The Support Network Children’s Mental Health Week Dinner: Building Resiliency After Trauma
Human Service Forum’s Community Builders Celebration Recognizes Consortium Community Leaders
Thank you to Human Service Forum for recognizing some of our amazing community leaders at Home and Community Connection, Northampton Recovery Center and the Support Network during their Community Builder Celebration event on May 25th! According to the Human Service Forum, these are people who make all feel welcome, working collaboratively for the good of the community while helping others to be their best. We are SO proud of you all!
Honored as Community Builders in Western Massachusetts:
- Home and Community Connections employees: Anita Cross, Sharna Pearson and Renee Marshal
- Northampton Recovery Center employees: John Sullivan, Trevor Dayton and Dan Bickford
- Support Network employees: Jan Lamberg and Shawna Osman
Learn more about their work in creating conditions for innovation, growth, and connection at their pages below!
Join Support Network’s Children’s Mental Health Week Event
Children’s Mental Health Week 2022: Understanding Teen Depression
Join the Support Network as we welcome speakers from Families for Depression Awareness for a conversation about the signs, symptoms and interventions for teen depression. Hear a young person’s perspective about their experience and gain insight about how parents and caregivers can best support their youth.
When: May 5, 2022 from 6:30-8:00
Where: Via Zoom, Zoom ID 264-212-8031
The first 5 attendees to arrive on Zoom will receive a $25.00 Amazon gift card!
RSVP to [email protected] or call or text: 413-530-4689
Therapist Shortage Fuels Ongoing Crisis In Youth Mental Health
Anna Dellarosa, at left, is raising her three great-nieces in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. Gretchen Emond is co-director of The Support Network, which assists families in navigating the mental health care system.
Credit: BEN JAMES / NEPM
By BEN JAMES • APR 15, 2021
Gretchen Emond and Anna Dellarosa have a relationship forged from years of common experience.
“We are parents with lived experience raising a child with a mental health challenge,” said Emond, a family support therapist and co-director of The Support Network, which assists families in the difficult task of navigating the mental health system.
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“I wouldn’t even know where my mind would be if I did not call this woman and say, ‘I’m losing my mind,’” Dellarosa said, nodding toward Emond. “‘Could you give me advice really quickly, so I can just take a deep breath and just go, you know, the next few hours?’”
The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium Proudly Congratulates the Support Network’s Margery Jess as the Winner of Stavros’ 2017 Paul Winske Access Award!
OCTOBER 19, 2017- HOLYOKE, MA
Every year Stavros, a local non-profit organization supporting people with disabilities, sends a survey to consumers asking for nominations of local organizations/people that really go the extra mile for the people they serve. A dedicated group of staff and volunteers review the nominations and conduct site visits.
The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium (wmtcinfo.org), is a well-established human service organization in Holyoke MA that offers a variety of community supports. The Support Network (childrensemotionalhealth.org), a program of the Consortium, offers parents/caregivers the support they need to help children, adolescents, and transition youth, effectively navigate the various systems of care and become strong and successful advocates for their children. The Support Network’s goal is to support families to achieve their individual goals.
Margery Jess has been employed by the Support Network for over 17 years and is currently serving as Senior Family Support Specialist. During her tenure, Margery has done the stellar work of assisting and making positive changes for hundreds of families whose children have mental health challenges. We are so proud to have Margery as a part of the Consortium community!
Margery was honored at an awards presentation, at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, on Thursday, October 19th.