The Georgia Parent Support Network envisions communities that fully include and support children and adolescents with mental illness, emotional disturbances and behavioral differences and their families.
Mission
Georgia Parent Support Network is dedicated to providing support, education, and advocacy for children and youth with mental illness, emotional disturbances, and behavioral differences and their families.
Goals
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Values |
• To support children and youth with mental illness and behavioral differences and their families. • To advocate for and with these children and families. • To provide education about mental illnesses, emotional disturbances and behavioral differences in children and youth to families, systems, governments, concerned citizens and others. • To act as a catalyst for change in mental health systems. • To provide state-of-the-art information about "state of care" for children and youth with mental disabilities. • To act as a voice for children and youth with mental illness, emotional disturbances and behavioral differences. • To increase awareness of children's special problems and needs. • To advocate in the public forum for comprehensive, coordinated, community-based, family-centered service. |
• Community-based, family-focused, culturally competent systems of care. • Full family and child participation in planning and delivery of services. • Professional research and public education. • Equity of treatment and availability of information. • Our partners in advocacy. • The expertise a family offers. • The opportunity to collaborate. • The opportunity to make a difference for families and children by improving their quality of life. • Innovative, flexible approaches that support provision of services. • A family-friendly system of accountability based on positive outcomes. • Family-run family support groups in which family members can share problems, exchange ideas, and receive information. • Youth involvement in everything we do. |
Agency History:
Georgia Parent Support Network was founded in 1989 by thirty parents and professionals who shared a vision of family involvement in issues that affect children and youth with mental health disabilities. GPSN has grown to more than 3,500 members. The members sit on almost every policy-making board where decisions affecting children and youth are made. GPSN continues to grow and is constantly redefining the family advocacy role to determine how families can and should be involved to ensure that the needs of families whose children suffer from severe emotional disturbances are met.
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