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Jennifer Rush Joins Guidance Center Executive Team
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center is pleased to announce that Jennifer Rush has joined the organization as Associate Executive Director. Ms. Rush will be reporting to Executive Director/CEO Kathy Rivera. Ms. Rush began her career at the Foundation for...
End Mental Health Stigma: A First-Person Account
By guest blogger Alex Levitt, to be published in Anton Media July 1, 2022 I grew up as a sensitive kid. So much so that when my elementary school gave out superlatives to graduating 5th graders, the one I received was most self-aware. Growing up, I viewed my...
Welcome to our 2021 Annual Report!
In 2021, North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center continued to respond to the mental health challenges among our youth, which the U.S. Surgeon General deemed a true crisis. While the pandemic exacerbated these challenges among children and teens, the rates of...
Addressing the Epidemic of Suicide Among our Youth
There may be no scarier words for a parent to hear from their child than “Some days I just don’t think I can go on any longer,” or a similar sentiment. The reality is that children and teens are under more stress than ever, with suicidal thinking and actions on the...
Hundreds of Suicidal Teens Sleep in Emergency Rooms. Every Night.
With inpatient psychiatric services in short supply, adolescents are spending days, even weeks, in hospital emergency departments awaiting the help they desperately need. NYTimes, May 8, 2022, By Matt Richtel, Photographs by Annie Flanagan, Matt Richtel spent more...
The Guidance Center’s Work “Beyond Our Walls”
By Kathy Rivera, published in Anton Media, May 27, 2022 North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center is known throughout Long Island as the preeminent mental health organization for youth and families, providing individualized, culturally sensitive therapeutic...
Make the Most of Moving with an Autistic Child
By guest blogger Jenny Wise Having a child on the autism spectrum brings about an array of emotions. You have your good days and bad days. You probably already know that certain experiences, like moving, require careful consideration and understanding. If you need...
Responding to the Crisis in Children’s Mental Health
By Kathy Rivera, published in Anton Media, April 27, 2022 As of this writing, while COVID-19 cases have been inching up, most experts say that we have moved into a new phase of the pandemic, where the disease, while still dangerous, is less deadly than previous...