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INTERNET RESOURCES
FOR PARENTS
Elementary counselors enjoy working closely with parents to ensure
a rewarding, positive experience for all students. We recognize
the challenges that parents may sometimes face and offer these on-line
resources for your convenience:
FACTS FOR FAMILIES:
www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/index.htm-----
This site developed by the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, provides a wealth of information
about issues pertinent to children, adolescents, and their families.
There are 56 Fact sheets on topics such as: The Adopted Child, Helping
Teenagers with Stress, Children and Divorce, Children Online, Normal Adolescence,
Children and Grief, Children and Watching TV, Discipline, Children Who
Won't Go To School, Parenting, Preparing for Adolescence, Stepfamily Problems,
Children and Sports, and many more.
THE NATIONAL PARENTING CENTER:
www.
tnpc.com -----
The National Parent Center, a national
"parent information service" founded in 1989, is dedicated to providing
information to parents to assist and support in positive parenting efforts.
Guidance is offered via some of the most well-known child-rearing authorities
in the form of daily features and articles of interest covering developmental
stages beginning from Pregnancy and Newborn to Pre-Teens and Adolescence.
Topics include: communication, socialization, body image, drug use,
setting limits, privacy and much more.
YAHOO --- SOCIETY AND CULTURE:
FAMILIES: PARENTING:
www.yahoo.com/Society_and
Culture/Families/Parenting/
----- This is an excellent
site at which to begin a search regarding parenting issues. This
site links to other Internet resources on topics such as: Adoption,
Children's Health, Books, Child Safety, Fathering, Magazines, Educating
Your Child, Mothering, Single Parents, Step Parenting, Special Needs,
Organizations, and more.
LD ONLINE:
www.Idonline.org
----- The focus of this site
is learning disabilities, and it contains information for parents, teachers,
and children. Updated weekly, here are some sample titles of interest:
Understanding Visual and Auditory Processing Deficits, Early Warning Signs
of Learning Disabilities, etc. This site is a service of the Learning
Disabilities Project at WETZ, Washington D.C., in association with the
Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities.
FAMILY EDUCATION:
www.familyeducation.com
----- This award winning site
connects parents with information, with experts, and with each other to
create a supportive and engaging community. Topics include:
activities to do with your child, ages and grades, parenting challenges,
and much more.
PARENTS TOOLBOX:
www.ctw.org/parents
----- The Parents Toolbox
is the place where moms and dads can find advice and easy, entertaining
activities for the entire family. The information here is trustworthy
and unique. Why? Because it grows out of 30 years of carefully
researched, kid-tested knowledge that the Children's Television Workshop
(CTW) has been accumulating since the first Sesame Street show
went on the air in 1969.
FAMILIES TOGETHER IN NYS,
Inc.: www.ftnys.org
------ Families together is a non-profit,
parent-run organization that strives to establish a unified voice for
children with emotional, behavioral, and/or social disorders.
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