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RESOURCES: Parenting/Family
 Information
on Parenting and Family Issues
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The National Youth Anti-Drug
Media Campaign has resources to equip parents and other
adult caregivers with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids
and information you need to protect your child from drug abuse.
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REsource for Advancing
Children's Health (REACH) identifies, validates, and
disseminates highest-quality scientific findings which support
children's mental health. It includes family resources including
links to disorder profiles and treatment options.
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Resource Guide:
Taking a Closer Look: A Guide to Online Resources on Family
Involvement. This document prepared by the Harvard
Family Research contains Web links to research, information,
programs, and tools from over 100 national organizations. It
provides information about parenting practices to support children's
learning and development, home-school relationships, parent
leadership development, and collective engagement for school
improvement and reform.
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For information on children's health
issues, including immunizations, nutrition, safety, child
psychology, childhood diseases, pediatrics and kid's health related
information, including feelings and emotions,
visit the Kid's Health
Directory and Children's Health Directory.
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The American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, Facts for Families series includes "Eleven
Questions to Ask Before Psychiatric Hospitalization of Your Child or
Adolescent".
The questions are intended to help families make
decisions about the mental health care placement of their children
and youth, to review, visit their website. For the full catalog of the series,
click here.
Other titles in the "Facts for Families" series include:
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Know When to Seek Help for Your Child,
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Know Where to Seek Help for Your Child,
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Know Your Health Insurance Benefits,
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Making Decisions About Substance Abuse
Treatment,
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The Continuum of Care,
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Advocating for Your Child,
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Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation,
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Psychotherapies for Children and
Adolescents.
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FEATURED RESOURCES |
Children's Agenda 2008
In 2008, more than seventy Michigan Coalition for Families member
organizations, including ACMH, called upon elected officials
and business leaders to support investments in Michigan's children. Out
of this call to action, came the
2008
Children's Agenda, which is now available online. |
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