Epotec Launches New Parenting and Childcare Series

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Epotec, the leading source for online, interactive behavioral health programs, announces the newest addition to its growing catalog of programs: Parenting and Childcare. This new series consists of more than 50 informative, interactive skill-building programs to help parents discover better ways to guide and protect their children.

Parenting is one of life's toughest and most rewarding jobs. Whether teaching teens to drive or convincing toddlers to eat their lunch, parents daily face challenges and puzzles that need immediate solutions. Epotec's new Parenting and Childcare series offers parents the tools they need to raise their children.

"We are excited to provide parents with this new interactive online series. The programs offer expert guidance on understanding kids, keeping them healthy and safe, and setting them on the path to success," said Dr. Richard D. Flanagan, chief clinical officer at Epotec. "We've worked with the leading experts in the field to provide the richest content on parenting available on the Web."

The new Parenting and Childcare series features a host of timely topics:

-- Children's Health, helping your child through common childhood diseases

-- Daycare, selecting the option that is best for you

-- Difficult Situations, helping your child deal with special challenges

-- Early Development, understanding infants and toddlers

-- Keeping Your Child Safe, providing tips on subjects from cribs to the Internet

-- Learning, making the right decisions about your child's education

-- Nurturing Good Habits, dealing with allowances, early risers, discipline and more

-- Strengthening Family Connections, balancing work and family, instilling values in children and communicating better

Epotec's programs are unique, providing consumers the ability to obtain powerful interactive information in four formats:

-- Quick Infos, providing brief, informative content

-- Self-assessments, providing self-guided evaluation tools

-- Personal Plans, helping participants map strategies for dealing with particular issues

-- Coached Series, offering in-depth multi-session programs with personalized feedback from mental health professionals

Epotec's programs are available to consumers through employer health plans, managed behavioral health programs, employee assistance programs and community mental health organizations. Recently, Epotec partnered with Magellan Behavioral Health, the largest behavioral healthcare organization in the United States. With the Magellan relationship, Epotec now serves three of the four largest behavioral healthcare organizations, and by year end, expects to be able to provide services through organizations collectively covering more than half of all Americans.

Epotec, Inc., based in Wilmington, Del., develops and markets Internet-based behavioral health services. The company provides the interactive content and technology necessary to create a new generation of behavioral health and self-help services, and it facilitates communications and transactions among the participants in the behavioral health industry: individuals; behavioral health professionals; payors, such as insurers, managed care organizations, and EAPs; and vendors, such as publishers and pharmaceutical companies.

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