Children
and Parenting Sites
Families
Together in NYS, Inc. http://www.ftnys.org
Families Together in NYS is a non-profit, parent-run organization
that strives to establish a unified voice for children with emotional,
behavioral, and social disorders. Their mission is to ensure that
every family has access to needed information, supports, and services.
Children's
Mental Health Resource Kit
http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_publications_
mental_health_resource
One
in 10 children and adolescents has a serious mental illness that
is severe enough to cause some level of impairment. Only about
one in five of them receives mental health services in any given
year. The Children’s Mental Health Resource Kit is designed
to help promote access to and increase availability of mental
health screens and assessments for children through Medicaid and
the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs
as an essential first step in ensuring appropriate mental health
treatment for children. It will help you gather information in
your state and lead you to other resources as you work to improve
and expand mental health screens and assessments for children.
Parenting
Well http://www.parentingwell.org/index.html
Parenting Well is a group of researchers and practitioners - psychologists,
occupational therapists, counselors and policy analysts, parents
and grandparents affiliated with the University of Massachusetts
Medical School (UMMS) who, together, have over fifty years of
experience working with adults, children and families living with
mental illness. This web site provides parents, providers, policymakers,
and researchers the latest research data and treatment information
to aid in parent skills training, program supports, and policy
development, and gives parents with mental illness and their families
the hope, knowledge, and tools they need to succeed.
Prevent
Child Abuse New York http://www.preventchildabuseny.org
Prevent Child Abuse NY is a not-for-profit organization whose
primary mission is the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Among other programs, they operate a 24-hour helpline in English
and Spanish (1-800-342-7472), offer parenting education and support
groups, and services for children.
American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatryhttp://www.aacap.org/
The AACAP maintains a well designed and informative web site which
includes Facts for Families, a series of articles on various issues
ranging from bedwetting to adoption to depression to puberty.
Children's
Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/
This site contains news and resources for children's advocacy,
especially minority and special needs children, and articles by
CDF President Marian Wright Edelman. Also includes information
on Healthy Start, Head Start, Fair Start, Safe Start and Moral
Start.
New
York Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities http://www.fetaweb.com/help/ny.htm
The New York Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities is part of
the 'From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival
Guide' website put together by Pam & Pete Wright. The Yellow
Pages lists a wide range of services for children with disabilities
and their parents. The 'From Emotions to Advocacy' website is
an exceptional resource for parents who are advocating for services,
especially special education, for their children.
ERIC
Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national
information system supported by the U.S. Department of Education.
Their website is an amazing resource for educators, parents, and
students. It includes links to the National Parent Information
Network (http://npin.org/), a collection of resources for parents;
AskERIC and Parents AskERIC (Internet-based question-answering
services sponsored by the ERIC system); LISTSERV discussion groups
sponsored by ERIC/EECE (discussion groups on topics related to
early childhood, elementary, and middle level education).
Partners
for Children www.nyspartnersforchildren.org/
A collaborative project between The New York State Office of Mental
Health (OMH) and the New York State Education Department (SED)
to develop effective, innovative, collaborative school-based mental
health services for children and their families in communities
that have identified the need for such services.
Federal
Interagency Coordinating Council (FICC) http://www.fed-icc.org
Provides information on federal, state and local programs that
serve infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, ages birth through
5, who receive services under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), as well as other federally funded programs.
KIDS
COUNT Data Book http://www.kidscount.org/sld/databook.jsp
Easy- to-use information that will allow you to generate your
own state profiles, graphs, maps, ranked lists, and more. A project
of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, KIDS COUNT is a national and
state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United
States. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks
of child well-being, KIDS COUNT seeks to enrich local, state,
and national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures
for all children.
The
Instant Access Treasure Chest http://www.fln.vcu.edu/ld/ld.html
This site includes government resources, assistive technology,
college policies for students with disabilities.
Juvenile
Justice Home Page http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=CR200000
The website of American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Center:
a project to improve access to counsel and the quality of representation
for children in the juvenile justice system.
National
Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ncld.org/
Looking for answers to the following? "My child has learning
disabilities and I want to know how the school can help my child."
Check out this site for information on legal rights for children
with learning disabilities.
LDOnline
http://www.ldonline.org/
The interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers
and children. This site includes a resources section, ask the
expert, bulletin board and a recent article entitled "The
Uses and Misuses of Processing."
New
York State Council on Children and Families http://www.ccf.state.ny.us/
This site offers information on child care, human services toll-free
numbers, Headstart, welfare reform and more.
Parents
Helping Parents http://www.php.com/
A San Francisco Bay Area-based group, but their website has extensive
resources for parents of special needs children.
Resources
for Children With Special Needs http://www.resourcesnyc.org
Resources for Children with Special Needs website provides frequently
updated news that impacts the lives and welfare of children with
special needs and disabilities, plus a FAQ page, and extensive
information about parent and professional training programs and
workshops, activities and services, and parent groups. There is
also registration information for free training sessions, and
a links page.
Youth
Booth http://www.mhainulster.com/html/youthbooth.html
The Youth Booth, sponsored by the MHA in Ulster County, is an
interesting and non judgmental environment where teens can comfortably
approach a caring adult with questions and concerns. It provides
a safe place to obtain information on such topics as drugs and
alcohol, motor vehicle information, sexuality, mental health issues,
AIDS, recreation, job referral, and substance abuse intervention.
YouthInfo
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/fysb/
Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) to provide the latest information about adolescents, YouthInfo
currently includes the following: a statistical profile of America's
teenagers; the latest reports and publications about adolescents;
information for parents of teens; speeches by federal officials
on youth topics; links to youth-related websites at HHS, other
federal agencies, private foundations and research organizations.
