Resources for Parents: Recommended Books
  
Divorce
• Surviving the Breakup: How Children and Parents cope with Divorce – Judith S. Wallerstein, Joan B. Kelly

• Helping Your Child Through Your Divorce – Florence Bienenfeld
Parenting

• Los hijos y Los Limites – Jaime Barylko

• How to Talk So Kids Hill Listen and Listen So Kids Hill Talk – Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

• Eight Weeks to a Well-Behaved Child – James Windell

School Issues
• Helping your Child Succeed in School – Michael H. Popkin, Bettie B. Youngs, Jane M. Healy

• How to Help your Child with Homework – Marguerite C. Radencich, Jeanne Shay Schamm

Depression
* Overcoming Teen Depression: A guide for Parents, by Miriam Kaufman

Parent Resources - Recommended Internet Websites

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Information
• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.cfm#adhd6
• http://www.additudemag.com/
• http://www.oneaddplace.com/
• http://www.chadd.org/

Psychiatric medication
• http://www.parentsmedguide.org/

Bullies and Bullying
• Internet resources
• Books: Braving Bullies

Brochures about different types of mental conditions/disorders
• http://www.healthyminds.org/letstalkfacts.cfm

Internet Safety
• Filtering
• Links to keeping our children safe online

Child health
• http://www.kidshealth.org

Death and Dying
• http://dying.about.com/msub22.htm?once=true&

Drug prevention
• Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent’s Guide To Prevention http://edpubs.ed.gov/

Eating Disorders In Adolescence
• http://mentalhealth.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.something-fishy.org
• http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/
• http://www.datehookup.com/guide-to-anorexia.htm
• http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

Grade Specific Help And Information
• Your 5th Grader: http://www.familyeducation.com/subchannel/0,2794,66-192,00.html
• Your 6th Grader: http://www.familyeducation.com/subchannel/0,2794,66-193,00.html
• Your 7th grader http://school.familyeducation.com/seventh-grade/junior-high-school/36071.html?detoured=1
• Your 8th grader http://school.familyeducation.com/eighth-grade/junior-high-school/36072.html?detoured=1
• Your High- Schooler http://school.familyeducation.com/high-school/study-skills/36073.html?detoured=1

Grief
• http://familydoctor.org/handouts/079.html
• http://www.dougy.org
• workbooks and activities for children http://www.rainbows.org

Learning Disabilities
• http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=283
• http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/learning_problem/learning_disabilities.html

Parenting Issues
• Parenting…Those psychological and therapeutic areas involved with parenting and children. http://www.psychnet-uk.com/counselling_psychology/counselling_psychology_parenting.htm
• Parenting Advice & Community http://www.theparentreport.com/home
• Parent-Teacher Association http://www.pta.org
• Center for effective parenting http://www.parenting-ed.org/
• Parenting Advice http://www.kidsource.com/
• Expert Advice http://www.parenthood.com,
• http://life.familyeducation.com/parenting/parenting-problem-solving/39558.html?detoured=1

Relocation Advice

Sexuality
• http://www.siecus.org/pubs/pubs0004.html
• discussion guide, fact sheets http://www.familiesaretalking.org/
• Talking With Kids About Sex and Relationships: http://www.talkingwithkids.org/sex.html
• http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/
• 10 tips for parents http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/resources/10Tips.aspx
• parent quiz, discussion guides http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/parents/default.aspx

Student achievement
• http://www.pta.org/pr_category_details_1122916501015.html

Terrorism
• Talking With Kids About Terrorism and Sept. 11th: http://www.talkingwithkids.org/twk-news-terror-dom-tips.htm

Transition
• Transition to Middle School and high School http://www.theparentreport.com/resources/ages/teen/education/624.html
• Transition to High School www.asdk12.org/depts/sped/savvy/Aug03.pdf

Suicide Prevention
http://www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/default.asp