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We attended the annual Wyoming Parent Information Center conference on Saturday, and guess what? The content was so dang good that we failed to take many photos! Here's a couple, including some shots of our homey information table.

THIS, 100% THIS! : "The biggest predictor of whether children receive special education services shouldn't be how effectively their parents can advocate."

Why Access to Special Education Depends Too Much on Parents Richards: The biggest predictor of whether children receive special education services shouldn't be how effectively their parents can advocate.

Title X health clinics do way more than just hand out birth control. Depending on where you go, they can help with pregnancy tests, family planning, getting ready for baby, basic fertility support, STI and HIV testing or treatment, cancer screenings, and general checkups. Everything is totally voluntary and private, and the cost usually depends on how much you make and how many people are in your household.

Title X Family Planning: A National Program with a Wyoming Impact For more than 50 years, Title X Family Planning has been helping individuals and families across the United States access health care, information and

Our work as Family Voices happens in partnership with families, communities, and passionate agencies across the state. One of our biggest supporters is the Maternal and Child Health Unit at the Wyoming Department of Health. Family Leaders and MCH Unit leadership and staff met on Friday to strengthen our partnership and plan for a new fiscal year!

Child mental health support needs to be practical, adaptable, and rooted in our communities—not just a response to a crisis.
​This insightful piece breaks down how recent research is driving conversations around school climate, behavioral health systems, and support for families.

Updates from state agencies highlight how child mental health is inseparable from home environment, school climate, and community factors — and how early support and structure help prevent crises.Updates from state agencies highlight how child mental health is inseparable from home environment, school climate, and community factors — and how early support and structure help prevent crises.

Read more: https://mind.family/news/family-mental-health-research-shapes-july-2026/

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We shouldn't only defend free speech when the speaker is powerful enough to already have a platform. We should care when ordinary disabled people use whatever platform they have to challenge the systems controlling their lives.

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What happens when someone believes the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was violated? Several federal agencies enforce the ADA. The agency responsible for responding to a complaint depends on which title of the ADA applies. Read this factsheet that outlines which federal agencies enforce different parts of the ADA here: https://adata.org/enforcing-the-ADA

September is Su***de Prevention Month🩵💜

Checking in on your family members, whether it’s your child, teen, or yourself, it is important to check in on your loved ones.

If you or your child is going through a difficult time, please know that you are seen, valued, and not alone.

If you or someone you know is struggling or in a crisis, help is available 24/7, please call 988 📞 or if it is an emergency, please call 911 🚨

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The way we speak to our children during their hardest moments matters, not because a calm voice magically makes every tantrum disappear, but because children learn regulation through repeated experiences of being with someone who can stay steady while their own emotions feel overwhelming.

When we respond with gentleness and calm, we are showing them what emotional regulation sounds like, what safety feels like, and what it looks like to move through a difficult moment without adding more fear or chaos to it.

💜 Our calm gives their nervous system something steady to borrow.
💜 Our tone teaches them that big feelings do not have to become big reactions.
💜 Our presence helps them learn that they can feel angry, sad, frustrated, or overwhelmed and still remain connected.
💜 Our consistency gives them a model they can slowly begin to internalize for themselves.

That does not mean we never get frustrated or always respond perfectly, it means that over time, our children experience enough moments of calm, repair, and emotional safety that those experiences become part of how they learn to handle their own feelings.

This is one of the reasons co-regulation matters so much in childhood, children are not born knowing how to manage intense emotions on their own. They learn it gradually, through connection, modeling, repetition, and the steady support of the adults around them.

Eventually, the calm we offer from the outside can become part of the calm they learn to carry on the inside.