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Helpful Websites:
Local Area Resources: Find Food, Goods, Housing, Work, Education, Transportation, Legal Help, Financial Help, Counseling, Mental Health and Healthcare Services in Kootenai County.
https://www.northidahoconnections.org/
Divorce:
www.kidsinthemiddle.org/ - Resources for parents and children going through divorce
Discipline:
www.LoveAndLogic.com - Parenting tips
Bullying:
www.opheliaproject.org - Information and resources pertaining to relational aggression
www.namesdohurt.com - Information and resources relating to emotional bullying
www.StopBullyingNow.hrsa.gov – Defines bullying behavior, recognition of warning signs, and how to get help
www.BullyPolice.org – Information to stop bullying and prevent future bullying
Grief:
www.CenterForLoss.com – Grief Support and resources.
www.nidBereavedParents.org – Local family bereavement support organization
Suicide Support:
https://www.idahosuicideprevention.org/
You can call (800-273-8255) or text (208-398-4357) for help or support if you are concerned someone is considering suicide
https://www.spanidaho.org/ Suicide Prevention Action Network
Idaho Children's Mental Health: 208-769-1406
Anger:
www.AngriesOut.com – Anger management tips and techniques for kids
Self-Esteem:
www.WeDoListen.org – Activities that improve children’s self esteem.
General and Cyber Safety:
www.FamilyWatchdog.us – See where local registered sexual offenders live and work
www.commonsensemedia.org - Provides information and education for parents and families on the latest media and technology
www.NetSmartz.org – Interactive educational resource for internet safety
www.iKeepSafe.org – Teaches children of all ages, in a fun and age-appropriate way, the basic rules of internet safety, ethics, and the healthy use of connected technologies
www.GetNetWise.org – Make informed decisions about family use of the internet
www.StaySafeOnline.org – Knowledge and tools to prevent cyber crime and attacks
www.CyberBully411.org – Resources for youth who have questions about or have been targeted by online harassment
www.facebook.com/report - Reporting bullying or harassment on Facebook
www.WiredSafety.org – Information and education for internet and mobile device users
www.OnGuardOnline.gov – Tips from the federal government to help guard against internet fraud, secure your computers, and protect you privacy
Books:
Divorce
Dinosaurs Divorce by Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
Was it the Chocolate Pudding? by Sandra Levins
How do I Feel about My Stepfamily by Julie Johnson
How do I Feel about My Parents’ Divorce by Julia Cole
Bullying
Trouble Talk by Trudy Ludwig
How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson
The Brand New Kid by Katie Couric
The Shortest Kid in the World by Corinne Demas Bliss
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig
Don’t Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin & Allen Shamblin
Feelings
The Way I Feel by Jannan Cain
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Have you Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud
Anger
The Lion Roars by Jim and Joan Boulden
The Very Angry Day that Amy Didn't Have by Lawrence Shapiro
Bad Case of the Tattle Tongue by Julia Cook
My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook
The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight by Stan & Jan Berenstain
Grief
The Healing Tree by Kathleen Maresh Hemery
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
Lifetimes by Bryan Mellonie and Robert Ingpen
Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope by Donna O’Toole
A Forever Angel by Elaine E. Stillwell
Grunt by Suzanne Schlossberg Tamberrino (death of a pet)
Fear
Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
What to do When You’re Scared & Worried by James Crist
There’s No Such Thing As a Dragon by Jack Kent
Self Esteem
Happy to Be Me! by Christine Adams and Robert J. Butch
I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
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