Awesome Websites!
Conscious Discipline
Smart Girls at the Party
The Representation Project
- In a sea of self-help and parenting books, Conscious Discipline provides a proven and comprehensive approach that will improve both your life and the lives of your children. It empowers you with the self-awareness, brain information, developmental knowledge and useable skills necessary to create safe, connected, problem-solving homes
- Useful articles for families from an experienced school counselor
- Great website for parents of students with learning and attention issues
- SENG is dedicated to fostering environments in which gifted adults and children, in all their diversity, understand and accept themselves and are understood, valued, nurtured, and supported by their families, schools, workplaces and communities.
- One of my favorite websites of all time--it's run by the Southern Poverty Law Center that focuses on integrating cultural awareness and diversity into all aspects of education
- This website is was created and maintained by the George Lucas Foundation to highlight interesting and innovative ideas and trends in education
- Based on the long-running and popular children's show, Sesame Workshop offers families and educators resources to help talk to children about difficult but important issues
- TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages.
- This highly-rated, online social skills program is great for those looking to help their children with practicing real-life social interactions
- An incredible source of information for those who might be or know someone who is suffering from a mental illness. They offer support groups all around the country, ways to help those who might need it, and a new app for your smartphone called NAMI Air.
- A national website helping families and schools reduce the rates of absenteeism in K-12 schools
Smart Girls at the Party
- An organization dedicated to helping young people cultivate their authentic selves. They emphasize intelligence and imagination over “fitting in.” They celebrate curiosity over gossip. They are a place where people can truly be their weird and wonderful selves
The Representation Project
- Using film as a catalyst for cultural transformation, The Representation Project inspires individuals and communities to challenge and overcome limiting stereotypes so that everyone, regardless of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation or circumstance can fulfill their human potential.
- Kidpower’s Positive Practice Method and exceptional curriculum prepare young people to develop confidence, create healthy relationships, and protect themselves from most bullying, abuse, abduction, and other violence. Since 1989, Kidpower has brought skills to prevent most bullying, abuse, abduction, and other violence to more than 2 million people.
- Since 1917, Boys Town’s mission has been to give at-risk children and families the love, support and education they need to succeed. Because we firmly believe that regardless of background and circumstances, every child and every family has the potential to thrive.
- Check out these Parenting Guides to help you address difficult topics!
- The Electric Company initiative includes a website that’s visited by millions of children to watch videos, play phonics games, and even create their own beatboxing experience, and which has received many accolades, such as an Interactive Emmy and the Kidscreen “Best Companion Website” award.
- There’s also a companion parents-and-educators’ site that includes educational and engaging materials recognized by the Association of Educational Publishers, which, in a recent survey, got rave reviews from 90 percent of teachers.
- AACAP's Facts for Families provide concise and up-to-date information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families. AACAP provides this important information as a public service and the Facts for Families may be duplicated and distributed free of charge as long as the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is properly credited and no profit is gained from their use
- An excellent article from the Guide: Video Games and Children: Playing with Violence