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ADD
Resources
ADD Resources is a
rapidly growing national non-profit organization whose mission
is to help people with ADD/ADHD achieve their full
potential through support and
education. Their
website offers 100 free and carefully chosen articles helpful to
adults with ADD/ADHD and to parents of children with
ADD/ADHD, a free monthly eNews,
100 links to other
ADHD-related websites, the National ADHD Directory, and more.
AdoptUsKids
Adoption
Counselor
Brenda McCreight, Ph.D., R.S.W., child
and family therapist; mom to 14 children
including 12
through adoption; author of Recognizing and Managing Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome/Effects:
A Guidebook, Parenting
Your Adopted Older Child: How To Overcome the Unique Challenges
and Raise a Happy and Healthy Child, and the
children's book Eden's Secret Journal:
The Story of An Older Child Adoption. Brenda is pleased to
announce
that she is extending her consulting
practice to include parent coaching through
telephone
consults and fly-in services.
AdoptionFriendlyWorkplace.org
Employee Adoption Benefits - The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
provides help and resources for those wanting to convince their
place of employment to provide adoption benefits. These may include
paid leave, time off and even financial reimbursement.
Adoption & Child Welfare Law
Site
Created by The National Center for Adoption
Law & Policy at Capital University
Law School,
the Law Site provides legal information about adoption for
prospective
adoptive parents, birth parents, adoption
and child welfare lawyers, juvenile and
family court
judges. The site includes statutes, regulations, key cases,
and
leading explanatory law review and practice
journal articles concerning child welfare
and
adoption laws for each U.S. State.
Adoption Learning Partners
Useful, supplemental
online training. Note that this does not take the place of
formal pre-adopt training.
Adoption
Week e-Magazine
Free on-line magazine and the
world's largest adoption publication. Each issue contains
adoption news, articles, poetry, product reviews and
specials; a waiting child;
an inspirational thought;
recent adoption forum discussions; humor and upcoming
events.
Adoptive
Families Magazine
Adoptive Families creates a magazine on
adoption and adoption
related issues.
Adoption.org
Information for birthmothers and adoptive parents.
Advanced Communications
and Business Resources
Designed by
Canadian businessmen, this site offers a FASDlink Archives with
over
70,000 FASD related letters and articles.
FASDlink is a free Internet listserv
that includes
biological, foster and adoptive parents and caregivers as well
as
a wide range of professionals including those in
medicine, social work, education
and justice.
Participants also include individuals who have FASD or FASD.
Alateen
A
great resource for children who have friends or family members
impacted by
alcohol or drugs. Website is a
non-threatening way to become acquainted with what
they
have to offer.
American Adoption Congress (AAC)
comprises individuals, families and organizations committed to adoption
reform. We represent those whose lives are touched by adoption or other
loss of family continuity.
American Association of Open
Adoption Agencies
Helps families find agencies
practicing open adoption.
Bill Betzen
American Association of
Retired Persons (AARP)
AARP helps
grandparents raising their grandchildren by offering a
newsletter,
factsheets, a grandparents support database,
state by state information on visitation
and a discussion
group.
AARP offers State Fact Sheets for grandparents and other
relatives raising chidlren.
American
Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing
association for more than
115,000 members and
affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists,
and speech, language, and hearing scientists with the
mission of providing the highest
quality services for
professionals in audiology, speech-language pathology, and
speech and hearing science. ASHA advocates for people with
communication disabilities.
Association for Treatment
and Training in the Attachment of Children, (ATTACh)
ATTACh, The Association for Treatment and Training in the
Attachment of Children, is an international coalition of
professional and lay persons
who are involved with
children who have attachment difficulties.
Attachment
Disorders
Provides a self-guided primer for the
understanding and treatment of Reactive Attachment
Disorder with multiple resources.
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The
Center for Adoption Support and Education Inc, (CASE)
CASE is a national resource for families and professionals
through training, publications and consultations. Their
online book store offers
many helpful resources on
parting, adoption sensitive school curricula and other
other adoption issues.
Children and Adults
with
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, (CHADD)
CHADD is a non-profit support and information organization
working to educate and support families with children who
are diagnosed with ADD/ADHD.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
The National
Adoption Information Clearinghouse has merged with the National
Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect to form one
resource of essential information and resources
targeted
to the safety, permanency and well-being of children and
families. Included
is an online library of 48,000
documents (www.childwelfare.gov/l
ibrary),
more than 130 Information Gateway
publications (www.chi ldwelfare.gov/search/pubs_search.cfm)
Child Welfare League
of America (CWLA)
A non-profit
organization developing and promoting policies
and
programs to protect America's children and strengthen families
through advocacy,
training, publications, and
consultations.
