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Academy for Educational
Development
ADHD Guidelines
www.aap.org or www.add.org
American Academy of Pediatrics or National Attention Deficit Disorder
organization. Released in May 2000.
Administration for Children and Families
- Department of Health and Human Services
Adolescent
Directory Online
An online electronic guide to information regarding adolescent issues
and secondary education; includes a page for teenagers.
American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry
Great handouts for parents & teachers
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic
Stress
American Association of Suicidology
American Counseling Association (ACA)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association:
Prevention & Treatment Journal
American Red Cross
America's Doctor
Real MD's with real advice. Always get a second opinion, but these types
of sites are growing. Just consider the source. It's free - no diagnosis
or treatment, just facts.
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Ask Jeeves for Kids
A great search engine site for students - very entertaining or helpful
for homework.
Assistive Technology
Many good links here to this important topic.
Association for Psychological Science
Autism site
www.nichd.nih.gov/autism
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Awesome Library Classroom Resources
Has many good resources for classroom teachers. May be helpful for consultation.
Bartleby
Free books and great reference materials.
Behavior OnLine: The
Mental Health and Behavioral Science Meeting Place
Bioterrorism Resources
Brain Injury Association, Inc.
Bully Free World
A British site dealing with information on bullying from an international
perspective.
Bullying.org
Canadian
Association of School Psychologists
Cancer Page
Background information and links.
CDC National Prevention Information
Network
Information on AIDS, STD's, and other prevention information.
Center for Applied Social Technology
Comprehensive resources on technology. Also allows the user to search
for sites that are accessible to the disabled via BOBBY.
Center for Effective Collaboration
and Practice
Materials on functional behavioral assessment, plus other valuable resources
on school violence.
Center for Evidence-Based
Practice: Young Children With Challenging Behavior
Center for Future of Teaching and Learning
Meta-analysis article on reading.
Center for Health and Health
Care in Schools (CHHCS)
Links to resources on health and mental health in the schools.
Center for Mental Health in the
Schools
Resources for increasing mental health focus in schools.
Center for Mental Health Services
(Knowledge Exchange Network)
A comprehensive site of mental health information.
Center for the Future of Children
Journal on the web.
Center for the Study and Prevention
of Violence
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations
for Early Learning
Centers for Disease Control
CHADD
"Gourmet" guide to ADHD and related disorders.
Child Development
A textbook-size site for parents with information on child development
by a renowned textbook author, Dr. Robert
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children, Youth, and Family
Consortium
An electronic forum of published research, sponsored by the University
of Minnesota.
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Partnership
Parent's guide to the information superhighway.
Circle of Inclusion
Talks about inclusion of disabled from birth to 8 into early childhood
settings.
Compact for Reading
& Home-School Links
Source for helping children read - suitable for kindergarten through 4th
grade. Great resource but big file!
Compassionate Friends
A wonderful site for those who have lost children. Some free training
in grief counseling will be provided by this group at the NASP Convention.
Conflict Resolution Education
The Consortium for Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE):
Council for Exceptional Children
Cyberbullying.org
Cybersmart! Cyberbullying Package, a NASP Partnership
DANA Corporation
Brain information, see "select Publications" and click on "Brain
Connections." Newsletters and TBI information there too. Thanks John
L.
David Baldwin's Trauma Information
A clinical psychologist from Oregon with excellent information and links
Department of Education
Download Worksheets for Students
For those students who may need some extra help in a vast variety of subject
areas.
Dr. Drew - formerly of MTV
Where are teens and younger getting answers to many of their questions?
Dr. Drew. Not adult-oriented but a good resource of factual information
on typical teen questions!
Drop Out Prevention
Early Childhood
Research Institute
Education Page - APA
Information on teaching psychology at high school and college levels.
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Education Week on the
Web
EduHound
Massive educational resource site for K-12.
EduPlace
Great links to other sites.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Free, extensive access to the world's largest encyclopedia. Many extras
and links.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment
and Evaluation - no longer in existence, but some resources can be found
at http://pareonline.net
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted
Education -
no longer in existence, but some resources can be found at http://pareonline.net
Essential Information
on Trauma & Dissociation
Evaluation - Program Evaluation
Great site if you do program evaluation.
