The Special Needs Family Hour Presents: Healthy Minds Program!

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Healthy Minds Program

Join us this Sunday afternoon on the Special Needs Family Hour at 1:00 pm!
Our guests are Misty Ross, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Dr. Nev Jones with the Department of Psychiatry & Behavior Neurosciences at the University of South Florida. 

We will be discussing Success 4 Kids & Families Healthy Minds Program. Healthy Minds is an innovative program for youth and young adults who have recently begun experiencing unusual thoughts and behaviors or who have started hearing or seeing things that others don’t. 

Enrollment Criteria

  • Individual has experienced symptoms for no more than 2 years (e.g. hallucinations, delusional thoughts, bizarre behavior, paranoia, and/or disorganized speech)
  • Symptoms are not caused by a medical condition or substance abuse
  • Individual must not have a documented IQ below 70
  • Individual must reside in Hillsborough County
Pictured:  Dr. Nev Jones, Misty Ross LCSW, and Julie Ames, SNFH

The Special Needs Family Hour Presents: Success 4 Kids & Families’ Positive Parent Program

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Success 4 Kids & Families’ Positive Parent Program

Join us for our Mother’s Day Show & We’re Celebrating Three Years On The Air!

Join us this Sunday afternoon on the Special Needs Family Hour at 1:00 pm!
Our guest is Misty Ross, Intake Supervisor with Success 4 Kids & Families. Misty is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has a passion for the parents they serve. We will be discussing their Successful Parent Program which addresses mental health and other needs identified by the families.

Pictured:  Misty Ross and Julie Ames, SNFH. 

Success 4 Kids & Families is a non-profit organization that offers community based services for families in Hillsborough County. They have been offering a helping hand for parents and families when kids begin to experience problems in school, at home or even with the law since 2005. They assign a dedicated case worker who works with both the child and the family. Their case workers have access to dozens of programs to help the child and family at risk.