Child Welfare Information
Gateway
Children's Bureau
Express
Children's Bureau Express is designed for
professionals concerned with child abuse
and neglect,
child welfare and adoption. Included are legislative
updates,
professional trainings, research and information
about best practices.
Children's
Campus
Treats severely emotionally disturbed
children, adolescents and their families who
require
compassionate and specialized care in residential environments
ranging from
secure care to independent living. The
Children's Campus is located on a park-like
12-acre
campus located on the St. Joseph River in Mishawaka,
Indiana.
Children's
Defense Fund (CDF)
The mission of the
Children's
Defense Fund is to Leave No Child
BehindŽ and to ensure every child a Healthy Start,
a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in
life and successful
passage to adulthood with the
help of caring families and communities.
China
Connection
The China Connection is a national
bimonthly, on-paper publication ($15 for 6 issues;
$17 for international mailing) for families who have adopted or
are in the process
of adopting Chinese
children. It is supported by subscription and is not
associated
with an organization.
Clearinghouse on Elementary
and Early Childhood Education
A national
information system supported by the U.S. Department of
Education.
Coaching for Foster and
Adoptive Parents Specializing in Reactive Attachment
Disorder
Kim Ahrenholz is a professional Coach
who has been working
with Adopted and Foster youth
and families in crisis for many years. She also understands
what it is to be the parent of children with RAD or who
have been adopted suffering
from trauma and abuse.
Coaching is not to be considered in place of therapy, some
people may indeed have both with the agreement of the
therapist. Coaching is about
moving forward and a
coach can be available by telephone during critical situations
or times of intense stress. This kind of support is
essential in creating a brighter
future for your
family. Many parents felt hopeless but with the support from
some
one who truly understands the challenges of RAD,
they learn everything is possible!
You can feel
empowered to be the best parent you can be.
Common Sense Parenting by Boys
Town USA
Has a wide range of articles for kids
and those parenting them, ie. adolescent depression,
grandchildren out of control, feeling secure about your race and
discussing sex.
HOTLINE: 800-448-3000
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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
(DBSA)
DBSA educates parents, families, professionals
and the public about depressive and manic-depressive
illnesses, fosters self-help
and improves access to care
through 40 nationwide chapters and support groups.
Drug Free Resource
Net
Detailed information on alcohol,
amphetamines, crack, ritalin, steroids, tobacco
and lots
in between. Sponsored by Partnership for Drug-Free America.
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EP (Exceptional
Parent)
Resources for Special Needs offers
monthly
subscription with articles written by doctors,
specialists, and educators on parenting,
resources and
advocacy for families with children who have special needs.
Offers
online seminars. webmaster@eparent.com
Ethica
Ethica is
a nonprofit corporation that seeks to be an impartial voice for
ethical adoption practices worldwide, and provides
education, assistance, and advocacy
to the adoption
community.
Evan B.
Donaldson Adoption Institute
The Evan B.
Donaldson Institute is one of the pre-eminent adoption policy,
education
and research organizations in the United
States. It provides independent,
accurate and
up-to-date information about adoption-related issued for triad
members,
journalists, professionals and
researchers. The Adoption Institute's mission
is to improve adoption for everyone it touches, especially
children.
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FAIR
An all volunteer organization which
exists to support, educate, and advocate for
adoptive
families and children. We invite you to join us for activities
based in
the Northern California area or as a reader
of our magazine News from FAIR.
Families with Children from
China
FCC is a nondenominational
organization of families who had adopted children
from China, providing a network of support through local chapters
that can be located
on their website. Website
information includes adoption updates and China-related
resources available on the internet.
FamilyTLC.net
Provides parenting tips, articles on child development, child
safety and 250
new activities monthly.
FASD Community Resource
Center
Resources include articles of
interest to parents ("When the Teen with FASD Drinks,
" "Teaching Kids about FASD"), research, fact sheets, web
links, products, camps,
lending library and
homeschooling help.
FASD and Social
Security
Foster
Parent Community
A triple 'a' site for
helpful links on issues facing relatives and foster parents
raising children with attachment disorders, attention
deficits (ADD & ADHD),
fetal alcohol syndrome and
other special needs. Subjects range from adoption to
Dr. Seuss.