Fact Monster
Need to know, go here, it is incredible.
Families and Advocates Partnership for
Education
Families for Depression Awareness
Family
Family Education
Family Village
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA for Kids
FEMA for Kids: National Security
Emergencies
Federal Resource Center for Special Education
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Federation for Children with Special Needs
Great site on special education issues.
FERPA - Update
Type in FERPA in search engine
FirstGov
Freevibe
Site for 10-13-year-olds on drug prevention.
"Functional
Behavioral Assessment" Resource
A site where you can get a nice handout on "Functional Behavioral
Assessment." (See Sandy
Steingart's site for more on this topic.)
Future Horizons,
Inc. Autism Homepage
Gift from Within
Several references on trauma.
Global School Psychology
Network
A professional development community for school psychologists. Run by
Lou Kruger at Northeastern University.
The GROHOL Mental Health
Page-Main Menu
GuidanceChannel.com
Check out the monthly column by NASP writers on various topics of interest.
Hands on Scotland Toolkit
Healthy Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual
Students Project
Help Promote Hope
Homework Helper
Big help for all
IDEA Partnership
IDEA Practices of the Council for Exceptional Children
International School Psychology
Association
Check out Nevin Dolek's list of crisis resources.
International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies
Good information and links
Internet Family
Empowerment White Paper
Keep Schools
Safe Site
Sponsored by National School Boards and National Association of Attorneys
General. Many good links too.
Kid's Health
Great resource on health and behavior management issues; also updates
pediatricians on various childhood illnesses. Nifty opening page.
Kids Count
Annie E. Casey Foundation lists the status of kids each year. How are
the kids in your state doing?
KidsDevelopment
Kidsource
LD Online
'Everything' on specific learning disabilities.
The Learning Community
Library of Congress
Federal legislation information (THOMAS)
LRP
Information on special education law.
Mandatory
Reporting Page - a summary of statutes requiring mandatory reporting of
abuse and neglect
Mastokids.org
Support for parents of children with pediatric mastocytosis.
Mayo Clinic Health Site
An interactive site to ask questions of a physician or dietition about
health concerns.
Medscape - a good source
for medical information
MedWeb:
Mental Health, Psychiatry, Psychology
Megaskills Program
- The Home and School Institute
Site by Dorothy Rich; great education ideas for parents and teachers.
Mel Levine's Educational Site
A frequent NASP presenter has much to offer and discuss. A neurodevelopmental
perspective presented.
Mental Health
Matters
Mental Help Net
Everything you wanted to know about mental health, with additional links.
Merck Manual
Mental Measurement Yearbook
Mental Measurement Yearbook is online - but costs $15.00 per search!
Mr. Rogers
Helps Kids
Helping children with scary news, or http://www.misterrogers.org
is an alternate access.
Muslim Voices for Peace
As the title says. Factual information about Islam.
NAEYC
OnLine
NAPSO (National Alliance of Pupil Services Organizations)
National Academies Books
This site has complete books online that are searchable. There is an excellent
book on autism. There are books from most disciplines, including psychology.
Use the search function for the most complete listings.
National Association of Psychometrists
National Center for Children Exposed to
Violence
This site is hosted by the Child Study Center at Yale. Excellent materials.
National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems
National Center for Educational Statistics
All the educational statistics you could ever want! Great for grants or
class preparation.
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder
National Center for Response to Intervention
The National Center for Student Progress Monitoring
National Committee to Prevent Child
Abuse
National Education Association
National Information Center for Children
and Youth with Disabilities
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Neurological
Disorder and Stroke
Interested in the brain? It's here - and there's a neat free CD available
too.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Helpful information on drugs and drug education.
National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities
National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities is a national committee
of representatives of organizations committed to the education and welfare
of individuals with learning disabilities. The NJCLD develops and disseminates
reports and information about learning disabilities.
National Library of Medicine
A large resource of medical information. There is also http://www.medlineplus.gov
for free public medical information. You'll use this site frequently.
Also http://www.medportal.com.
Not as easy to use but has good resources.
