Academic
All Kinds of Minds (Differences in Learning/Strategies) - www.allkindsofminds.org
Learning Network - www.familyeducation.com
Michigan Department of Education - www.michigan.gov/mde
Alcohol/Drug Addiction
Information for those fighting addiction -
https://www.drugrehab.com/teens/
https://www.drugrehab.com/teens/prevention/
Anxiety/Separation Anxiety Helping You Anxious Child or Teen - http://www.anxietybc.com/parent/index.php
Attendance Promoting good attendance in your children - http://www.attendanceworks.org/about/what-can-i-do/parents/
Behavior Free behavior charts and rewards - http://www.freeprintablebehaviorcharts.com/ Parent Website List of Resources for Challenging Behavior - http://www.cehd.umn.edu/CEED/events/summerinstitute/2008institute/2008pbsresources/parentwebsitelist.pdf
Provides lessons a parent can use to teach their child positive behaviors and also monitor progress - http://www.iseesam.com/teachall/text/behavior/programs/chldmsbhv.htm
Careers/Career Planning
Your Child's Career - This website is designed to help you help your child prepare for all the wonderful things life can be for them with career planning. It is never too early to start!
Community Resources
A directory of community services for children and their families in Kent County, Michigan - http://www.familyresourceguide.info/
Discipline
Conscious Discipline - https://consciousdiscipline.com/resources/discipline-tips.asp
Divorce/Separation
The do's and don'ts of divorce from a kid's perspective - http://grkids.com/the-dos-and-donts-of-divorce-from-a-kids-perspective/#.U2LulkYhHBo.facebook
Grief and Loss
Sibling Grief and Loss Resources -
http://nctsn.org/trauma-types/traumatic-grief/sibling-death-and-childhood-traumatic-grief
When Families Grieve, A Sesame Street Workshop -
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/what-we-do/our-initiatives/when-families-grieve/
Articles and tips to help the grieving child - http://elesplace.org/resources/articles-tips
Children and Grief - http://www.childgrief.org/childrenandgrief.htm
Health and Wellness
American Academy for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - www.aacap.org
American Academy of Pediatrics - www.aap.org
A Guide to Health and Safety - http://www.rntobsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/RNtoBSN_SchoolNursesGuidetoKidsHealthandSafety_VisualCompanionGuide.pdf
American Psychological Association Help Center - www.helping.apa.org
American School Counselor Association - www.schoolcounselor.org
Encopresis (When children soil) - http://www.ucanpooptoo.com/
Association of School Psychologists - www.nasponline.org
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information - www.health.org
Mental Illness in Children -
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/treatment-of-children-with-mental-illness-fact-
Internet Safety
http://ebookbrowsee.net/internet-safety-online-resources-200236-7-pdf-d629097223
Parenting Websites
1-2-3 Magic - http://www.123magic.com/
About Our Kids - www.aboutourkids.org
Love and Logic Institute - www.loveandlogic.com
Parenting resources and links - http://cecp.air.org/links/fam.asp
Parenting Information - http://www.parenting.org/guides
Offers small everyday steps parents can take to help children be successful in life - http://www.parentfurther.com
Parenting Tools - http://www.boystown.org/parenting/Pages/parenting-tools.aspx
Reading This site provides free online access to a book focusing on preventing reading difficulties in young children. Provides information on the process of learning to read and prevention of reading difficulties as well as instructional strategies for students in the primary grades -http://bob.nap.edu/html/prdyc/index.html
This site features dozens of fun activities parents can use to build language skills of young children (infant through age 6). Includes a reading checklist, typical language accomplishments for different age groups, suggestions for books, and resources for children with reading problems or learning disabilities - http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/reader/index.html
This site provides activities for Reading and Writing that parents may implement with their children, and strategies to aide the struggling reader - www.readingrockets.org
This site is the Read Write Now! Program that provides activities for Reading and Writing that parents may implement with their children. There are three levels: The Early Years: Birth to Preschool, Moving into Reading: Preschool through Grade 2, an Encouraging Young Readers: Grades 3-6 -www.udel.edu/ETL/RWN/Activities.html
This site provides reading lessons and activities for parents to implement with students in grades K-3 - www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading
Ideas for parents for summer activities that promote reading and language skills for young children - www.kidsource.com/education/summeractivities.art.html
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES http://www.afoi.org/strategies/preparing.html -Resource for children when a parent is incarcerated.
http://fcnetwork.org/resources/library/children-of-prisoners-library - Free information sheets for people serving children of prisoners and their caregivers.
SUICIDE
Suicide Prevention - Facts, Signs, & Intervention
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
See the attached file below for summer opportunities 2014
TECHNOLOGY
http://www.edutopia.org/digital-literacy-technology-parent-resources - Lists of resources and advice for parents to help their children stay safe online.