not isolated, and that hope always exists. The professionals, parents, and families we serve deeply appreciate CMHRC's assistance, and we extend our heartfelt thanks to our generous donors for making our mission a reality.

Back To School Essentials

August 21st, 7:30pm Eastern Time

As we prep to go back to school this fall, join us for our annual look at what it takes for a child living with a mental health challenges to be truly successful in school.

Special guest, psychologist and educational testing specialist Steve Hoersting joins us to help you make sense of the psychological

assessments used in school. These tests help determine special education access, IEP eligibility, and special services in and out of school. Get ready to take a deep dive with us as Steve explains what to expect from psychological testing, what its limitations and benefits are, what the results “mean”, and how to use the results to advocate for your child.

Differentiating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) from 

Bipolar Disorder (BD) in Teens

August 28th, 5:00pm Eastern Time

Differentiating between Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Bipolar Disorder (BD) can be incredibly challenging. Join CMHRC professionals for an in depth examination of the differences in symptoms, differences in causes, and differences in treatments between these diagnoses. 

The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder

Thursdays August 18th

7:30pm Eastern Time

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