National Mental Health Association
National Occupational Information Coordinating
Committee
For career information.
National Organization
for Rare Disorders
Good information on rare childhood diseases.
National Parent Information Network
National Reading Panel
Report
The results of the National Reading Panel report on reading. Report and
video available. Phonics-focused with lots of tips for improving reading.
Lengthy!
National Right to Read Foundation
Numerous articles on reading and its research.
National Safe Schools Site
New site for safe schools information.
National Organization for Victim Assistance
Crisis information for everyone.
National Youth Development Center
Full range on youth developmental issues, grants, links, etc. Takes time
to explore but interesting.
National Youth Violence Prevention
Resource Center
NEA Health Information Network
Net Mom
Neuropsychology Central
TBI and general brain information. Some parts are graphics-intensive and
may take time to access.
New York Online Access to Health
Excellent information on medical and mental health conditions; click on
Health Topics. (Information available in English and Spanish.)
New York Times Learning Network
Good up-to-date information on all aspects of learning and education.
PACER
Information for parents of children with disabilities.
Partners Against Hate
Partners
Against Hate Program Activity Guide
Partnership for a Drug-Free America
A moving obituary for teens who use drugs and other information.
Pediatric Development and Behavior
From NASP Listserv by Bill Water. Materials for pediatricians on behavior
disorders, ADHD, parent info, drug info. Worth checking out!
Phi Delta Kappan
Excellent links and many whole articles.
Physicians' Desk Reference
All the drugs and up to date. Quick reference with your laptop.
Policymaker Partnership
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
Site from the University of Oregon; lots of good info on FBA and behavioral
intervention.
Positive Parenting
Project Linus
State by state listing for getting blankets to those who are traumatized.
Psych Central
Dr. John Grohol's very comprehensive mental health website. I love his
Internet online book too, which was just updated.
PsychiatryMatters.MD
PTSD Resources
Web Page
Queendom
Features battery comprehensive and challenging intelligence tests - if
you already know all the Wechsler answers. These are designed by psychologists
too.
Recordings for the Blind
and Dyslexic
Riverbend
Down Syndrome Parent Support Group
RTI Action Network
Safe and Responsive
Schools
Developed by Russ Skiba at Indiana University offers some good information
and links. Russ addresses Zero Tolerance too.
Sandy Steingart's School Psychology
Resources
A great place to start looking for school psychology information - besides
NASP, of course!
School Psychology
Resources Online
School Work
Screening for Mental
Health
Selective Mutism information
Seven
Habits of Highly Effective IEP Teams
An interesting play on Covey's book. Might need to use "search"
function to find it.
Shane Jimerson's
Site
Shame Jimerson's University of California at Santa Barbara home page covers
childhood developmental pathology and other interesting and up-to-date
information about children's issues. Takes time to see it all! Shows what
can be educationally accomplished on the Internet.
Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Great site if you teach psychology at the high school or college level.
Good listservs; large number of members to help you out with making your
classes more interesting.
SOS Fires - A web site
on juvenile fire-setting
South Carolina
Department of Mental Health
Southern Poverty Law Center
"Ten Ways to Fight Hate" material
Special Education Resources on the Internet
Student
Guide for Financial Aid
Comprehensive resource on student financial aid - free.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
(National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information)
Suicide
Prevention Program (SOS)
Surgeon General
Featuring the new mental health report and great links.
Surgeon
General Report on Youth Violence
Latest from the Surgeon General
Talking with
Kids
A neat site on how parents can talk to kids about tough topics, violence,
drugs, HIV, etc. Also has 10 tips, which could make a great handout for
you.
TBI Glossary
Teacher Net
Lots of information for teachers.
Tobacco-Free Kids
Helpful for finding ways to get kids to stop smoking.
Trauma Center
Site by Dr. Bessel VanderKolk, a well-known authority on trauma.
Tufts Children's Health Search
Search for information on children's health.
US Department of Education
US Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Government
Type in "crisis" or similar title
US National Library of
Medicine
USA Today Newspaper
Education Page
Great synopsis of what is new in education. Done in conjunction wtih the
US Department of Education.
Web
links for medical and mental health problems
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