Featured Websites
www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/summertips.cfm
American Academy of Pediatrics-Dedicated to the Health of
All Children: Summer Safety Tips
www.americaspromise.org
The America's Promise Alliance is the nation's largest multi-sector collaborative dedicated to the well-being of children and youth.
Their Alliance partners dedicate themselves to working together for the success of our young people, using the Five Promises framework to shape their efforts and improve the odds for youth.
www.at-risk.org
At-Risk.org has been compiled as a resource for parents and
the general public in search of information about
at-risk youth. This site will present you with information
and articles about helping at-risk youth. The Works Cited
page of this site will reference any at-risk youth resources
that were used to compile the content for this site.
www.childally.org
The Children's Alliance works
in collaboration with public and private entities to help
build and maintain healthy families.
www.childrens-mercy.org
Children's Mercy Hospital education center is your resource for helpful information about your child's development, health and safety.
http://dcccaprevention.blogspot.com
DCCCA, Inc. is the parent agency for the RPC of East Central Kansas.
The RPC acts as a catalyst to reinforce messages that promote positive behaviors for youth and adults and to encourage all individuals to lead a healthy and productive life.
Efforts are concentrated in drawing together all community resources to prevent substance abuse, teen pregnancy, violence, juvenile delinquency and school dropout.
www.ed.org
Environmental Defenses' mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
http://www.thefamilyconservancy.org/parenting-resources.html
Helping Families Prepare Their Children for a Lifetime of
Success
www.familyfun.com
Visit the Disney Family Fun site for ideas the whole
family can enjoy. Crafts, party ideas, recipes and
so much more!
www.family.samhsa.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) was designed for parents and other adults involved in the lives of 7-18 year-olds, this website emphasized the importance of family, promotes mental health, and helps prevent underage use of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs.
www.fosterclub.com
Foster Club serves as a primary communication tool for youth.
This web site is a hub of information relating to foster care, including articles, Q&A, message boards, contests, discussion of foster care topics, and even biographies of famous people who grew up in care.
http://www.fosteringfamiliestoday.com/
A Bimonthly Foster Care and Adoption Resource for America
www.freerice.com
This website is appropriate for kids of ALL ages and gives practice for ALL ability levels.
Learning new vocabulary has tremendous benefits.
It can help children to:
- Formulate ideas better
- Write better papers, emails and letters
- Speak more precisely and persuasively
- Comprehend more of what they read
- Read faster because they comprehend better
- Get better grades in high school, college and graduate school
- Score higher on tests like the SAT, GRE, LSAT and GMAT
- Perform better at job interviews and conferences
- Be more effective and successful
www.ifapa.org/resources/publications.asp
The Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association is a membership organization serving foster and adoptive parents in Iowa.
IFAPA supports and advocates for foster, adoptive and kinship families across Iowa and provides numerous materials for resource parents to promote the safety and well-being for children.
Checkout their free Lifebook pages!
www.kshealthykids.org
Kansas Coordinated School Health is here to help your school become a healthier school.
Kansas Coordinated School Health provides health resources, technical assistance, trainings and funding to create healthy Kansas students, staff, schools, and communities.
For more information on healthy schools and children, check out the following sites:
www.rwjf.org
www.kansasnutritionnetwork.org
www.kp.org/amazingfooddetective
www.kansasfamily.com
The Kansas Family mission:
To promote positive youth behaviors by supporting diverse Kansas families and communities through education, networking and advocacy.
www.kaccrra.org
The Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and
Referral Agencies KACCRRA is the state network that supports
seven child care resource and referral member agencies who
serve all 105 counties in Kansas. We work with FAMILIES to
provide information about the different types of child care
available that will meet their specific needs. By providing
access to information about the characteristics of quality
child care programs and an opportunity to receive
information about valuable community resources they can
choose the care that best fits their families needs.
Homes can search on their for child care providers in
their own areas.
www.kidshealth.org
KidsHealth is the largest and most-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's health media, the award-winning KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use.
KidsHealth has been on the Web since 1995 and has been accessed by about half a billion visitors.
On a typical weekday, more than 500,000 visitors access
KidsHealth for reliable information.
KidsHealth has separate areas for Kids, teens, and parents each with its own design, age-appropriate content, and tone.
There are literally thousands of in-depth features, articles, animations, games, and resources all original and all developed by experts in the health of children and teens.
www.ldonline.org
Learning Disabilities OnLine is the world's leading web site on learning disabilities and ADHD, serving more than 200,000 parents, teachers, and other professionals each month.
www.mfcaa.org
The Midwest Foster Care and Adoption Association has wonderful information for foster and adoptive parents, including special events taking place in your area, monthly reminders for foster and adoptive parents, ways to help out in your community, as well as great links to other fantastic foster and adoptive information.
www.ncld.org
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work, and life.
www.nofas.org
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) Mission: To help children and families by fighting the leading known cause of MR and birth defects.
www.parenting.org
Parenting tips for all ages
www.parentingpress.com
For more than 30 years, Parenting Press has been creating
materials to make the job easier for
parents, caregivers, counselors, teachers, and child care
professionals.
www.parentingteensonline.com
Parenting Teens Online was created by a team of parents with professional experience in publishing, Internet marketing, and healthcare.
Our mission is simple -to make the often not-so-simple job of raising teenagers easier by providing expert advice in a straight talk format on the primary issues and challenges impacting teens and their parents today - from MySpace to binge drinking, hooking up to acne, tattoos to SATs, and much more.
If you have a child between 12 and 19, get the scoop on what's happening with your kids before you need to know.
The best-prepared parent is savvy, aware, and on top of the latest teen buzz.
www.parentingwithoutpowerstruggles.com
Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids While Staying Cool, Calm and
Connected
http://www.recalls.gov/
To provide better service in alerting the American people to
unsafe, hazardous or defective products, six federal
agencies with vastly different jurisdictions have joined
together to create www.recalls.gov -- a "one stop shop" for
U.S. Government recalls.
Stay informed, stay safe, check for product recalls.
http://www.usa.safekids.org
Keeping kids safe is what they do.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com
Learning can be fun!
www.studentedge.com
StudentEdge is a free online college and career planning
resource center. It offers tools to help all high school
students take ownership of the college planning process by
letting them find scholarship money, prepare for exams,
search for colleges, and explore career interests.
http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/resources/family.html
The Vanderbilt's Center on the Social and Emotional
Foundations of Early Learning
site contains hundreds of resources and a page specifically
designated to provide family tools.
The tools include topics such as: Teaching Children to
Cooperate with Requests:
http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/documents/teaching_cooperate.pdf ;
Supporting Your Child’s Relationship Building Skills
;
Supporting Your Child’s Communication Skills
www.webmd.com
WebMd provides access to health news and information.
Join a blog, check the message boards or ask an expert your health questions.
