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Home > Support & Events > Crisis Prevention Crisis Prevention and Support Everyone faces crises once in a while. Adoptive families are no exception. Families who have adopted an older child or one with special placement needs may be particularly vulnerable to stress and anxiety. Adjusting to becoming a family can be challenging. In general, teens — adopted or not — seem to be facing increasing levels of pressure in today's society and may need extra help navigating through those difficult years. The pressure of waiting for a child to join your family may take its toll on your relationship with your partner, or you may be facing that stress alone as a single parent. Some adoptive moms experience post-adoption depression, which is similar to post-partum depression. If you are experiencing stress or problems that seem overwhelming or that you don't know how to handle, don't ignore it. There are services in your community that can help. At AFABC we have a BC-wide network of Adoption Support Coordinators and volunteers. Please call them, they can help. Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Anywhere in BC Call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) if you are in a suicide-related crisis. In Greater Vancouver, you can call 604-872-3311. In Whistler, Squamish, Powell River, Pemberton or the Sunshine Coast, call, toll free, 1-866-661-3311. The TTY number for Greater Vancouver is 604-872-0113 and the toll free TTY number is 1-866-872-0113. Parent Support Services of BC, formerly BC Parents in Crisis, is a non-profit, volunteer-based society and registered charity founded in 1974. The mandate is preventing child abuse and promoting healthy parent-child relationships by supporting parenting, families, and communities.
Parents Together is a self-help, support program for parents of acting-up teens. Groups meet in 26 communities around the province. Call for informaion about the group nearest you.
SafeKids — Child Abuse Prevention website. Check out the resources section for a list of parenting resources.
Pacific Post Partum Support Society - Telephone support for woman, and their failies, who are experiencing depression/anxity/adjustment during prenancy and/or after the birth or adoption of a child. Trained facilitators lead groups for mothers, offers lectures and training programs for interested groups and professionals. Serves the lower mainland with groups in Delat, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Richmond, Surrey and Vancouver.
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