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06/23/2026

5 Ways Parents’ Emotional Regulation Matters for Healthy Child Development from ZERO TO THREE

Learn how to stay calm with kids, manage parenting stress, and support your child’s emotions with simple, practical strategies.

✅ Develop healthy habits that reduce stress
✅ Model emotional regulation for children and describe what you do to calm down
✅ Help children name and understand their emotions
✅ Share your calm with co-regulation
✅ Take responsibility when your own emotions overwhelm you.

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Learn how to stay calm with kids, manage parenting stress and support your child’s emotions with simple, practical strategies.

06/21/2026

06/20/2026

✈️🚗🎒If your summer plans involve traveling with- or visiting kids, make sure medicine is secured when you arrive at your destination. Curious kids may explore your luggage, bags and backpacks.

💊Keep all medicine up high and out of reach of kids. Locked up is best.
🔒A locking bag or box is portable and can fit your bag while traveling.
🔑If you are hosting visitors, identify a safe place for visitors to store medicine while in your home. A locking cabinet or closet is a great solution.

👀 Don't forget to look around your vacation rental or hotel room for left behind items and loose pills on the floor. Previous guests may have left something behind that is not child safe. Get down on the ground at your child's level and do a sweep when you arrive.

06/18/2026

☀️📚 Summer reading season is here!
And this June, 75,468 children across Oregon will receive an Imagination Library book in their mailbox 💛

That means thousands of little moments:
✨ bedtime stories
✨ “read it again!”
✨ tiny hands turning pages
✨ books packed for summer adventures

Every monthly book helps build a love of reading — and creates meaningful shared reading moments for families across Oregon.

Here’s to a summer filled with stories, imagination, and books kids can call their very own 🌈📖

06/16/2026

How do we break the negative stigma of mental health? It starts with the way we talk about mental health.

Proper Language
Using mental “condition” as opposed to mental “illness.” The use of “illness” can unintentionally carry a stigma.

A Person Not the Diagnoses
Focus on the person, not their diagnoses. A “person with autism” or a “person with bipolar,” not a “bipolar person.”

Speak Openly
Having honest conversations about mental health, whether it’s our own or others' health, can reduce shame and lay the groundwork for a more supportive system.

Sharing Stories
Sharing our own experiences and struggles creates more space for others to not feel alone.

The way we talk about mental health can shift shame to understanding and self-doubt to seeing each other.

Remember, you are not alone. Reach out to the Oregon Family Support Network Parent Warmline at 1-833-732-2467. Our Family Support Specialists are here to listen, support, and walk alongside you.

06/15/2026

Some heat-related illnesses can develop in as little as 15 minutes, whether someone is indoors or outdoors.

Here are some warning signs of heat illness and what to do to cool down and stay safe. To learn more, visit: healthoregon.org/heat



Algunas enfermedades relacionadas con el calor pueden desarrollarse en tan solo 15 minutos, ya sea que la persona esté en adentro o al aire libre.

A continuación, se presentan algunas señales de advertencia de enfermedades por calor y qué hacer para refrescarse y mantenerse a salvo. Para obtener más información, visite: healthoregon.org/heat

06/13/2026

🌞 Need a Place to Cool Off? / 🌞 ¿Necesita un Lugar para Refrescarse? 🌞

When temperatures get too high, local cooling centers can help you stay safe and comfortable. Hours may vary, so call ahead if possible.

Cuando las temperaturas son muy altas, los centros para refrescarse pueden ayudarle a mantenerse seguro y cómodo. Los horarios pueden variar, así que llame con anticipación si es posible.

📞 Need help finding a cooling center or other heat-related resources?
🧊 Call 211info: interpreters available by phone in 240+ languages
🧊 Visit 211info.org/summer-and-heat-related-resources for a list of cooling resources by county
🧊 Text (your zip code to 898211) and email ([email protected]) available in English and Spanish

¿Necesita ayuda para encontrar un centro para refrescarse u otros recursos durante el calor extremo?

🧊 Llame al 211: Hay intérpretes disponibles por teléfono en más de 240 idiomas.
🧊 Visite 211info.org/summer-and-heat-related-resources para consultar una lista de recursos para refrescarse por condado.
🧊 Envíe un mensaje de texto con su código postal al 898211 o envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected]. Ambos servicios están disponibles en inglés y español.

📍 Linn County / Condado de Linn

Albany
• Albany Public Library – 2450 14th Ave. SE
• CHANCE Recovery – 231 Lyons St.

Lebanon
• Lebanon Public Library – 55 Academy St.
• Lebanon Senior Center – 50 Tangent St.
• First Christian Church – 170 E. Grant St.

Sweet Home
• Sweet Home City Hall – 3225 Main St.
• Sweet Home Public Library – 1101 13th Ave.
• Sweet Home Police Station – 1950 Main St.

📍 Benton County / Condado de Benton

Corvallis
• Corvallis Public Library – 645 NW Monroe Ave.
• Corvallis Community Center – 1601 NW Tyler Ave.
• Corvallis Daytime Drop-In Center – 559 SW 4th St.
• Unity Shelter – 211 SE Chapman Pl.
• CHANCE Recovery – 535 SW 4th St.

Philomath
• Philomath Community Library – 1050 Applegate St.

Alsea
• Alsea Community Library – 19192 Alsea Highway

Monroe
• Monroe Community Library – 380 N. 5th St.

🌙 Overnight Shelters (Corvallis) / Refugios Nocturnos (Corvallis)

• Unity Shelter – Room at the Inn – 1166 NW Jackson Ave.
• Unity Shelter – Men's Shelter – 211 SE Chapman Pl.

📍 Lincoln County / Condado de Lincoln

Newport
• Agape Respite Center – 357 SW 10th St.

06/13/2026

Community Outreach, Inc. have free medical clinics in Corvallis.