Website resources for parents and educators.

1. WEBSITES FOR PARENTS AND PARENT EDUCATORS
 About Our Kids (current issues/parenting information): http://www.aboutourkids.org
 Am. Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (English & Spanish) http://www.aacap.org
 Am. Academy of Family Physicians (for parents, teens, children) http://familydoctor.org
 Am. Academy of Pediatrics (children’s health topics) http://www.aap.org
 Am. Psychological Assn. (youth violence, family issues) http://www.apahelpcenter.org
 AR Parenting Ed. Network (conferences & trainings) http://www.arctf.org/apen.html
 AR Children’s Hospital (links to resources, Span.) same as above and www.parenting-ed.org
 AR Coop. Extension (family life, child dev., Q/A) http://www.arfamilies.org/familylife/default.asp
 ADE (limited parent/student handouts) http://arkansased.org
 AETN (links to PBS Parents/PBS Kids videos/handouts, Spanish) http://www.aetn.org
 Baby Center (A-Z topics, wide ranging) http://www.babycenter.com
 Behavioral Health Advisor (extensive topics, Spanish) http://www.ma-hc.com/healthlibrary
 Born Learning (parents of pre-K, Spanish) www.bornlearning.org
 Centers for Youth and Families (mental health, dev. Topics) http://www.youthandfamilies.org
 Cooperative Extension Service, national (family topics, chat room) http://www.cyfernet.org
 ERIC database (literature searches) http://www.eric.ed.gov
 Household Products Database (safety, health) http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov
 Kids Health (hospital hetwork, parent site, Spanish) http://kidshealth.org
 Kids Source On-line (school, health, parenting, commercial site) http://www.kidsource.com
 Med Line Plus (health topics, Spanish) http://medlineplus.gov
 Nat’l. Dissemination Center for Child w/Disabilities (Spanish) http://www.nichey.org/resources
 Nat’l. Fatherhood Initiative (links, dad on deployment, training) http://www.fatherhood.org
 Parents Action for Children (idea exchange, pointers & items for sale) http://parentsaction.org
 Parent Place—commercial (articles, Q/A, ages/stages for teens) http://parentsplace.com
 Parents Talk—commercial (experts’ advice, message board) http://www.parent-talk.com
 PBS Parents (extensive handouts, videos, Spanish) http://www.pbs.org/parents
 Strengthening America’s Families (model parenting programs, summaries), same as above
 Talk w/Your Kids (talking with children on variety of topics) http://www.talkingwithkids.org
 Tufts Univ. Child & Family Web Guide (family issues for prof.) http://www.cfw.tufts.edu
 U.S. Dept. of Education (parent/educator resources, Spanish) http://www.ed.gov
 Univ. of Michigan Health Topics (A-Z medical, Spanish) http://www.med.umich.edu
 Zero to Three (detailed parenting handouts, Spanish) http://www.zerotothree.org
Source: Nicholas Long, Ph.D.; H. Wallace Goddard, Ph.D.; Carolyn L. Gordon, Ed.S.;
Lilly Liu, Medical Librarian (Compiled by Heather Bennett and Carolyn Matthews)
 ADDITIONAL RESOURCE:
o Center for Effective Parenting—Ark. State Parent Information Resource Center (funded
by US Dept. of Ed.; extensive resources for educators and parents)
http://www.parenting-ed.org/