Office of School Counseling
Parent Resources - Social/Emotional Issues and Community Resources
- ADHD – This website is devoted entirely
to ADHD: what it is, recognizing symptoms, receiving
a diagnosis, implications, seeking assistance, considering
options, etc.
- Asperger’s – Thorough overview of Asperger’s
Disorder
- Domestic Violence – Families who are experiencing
violence in the home may use this site to find resource
information as well as phone numbers and e-mail addresses
for organizations that can offer assistance. The
website is provided by the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
- Domestic
Violence –This page lists contact
information for domestic violence prevention and intervention
services for Spanish-speaking immigrant families.
- Food
and clothing resources – This
page lists contact information for food, clothing, and
other basic resources for Spanish-speaking immigrant
families.
- Gifted – The
National Association for Gifted Children sponsors this
website. Articles available on the site cover a wide
range of topics, including: developmental stages,
social/emotional needs, twice exceptional, enrichment,
advocacy, etc.
- Gifted – This
website focuses on supporting the emotional needs of gifted
adults and children. It includes over sixty articles
on related topics and an extensive list of recommended
books.
- Gifted – This
website is sponsored by the Davidson Institute. It
offers a number of articles related to meeting the needs
of gifted children.
- Grief and Trauma – This website is sponsored by the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children. It includes links to many useful articles related to a child’s experience of grief or trauma.
- Healthy
Relationships – a visually appealing web site
for teens about how to build healthy relationships
- Healthy
Relationships – The Office of Domestic Violence
offers a series of questions that can be used to identify
whether one is becoming the victim of an abusive relationship
as well as suggestions for parents
- Healthy
Relationships – simple, appealing web site
for teens that includes practical suggestions for disengaging
from an abusive relationship
- Kidshealth.org - Excellent site
for information on lots of developmental, health, and mental health related issues
- Learning Disabilities
and ADHD – This site
provides an extensive collection of information about
learning disabilities and ADHD. It includes information
about navigating the special education process, supporting
learning at home, and working with the school.
- Mental Health – (MAPS-MD) Families who
do not have insurance coverage for mental health services
can find counseling clinics and other resources in their
community using this website provided by the Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene.
- Mental Health – The Mental Health Association
of Maryland devotes a section of its website children’s
issues. It includes articles on ADHD, depression,
eating disorders, self esteem, substance abuse, etc.
- Mental Health – The
Maryland Coalition of Families for Children’s Mental
Health sponsors this site. It offers an extensive
list of community resources, publications, and fact sheets
for families. It
would be particularly helpful to families looking for
mental health assistance or support groups, for families
navigating the IEP process, or for families involved
with the Juvenile Justice system.
- Mental Health – The National Institute
of Mental Health provides general information on all
types of mental health and behavioral disorders including
information about signs/symptoms and medications that
are used to treat each disorder.
- Mental
Health Issues-General - Web site of the National
Mental Health Information Center. Great resource for
all mental health issues
- Military Deployment – The Deployment
Kids website is appealing visually and offers a
number of creative ideas to help children learn about
deployment and stay connected with their loved one.
- Military Deployment – Provided by the Department
of Defense, this website offers useful information about
transition and deployment to parents, students, and educators.
- Moral intelligence – Dr. Michele Borba
is an internationally renowned educator and award-winning
author who is recognized for her practical strategies to
help strengthen self-esteem, character, and social development. A
number of the articles she has written for parents are
available for free on her website.
- Raising Small
Souls – This website provides
parent resources on a wide variety of topics including: communication,
discipline, emotional development, motivation, temper tantrums,
self esteem, and values.
- Resiliency is
the ability to bounce back from stress or adversity. This “Resiliency” website
offers resources for families who are coping with difficult
life circumstances. It also includes many links to
other useful websites.
- Resources – The Maryland Community
Services Locator website enables families to locate resources
in their own communities related to: disability services,
food assistance, mental health services, short term housing,
substance abuse services, etc.
- Resources – an
extensive list of resources available to assist families
in Maryland
- Resources - An extensive library of federal government
resources. Parents can complete a free and confidential
questionnaire to receive a list of government benefits
they may be eligible to receive.
- Self Injury – Thorough
overview of self injury and the recovery process
- Shaken Baby Syndrome – Resources for caretakers
and babysitters about the danger of shaking an infant.
- Substance Abuse – Descriptions
of each drug and resources for parents from the National
Institute of Drug Abuse
- Substance
Abuse – Parents: The Anti-Drug, an excellent
resource for parents
- Substance
Abuse – substance abuse treatment facility
locator
- Talking to Kids
about Tough Issues - A national
initiative by Children Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation
to encourage parents to talk with their children earlier
and more often about tough issues like sex, HIV/AIDS,
violence, alcohol, and drug abuse.
- Traumatic Stress - Sidran Institute provides useful, practical information for child and adult survivors of any type of trauma, for families/friends, and for the clinical and frontline service providers who assist in their recovery.