Wishes and Worries.Wishes And Worries Centre for Addiction and Mental Health The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is a consortium of mental health clinics at several sites in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its name in French is Centre de Toxicomanie et de Santé Mentale. (The acronym CAMH is most commonly pronounced "Cam-H". Ben Hodson Hodson is a surname, and may refer to
CAMH CAMH Centre for Addiction and Mental Health CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (Houston, TX) CAMH Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2S1 0888684932 $9.95 1-800-661-1111 www.camh.net Colorfully illustrated by Ben Hodson, Wishes And Worries is a picturebook story specifically produced by the Centre for Addition and Mental Health (CAMH) to help children ages 5 to 10 understand a parent who drinks too much alcohol. Maggie is a young girl who's father has a problem with alcohol and in the course of the engaging and carefully crafted story, learns the answer s to key questions all children have when dealing with a parent who drinks to much. Ideal for use by parents and counselors helping children from homes where alcoholism alcoholism, disease characterized by impaired control over the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Alcoholism is a serious problem worldwide; in the United States the wide availability of alcoholic beverages makes alcohol the most accessible drug, and alcoholism is has been (or continues to be) a disruptive disruptive /dis·rup·tive/ (-tiv) 1. bursting apart; rending. 2. causing confusion or disorder. factor in their lives, Wishes And Worries will help young readers learn that its okay to ask questions, talk to teachers, school counsellors, and trusted adults about a parent who drinks exessively, and discover that they are not responsible for their parent's drinking problems. That it is okay to reach out for help and that they can find safe and helpful places and people to share their feelings and concerns. Also very highly recommended is Can I Catch It Like A Cold?: A Story To Help Children Understand A Parent's Depression, another titles in the outstanding CAMH "Storybooks for Children" series. |
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