» Communication is About a Common World

As we make friends with someone we usually get a better sense of what their words mean. We get a sense of our friend's internal world. We get a sense of where their words come from.

Tags: communication, empathy, relationships

» New Goal To Get More People With Learning Disabilities Into Work, UK
People with a learning disability will be helped into paid jobs to close the employment gap, Jonathan Shaw, Minister for Disabled People and Phil Hope, Minister for Care Services pledged today. The goal is set out in the new cross-government Learning Disability Employment Strategy, published today. The strategy sets out a vision to increase the number of real jobs for people with learning disabilities with appropriate support being provided.

» May Is Children Mental Health Awareness Month

There are more than 780,000 children and youth under the age of 18 in the State of Mississippi, and nearly one in five could benefit from short-term mental health treatment through a community health center, school-based or nonprofit therapist, or private practitioner.

There are more than 780,000 children and youth under the age of 18 in the State of Mississippi, and nearly one in five could benefit from short-term mental health treatment through a community health center, school-based or nonprofit therapist, or private practitioner.

Almost 36,000 Mississippi children have persistent mental health needs which can impact every aspect of their lives requiring comprehensive mental health services.

The cost to our children, families and community are significant, not only in dollars but also in lost futures, broken families and great heartache.

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Jackson County Health Department