Mental Health Links

Gaston County Emergency Numbers:          
Social Services: 704-862-7500
Caromont Health Hospital: 704-834-2000
National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988
Association for Play Therapy--Parent's Corner: https://www.a4pt.org/page/ParentsCornerHomePag
Child Mind Institute: https://childmind.org/
EMDRIA: https://www.emdria.org/
Children's Books:
A Terrible Thing Happened: A Story for Children Who Have Witnessed Violence or Trauma by Margaret Holmes
But It's Just a Game by Julia Cook
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages by Leo Buscaglia
God Made All of Me: A Book to Help Children Protect Their Bodies by Justin and Lindsey Holcomb
How Full is Your Bucket? for kids by Tom Rath
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek 
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
Listening to My Body by Gabi Garcia
My Body Sends a Signal by Natalia Maguire 
Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watts
What Should Danny Do? by Ganit and Amir Levi
When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death by Laurie Kransy and Marc Brown
The Worry Balloon by Mónica Mancillas
Your Body Belongs to You by Cornelia Spelman
Parenting Books:
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series) by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn 
Raising Emotionally Strong Kids by Daniel G. Amen, MD and Charles Fay PhD 
Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary Executive Skills Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson, Richard Guare, and Colin Guare 
The Whole Brained Child by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne