Please note that The Village Family Support Center of Baltimore has provided the following links as a resource for families. The Village is not responsible for the content or services of third party websites and organizations connected to the websites.
American Psychological Association Links
APA on Children’s Mental Health: www.apa.org/pi/families/children-mental-health.aspx
APA Division of Pediatric Psychology:www.apadivisions.org/division-54/index.aspx
Children’s Mental Health Links
Healthy Lives. Healthy Minds.: http://healthyminds.org/More-Info-For/Children.aspx
Kids Health: www.kidshealth.org
Medline Health/National Institutes of Health: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childmentalhealth.html
National Institute of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/child-and-adolescent-mental-health/index.shtml
Family Therapy Links
What is Family Therapy?: http://www.division43apa.org/home/what-is-family-psychology
Marital and Family Therapy: http://www.aamft.org/iMIS15/AAMFT
Parent Resources
The Abilities Network: www.AbilitiesNetwork.org
Keep The Connection Workshops (Molly B. Koch): http://keeptheconnection.org/
The Maryland Disability Law Center: www.mdlclaw.org
Parent’s Place of Maryland: www.PPMD.org
Resources for Maryland Families: http://www.maryland.gov/pages/problemsolver.aspx
Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families: http://www.zerotothree.org/
Autism-Related Resources
Autism Connect: http://www.autismconnectmd.org/
Autism Link: http://www.autismlink.com/
Autism Society of America: www.autism-society.org
The Center for Autism & Developmental Disabilities Epidemiology (at the Johns Hopkins School of Publich Health): http://www.jhsph.edu/cadde
Itineris, Inc. www.itinerisbaltimore.org
NICHCY: The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: http://nichcy.org/
Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support: http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/
Pathfinders for Autism Resource Center: http://www.pathfindersforautism.org/
Trellis Services, Inc.: http://trellisservices.com/
The Maryland Medical Assistance Autism Waiver
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/mma/waiverprograms/pdf/AutismWaiverFactSheet92906.pdf
http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/mma/waiverprograms/
Maryland’s Autism Waiver – A Practical Guide for Families
http://www.mdlclaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Autism-Waiver-Guide-12-04.pdf
Autism Speaks: www.autismspeaks.org
Grief and Loss
Coping with grief and loss: www.helpguide.org/mental/grief_loss.htm
Association of Death Education and Counseling: www.adec.org
National Child Traumatic Stress Network: www.nctsnet.org/
Bullying Prevention
Center for Safe Schools: http://www.safeschools.info/bullying-prevention
National Bullying Prevention Center: http://www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org/
Stop Bullying: http://www.stopbullying.gov/index.html
Stop Bullying. Speak Up.: http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/promos/stopbullying/index.html
The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning: http://casel.org/
Mindfulness
Mindful Parenting: http://www.themindfulparent.org/The_Mindful_Parent/Welcome.html
Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parents (Jon and Myla Kabat-Zinn): http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/millennium-survival-guide/mindful-parenting
The Mindful Child/Inner Kids: Mindfulness for Children: http://www.susankaisergreenland.com/
Pema Chӧdrӧn: http://pemachodronfoundation.org/
The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare, and Society: http://www.umassmed.edu/cfm/home/index.aspx
The Penn Program for Mindfulness: http://www.pennmedicine.org/stress/
Publishers
AAPC Publishing: http://www.aapcpublishing.net
Brookes Publishing Company: http://www.brookespublishing.com
Future Horizons, Inc.: http://www.fhautism.com/
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