Real Talk About Children's Mental Health

Do you have room? Understanding how to begin the Foster Care process.

Did you know that over 10,000 children and youth are a part of the Foster Care system in Michigan and at least 200 are in need of a forever home. Do you have room in your

Diary of Schizophrenic: Author Bethany Boik

Did you know that Schizophrenia affects approximately 24 million people or 1 in 300 people (0.32%) worldwide?-World Health Organization January, 2022 Join Real Talk host

Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network: Must have resources and the 20th Anniversary of youth led work of Youth United.

Welcome back Real Talk listeners! We are up and recording once again. Stay tuned in for a whole new schedule of mental health topics, subject matter expects event informa

E22: Suicide Loss Survivors

Listen in as @TCC_Laura talks with Dr. Athena Kheibari, Assistant Professor in the Wayne State University School of Social Work about "Suicide Loss Survivors." Athena Kh

E21: Demystifying Suicide

Listen in as @TCC_Laura talks with Kelvin Brown, Program Manager-Community Partnerships and Projects and Aubrey Gilliland, Project Coordinator at The Children’s Center ab

E20: 2021 Foster Care Awareness Month

Listen in as @TCC_Laura talks with Shereen Allen-Youngblood, Community Outreach/Recruiter at The Children’s Center about Foster Care Awareness Month in May AND the dire n

E19: Seventeenth Annual Power of Possibilities Breakfast

Listen in as @TCC_Laura talks with Marletta Boyd II, Director of Individual Philanthropy at The Children’s Center about our 17th Annual Power of Possibilities Breakfast t

E18: Autism Awareness Month

Listen in as our @TCC_Laura talks with Mychele Tennille, Director-BHS/IDD at The Children’s Center about Autism. #AutismAwarenessMonth #Detroit #TCCRealTalk Please Share

E17: Community Partner Highlight - Focus: HOPE

Listen in as our host @TCC_Laura talks with Waymond Hayes, Director of Early Learning and Youth Development at Focus: HOPE about the importance of early childhood, mental

E16: Youth Voice and Leadership Opportunities

Listen in as our host TCC_Laura talks with our very own Tyanna McClain talk about youth voice and leadership opportunities for young people receiving mental health, child

E15: Our Community Partner: Encourage Me I’m Young

Listen in as our host @TCC_Laura talks with our community partner, Calvin Mann, Founder & President of EMIY — Encourage Me I’m Young — talk about about their life-changin

E14: Faces of Trauma

Our host @TCC_Laura talks with Robin Floyd and Kelvin Brown – Program Managers of Community Partnerships at The Children’s Center (TCC) – about the 7th Annual Faces of Tr

E13: The Vital Role of Youth Peer Support Services in Our Community

Listen in as @TCC_Laura Lefever talks with the Youth Peer Support Services (YPSS) Team at The Children’s Center about the very important role they serve in the lives of #

E12: The Importance of Parent and Consumer Engagement at The Children’s Center

E12: Listen in as our host @TCC_Laura Lefever talks with Arlyssa Heard — a parent, a member of our Consumer Advisory Council, and a member of our Board of Directors — abo

E11: How enrichment activities enhance the clinical experience for children

In this episode, learn how enrichment activities provided by The Children's Center help enhance the clinical experience for the children and families we serve. #TCCRealTa

E10: What is Behavioral Health and how to access our services?

Listen to Kelila Anstett, Clinical Manager, Family Assessment & Intervention Services at The Children’s Center talk with @TCC_Laura about behavioral health and how to acc

E8: You Can Change A Child's Life Through Holiday Giving

Listen in as Tammy Zonker, our Chief Philanthropy Officer at The Children’s Center shares with podcast host Laura Lefever about how you can change a child’s life through

E9: Overview of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

In this episode, @TCC_Laura talks with Kevin Fischer, Executive Director at @namiofmiAND Paris Simpson, President of @NAMIMetro – about the National Alliance on Mental He

E7: The Importance of Fatherhood Involvement

Listen to @TCC_Laura talk with John Miles (@TCC_John), Wayne County Fatherhood Initiative AND George Winn, Chief Operations Officer at The Children’s Center talk about th

E6: What is trauma and how does it affect our children?

In this episode, Angela Wathel, Clinical Manager AND Claire Haglund (both from General Behavioral Health Services) talk with @TCC_Laura about trauma and how it affects ou