Children's Mental Health Resources

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  1. Know Your Rights: Sexual Abuse For Adults and Youth in Maryland’s State Psychiatric Facilities and RICAs (2020)
  2. Know Your Rights: For Youth in Psychiatric Hospitals & Residential Treatment Centers (2020)
  3. Know Your Rights: When Stopped By the Police in Maryland (2020): Being stopped by law enforcement is a stressful experience that can go bad quickly. Learn your rights and how to stay safe during police encounters in this brochure created by DRM’s Maryland PAIMI Council.
 

4. Protection of Children with Disabilities in Residential Facilities – Restraining & Seclusion Training (2020): Have questions about how you can best support and respond to youth who experience restraint and seclusion in Residential Treatment Centers (RTCs)? This 60-minute online training will provide an overview of the laws regulating the use of restraint and seclusion in RTCs serving children and youth. See also:

    1. Protection of Children with Disabilities in Residential Facilities – Restraining & Seclusion Training (2020): (PowerPoint)
    2. Restraint Seclusion Legal Requirements Handout (2020)
    3. Know Your Rights: Restraint and Seclusion For Youth in Psychiatric Hospitals and Residential Treatment Centers (2020)