Carbon-Monroe-Pike Mental Health and Developmental Services

12/13/2025

Holiday Community Meals - Open to All 🥧🍗

Our community is once again coming together to help make the holidays happier and warmer for our neighbors. Attached is the listing of Free Holiday Community Meals taking place in Monroe County, PA and are open to anyone in need of a good meal and companionship.

These holiday meals are a great opportunity to enjoy a good meal with your neighbors, whether you are a senior citizen who doesn't want to cook a large meal, an individual who lives too far away from family, or anyone else who wants to enjoy a delicious meal and companionship for the holiday.

We want to thank all of the organizations and their caring volunteers who are stepping up to ensure that everyone, regardless of their circumstances, can share in the holiday!! ❤️

This list can also be viewed & downloaded from the PoconoInfo page of our website at https://poconounitedway.org/get-help/

12/07/2025

🌟 Holiday Reminders 🌟

12/05/2025

Are you struggling to keep your home warm this winter? The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) can help, and applications are now open!

Get started by visiting dhs.pa.gov/LIHEAP today.

11/28/2025

🦃🍂 Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude, but it can also bring mixed emotions—and that's okay.

If today is difficult for you, please remember you’re not alone—confidential support is always available. Reach out today. samhsa.gov/find-help

11/27/2025

11/27/2025

Free community Thanksgiving meals are available throughout Monroe County this year. Everyone is welcome, there's no cost!

11/27/2025

My husband and I were recalling how about a month and a half ago all of our kids were sick and I was also feeling super unwell…and I remember in those moments just feeling so low…like it would never end. And it can definitely be like that. The hard days can feel so endless and hopeless. They can feel all consuming, like they’ll never leave us alone. And yet…I now have so many beautiful days mixed in with the hard ones. So many happy and sunshine-y things that have lodged themselves in between it all. And so, whatever this week, month, year, has looked like..I hope you can feel it today. That there are hard days but there are also beautiful ones 💛 happy Monday dear friends.

11/12/2025

11/11/2025

During a meltdown, the goal is not to 'fix' or 'stop' the behaviour.
The goal is to help the nervous system return to safety.

What we say — and how we say it — makes a profound difference.

When a child is overwhelmed, the thinking parts of the brain are offline.
They can’t reason, respond, or problem-solve yet.
They need co-regulation, not correction.

This post offers phrases you can use at each stage of the meltdown cycle — not to control the moment, but to support safety, connection, and repair.

Because when a child learns:
“I can have big feelings and still be safe with you,”
they develop emotional resilience, trust, and self-understanding.

If you found this helpful and would like a deeper breakdown of each phase (with step-by-step support strategies), you’ll find the full Timeline of a Meltdown resource via link in comments below ⬇️ or via Linktree Shop in Bio.

Save this to come back to when things feel overwhelming

11/11/2025

It’s never too late to try to make things right.
Say the words. They still matter. ❤️

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11/10/2025

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11/09/2025

SECOND CHANCE SUNDAY - revisiting your favourite posts from the last 7 days.

Worries are part of growing up. As children learn about the world, their brains are still working out what feels safe, what feels uncertain, and how to make sense of big feelings.

This visual shows common worries by age — to help young people (and the adults supporting them) see that many worries are developmentally normal, not signs of something 'wrong'. These are common patterns, not fixed rules. Every child’s worries are shaped by their environment, temperament and experiences.

We stop at around age 14 because, from this point on, worries become more individual and tied to identity, friendships, belonging and life experiences. Support at this stage is less about reassurance and more about connection, curiosity and co-regulation.

If your child is feeling overwhelmed, or if worries are starting to take over everyday life, our When Worries Take Over Toolkit offers step-by-step scripts, support strategies and gentle, brain-based tools you can use right away — link in comments below ⬇️ or via Linktree Shop in Bio.