FRIENDS: National
Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse
Prevention
FXB Center for Health & Human Rights
HIV information such as caring for your child, coping,
treatments, links, etc.
Also see National Pediatric
and Family HIV Resource Center
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Genetic Alliance
Search for genetic condition for organizations, support and
referral.
Global Overseas Adoption Link
(GOAL)
GOAL operates a reunion registry for
Korean adopted persons. GOAL fosters
awareness
about adoption in the Korean government, adoption agencies, and
Korean
society, providing a home voice within the birth
country. GOAL increases international
awareness
regarding issues of Korean adoption, also providing adoption
persons that
wish to learn about Korean life firsthand
employment opportunities with Korean host
families.
GrandsPlace
is an organization of grandparents and special others raising the children of
other family members.
Grief Recovery
Institute
offers articles, books, trainings and
certification for professionals and community
education
around healing.
Healthfinder
An on-line library from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services covering
everything from AIDS, alternative
medicine, and Medicare to immunizations and minority
health concerns.
Improving Access & Opportunity
for
Latinos in Early Childhood
What are the elements
of a quality education for young Latino children and their
teachers that is culturally and linguistically responsive to
their needs? The Center for Children &
Families conducted
a project to address this critical
issue, and as a result developed a set of publications
to
support trainers, practitioners, and families.
Individual with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA)
Link provides information on the IDEA
regulations change that took place on December
31, 2008
regarding Individual Education Plans (IEPs). Parents can now
revoke consent
for special education services without the
school challenging the parent's decision
as long as
protocol is followed. Also, non-attorneys may be called by
schools or
parents in due process hearings.
Adoption Information Center
Realizing that there was a critical need for a neutral information,
resource and referral agency that adresses the concerns of individuals
and families interested in adoption, several Los Angeles adoptive parent
support group leaders formed the nonprofit Adoption Information Center
in May, 1998. They all had been through the adoption process and knew
firsthand what pre and post adopters needed. The group took their
combined adoption knowledge, determined their Mission and established
the Adoption Information Center. AIC is an agency governed by adoptive
families, for adoptive families.
Joint Council
on International Children's Services
The Joint Council on International Children's Services is the oldest and
largest affiliation of licensed, non-profit international adoption
organizations in the world. Members include adoption agencies, child
welfare organizations, parent support groups and medical specialists
with an interest in inter-country adoption.
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Kinship Center
Founded in 1981 to respond to needs of foster and adoptive
children, the Kinship
Center's two websites offer
articles from adoption experts, research on issues impacting
adoption and discussion groups from local and national
experts.
Kinship Care
Legal Research
Center
The ABA Center
on Children and the Law is proud to make available this Kinship
Care
Legal Resource Center. Kinship care, commonly
defined as the "full-time care, nurturing,
and protection
of children by relatives, members of their tribes or clans, or
other
adults who have a family relationship to a child,"
is a growing phenomenon across
the United States.
KINship
Information
Network
is dedicated to grandparents and other relative caregivers who are
raising their grandchildren, nieces or nephews either by court order or
voluntarily. The network addresses lifestyle changes accompanying the
raising of children.
National Abandoned
Infants Assistance Resource Center
National Adoption Center
The National Adoption Center provides family recruitment,
adoption packet, regional
programs, information and
referral, and much more.
National Administration on Aging
The Website of the National Department of Human Services offers
information and resources for the aging and for their families and
practitioners. Includes project reports and electronic booklets on
kinship care.
National Autism Association - Helping Hand
Autism spectrum
disorders are complex and often difficult to understand for
families
and professionals alike. The National Autism
Association is here to offer information
and support
to everyone affected by this rapidly growing disorder. The
National
Autism Association strongly believes that
there are effective treatments for autism
spectrum
disorders as well as a long awaited cure for the millions of
families affected.
Please join us on our journey of
help, hope, and healing.
National Center for Adoption Law and
Policy (formerly Dave Thomas Center for
Adoption
Law)
The National Center seeks to ease and facilitate the adoption process
through education, advocacy and research. Their research efforts
seek to demonstrate the need for and the method by which the foster care
and adoption processes can be improved. Center advocacy projects are
aimed at bringing about those improvements through changes in the law
and the way the law is implemented. Their education programs are
designed to assist judges, lawyers, social workers and other process
stakeholders to know and understand the law.
