Web Links
- ADHD
- Additude Magazine
Magazine and web articles for families, adults and children managing ADHD - ADHD Aware
Provides programming for adults and families managing ADHD - ADHD Scientific American Article
Scientific American Article by Russell A. Barkley, explains the medical science and the genetic links of ADHD - ADHD Treatment Center Listing
National Resource Center for ADHD’s list for University Diagnosis & Treatment Centers - CHADD: Children and Adults with ADHD
Support info and support groups for families, children and adults with ADHD - Lehigh University’s Website for Early Intervention for Young Children at Risk for ADHD
Resources for teachers about intervention and classroom management of ADHD - National Resource Center on ADHD
Links to Downloadable Fact Sheets about ADHD - NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale- Follow-up Teacher Informant
For use with the parent follow-up assessment to assess effectiveness of treatment - NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale-Follow Up Parent Informant
For ongoing evaluation of effective treatment - NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale-Parent Informant
Part of an very initial assessment for ADHD - NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale-Teacher Informant
Part of an very initial assessment for ADHD - University of Buffalo ADHD Center for Children and Families
ADHD Fact Sheets, Treatment Programs, Assessment Instruments for Parents, Teachers, Professionals
- Additude Magazine
- Advocacy
- Bill of Rights for Children’s Mental Health Disorders and their Families
- Bipolar Child
Model IEP for a child with Bipolar Disorder - Neuro-Science Songs for Kids
Use easy to sing songs to teach you child about neuro-anatomy and brain chemistry - NICHCY: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Supports, Modifications, and Accommodations for Students - Wrightslaw
Education Advocacy Site
- Behavior Management Techniques
- CHADD’s Parent-to-Parent (P2P) Training Class
Search for ADHD parent training classes in your area - Dilley Discipline Ladder
Dilley mom, mom of sextuplets describes her behavior management techniques - University of Buffalo ADHD Center for Children and Families
ADHD Fact Sheets, Treatment Programs, Assessment Instruments for Parents, Teachers, Professionals
- CHADD’s Parent-to-Parent (P2P) Training Class
- Child Development
- American Academy of Pediatrics Developmental Guidelines
AAP developmental guidelines, ages 0-21 years
- American Academy of Pediatrics Developmental Guidelines
- Education Resources
- ALA’s Best Websites for Kids
American Library Association recommendations for best website for kids, also links to great sites for parents and educators - Caldecott Award Winners 1938-present
Caldecott Award Winners 1938-present - Common Sense Media
Material warnings, age suggestions, gift ideas, topic searches for all types of media - Core Knowledge Resource Site
- DiscoverySchool Teaching Tools
Teaching tools including Puzzelmaker, Quizmaker, and Worksheet Generator - Fieldtrip Planning Site
PA/ NJ/ MD/ DE/ CT Fieldtrip Info - Jim Trelease- reading expert/ educator
Trelease’s efforts in helping children make books into friends —Trelease book excerpts, lecture schedule, and children’s literature book reviews - Joy School
Pre-school program for teaching the fundamental “Joys” of life - Latest Booklist Awards
ALA Booklist Award List - Neuro-Science Songs for Kids
Use easy to sing songs to teach you child about neuro-anatomy and brain chemistry - Partnership for Learning
Articles on Education (K-12), ADHD, Special Education; Links to EduGuide - Portal to Maryland-based Virtual Fieldtrips
Portal to Maryland-based Virtual Fieldtrips - Starting a Reading Group
How-to start a reading group - United Nations Cyberschoolbus
Site designed for kids about the UN and its millenium goals - USA Factory Tours
Link by state to factories that give tours of their facilities
- ALA’s Best Websites for Kids
- Education Supports
- Dyslexia Spellchecker
Ghotit offers unique writing and reading online services for people with dyslexia, dysgraphia - Graph paper for math problem arrangement
Free downloadable PDFs of graph paper that cant be modified to accommodate large handwriting - Graphic Organizers
Free downloads of worksheets to assist students planning writing projects and papers - Learning Tool Box
James Madison University’s Tools & Resources for Students with Leaning Difficulties - Writing Fix
Interactive prompts, lessons, and resources designed for teachers and students
- Dyslexia Spellchecker
- Family Empowerment
- Bill of Rights for Children’s Mental Health Disorders and their Families
- CHADD’s Parent-to-Parent (P2P) Training Class
Search for ADHD parent training classes in your area - Joy School
Pre-school program for teaching the fundamental “Joys” of life - Kids are Heroes
Site that celebrates the power of a kid to change the world. Site contains inspirational ideas and ways to get involved. - The Happiness Project
NY Times Best-Seller author, Gretchen Rubin’s Blog on seeking happiness
- Gifted Child Enrichment
- Carnegie-Mellon University Cmites
Gifted Enrichment programs by Carnegie-Mellon University - Carnegie-Mellon’s Guide for Mathematically Gifted Students
Guidelines for managing the mathematically gifted student education - John Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth
resource for gifted student enrichment programs
- Carnegie-Mellon University Cmites
- IEP Helps
- ADDitude Mag’s Classroom Accommodations for School Children with ADHD
Free List of Classroom Accommodations for School Children with ADHD - Adoption.com- IEP Helps
Accommodations for Issues Associated w/ Depression, Anxiety, and Inattention - Bipolar Child
Model IEP for a child with Bipolar Disorder - LD On-Line
Extensive Information, Resources & Forums re: LD issues - NICHCY: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Supports, Modifications, and Accommodations for Students
- ADDitude Mag’s Classroom Accommodations for School Children with ADHD
- Learning Differences
- LD OnLine
Website on Learning Disabilities and ADHD
- LD OnLine
- Mom Enrichment
- Brain Child Magazine
Fun Brain Food for Moms - The Happiness Project
NY Times Best-Seller author, Gretchen Rubin’s Blog on seeking happiness
- Brain Child Magazine
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder Resource Center
Resource center for care and treatment of children diagnosed with ODD - Think: Kids
On-line information and audiocasts from MA General Hospital with links to local support, teaching adults an evidence-based approach to helping kids with behavioral challenges
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder Resource Center
- Organizing
- Organized Home: Clean house, cut clutter, get organized at home!
Tips for home organization, download household checklists, home management binder pages - Organized Living
Organizational supplies - The Container Store
Organizational supplies - Unclutterer
Tips on “uncluttering” your office, you home, and your head from the author of “Unclutter Your Life in One Week”
- Organized Home: Clean house, cut clutter, get organized at home!
- Podcast Websites
- LD Podcast
Podcast of Interviews with Field Experts in Learning and Learning Disabilities
- LD Podcast
- Teen Issues
- Parent-Teen Safe Driving Contract
Contract includes agreement area for vehicle maintenance and costs - Parenting Teen Drivers: Home of Comprehensive and Free Parent-Teen Driving Contract
- Tangerine Times
Parenting tips, articles, and resources about general teen issues: bullying, privacy, internet use, dating, etc.
- Parent-Teen Safe Driving Contract
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Alex’s Lemonade Stand
How-to site on running a lemonade stand to benefit kids with cancer - Kids are Heroes
Site that celebrates the power of a kid to change the world. Site contains inspirational ideas and ways to get involved. - Locks of Love
provides guidelines for donating hair to non- profit group that makes hair pieces for kids suffering from hair loss - Operation Iraqi Children
How-to site on running a collections drive for schools in Iraqi - US Volunteer Freedom Corps
Ideas and resources for volunteering at all ages - VolunteerMatch
Type in your zipcode and interest, find a local place to volunteer
- Alex’s Lemonade Stand