National Center on Substance
Abuse and Child
Welfare
National
Resource Center for Adoption
National Child Welfare
Resource Center for
Youth Development
National Child Welfare
Resource
Center for Organizational
Improvement
National Child Welfare
Resource Center
on Legal and Judicial Issues
The
National Clearinghouse
for Alcohol and Drug
Information
National Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect
Information
Provided by US Department of Health
and Human Services they provide resources for
professionals with information on the prevention, identification,
and treatment
of child abuse.
National
Committee of Grandparents for Children's Rights
The National Committee of Grandparents for Children's Rights
is comprised of concerned
grandparents, citizens and
agencies united to create one powerful voice and to network
with groups throughout the nation that share their goals. Their
mission is to advocate
and lobby for substantial and
urgent legislative changes that protect the rights
of
grandparents to secure their grandchildren's health, happiness
and well-being.
They monitor agencies that affect
grandchildren at the city, county, state and federal
levels and they advocate for the protection of the rights of
grandparents and the
needs of grandchildren who are at
risk.
National Court
Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)
Site gives the
local office addresses for skip generation parenting.
National Foster
Parent
Association
A national
organization that provides support to foster parents nation wide
with
an annual conference, membership, NFPA directory,
and much more.
National Indian Child Welfare Association (NIWA)
The National Indian Child Welfare Association strives so that
every Indian child
has access to
community-based, culturally-appropriate services which help them
grow
up safe, healthy and spiritually strong;
free from abuse, neglect, sexual exploitation
and the damaging effects of substance abuse.
National One Church One Child (NAAP)
A non-traditional recruitment program
created in Chicago to increase the interested
by
African-American families to adopt. This program has been
replicated and refined
in 30 different states.
National
Orphan Train Complex,
The National Orphan Train Complex, formerly The Orphan Train Heritage Society of America, conducts research and compiles
materials on the period from 1854 through 1930 during which more than 150,000 orphaned,
abandoned, or homeless children were relocated. The purpose of this Web site is
to educate the American public about this chapter in American history and to provide
resources for further research and information exchange.
National Organization on Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS)
Focuses on advocacy,
information and support regarding FAS.
National Parent Information
Network
Parenting information on today's issues
including media impact, guns and violence
and
parental relationships.
National Resource
Center for Child Protective Services
National Resource Center
for Child Welfare Data and Technology
National Resource
Center
for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency
Planning
National Resource
Center
on ADHD (Program of CHADD)
New York State Citizens' Coalition
for Children,
Inc. (NYSCCC)
Provides
information to improve services available to families and
children.
Their website includes resources about
transracial adoption.
North American
Council
on Adoptable Children (NACAC)
A resource for adoption throughout North America, NACAC shares
information about
special needs adoption, adoption
subsidies, adoption support and preservation, adoptive
and foster parent recruitment, child welfare system reform,
concurrent planning,
parent group development, and
transracial/transcultural parenting. NACAC also supports
adoptive families, holds an annual conference, and promotes
adoption awareness.
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Open Adoption Resources
and Support
Offers gifts and resources for
professionals, adoptive parents, birth parents
and
children related to open adoption.
Open International Families - Online Support
Group
To connect with families of internationally
born adopted children who
have an open relationship with
their child's birthparent(s).
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Radkid.org
Contains information and resources concerning ADHD, bipolar,
depression, post
traumatic stress, etc.
At-Hom
eDad
An online resource focusing on
stay-at-home dads who are primary caregivers.
Relevant
articles and book reviews as well as connections for
communicating with
others via email, chats, etc.
Special Needs
Future Planning
A website founded by attorney
Brian Rubin, who has a son with autism. Site includes
information and sample letters for those who must plan their
estates with the care
and guardianship of special need
children in mind.
email@specialneedsfutureplanning.com
United States Citizenship and
Immigration
Service
USCIS provides
updates for families adopting from overseas with information
specific to adopting from a particular country.
The Urban Institute
Analyzes policies, evaluates programs, and informs
community development to improve
social, civic, and
economic well-being. Research findings, educational resources
and fact sheets on kinship care are included.
US State
Department Intercountry Adoption
For families pursuing international adoption, the US State
Department recommends
retaining a reputable licensed
adoption agency before pursuing an intra-country
adoption.
Youth
Suicide Prevention Information
Things to look
for and listen for in teens as well as prevention suggestions
and help services. Sponsored by the San Pedro Youth Coalition
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