Resources
Useful websites and books recommended by our pediatricians. Most of our age related handout sheets have additional webpages and books and can be found under “Health Maintenance“.
Websites:
- www.poison.org
- www.healthychildren.org
- www.youngmenshealthsite.org
- www.youngwomenshealth.org
- www.chop.edu – useful information on immunizations and controversies
- www.cpsc.gov
- www.ewg.org
- www.kidshealth.org
- www.cdc.gov
Learning Disabilities/ADD Resources
- www.ncld.org/
- www.understood.org/en
- A.D.D Warehouse
www.myadhd.com/ - American Psychological Association – Psychology Help Center
www.apa.org/helpcenter/index.aspx - National Association of Attention Deficit Disorders
www.add.org/ - CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
www.chadd.org - A website that focuses on the needs of Women and Girls
www.addvance.com - Resilience: Dr. Alvord Talks about Resilience
www.youtube.com/user/APAHelpCenter - Bullying: Stop Bullying Now: Take A Stand
www.stopbullying.gov/ - Groups for Kids in the Washington, DC Metro Area
www.groups4kids.com/ - National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml - Parents Ask (Because Raising Kids Raises Questions)
www.parentsask.com - Parents Perspective (a weekly radio show that has a podcast available on a variety of topics)
www.parentsperspective.org/ - Sports Injuries
www.stopsportsinjuries.org
Books:
BOOKS FOR THE BEREAVED
- How to Help Children Through a Parent’s Serious Illness, by Kathleen McCue,
- The Bereaved Parent by H. Schriff
- On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- Questions and Answers About Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- *When Bad Things Happen To Good People by Kushner
- Tracks of a Fellow Struggler by Bayly
- The Growing Season by Hickman
- Facing Death by Kavanaugh
- Books to Help Children Cope with Separation and Loss by Bowker
- Explaining Death to Children by Grollman
- Talking About Death: a dialogue between parent and child by Carl Grollman
- They Need to Know by Gordon
- Death: What do you say to a child by Davidson
- Telling a Child About Death by Jackson
- Answers to a Child’s Questions About Death by Stillman
- *The Grieving Child: a parents guide by Helen Fitzgerald
- *How It Feels When A Parent Dies by Jill Krementz
- *How To Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies by Therese Rando, PhD
- Losing A Parent by Fiona Marshall
- Going The Distance by George Sheehan
FOR CHILDREN
Ages 3-6
- Tell Me, Papa by Centering Corp
- Where’s Jess? By Centering Corp.
- Fall of Freddy the Leaf by Bascalia
- The 10th Good Thing About Barney by Viorst
Ages 6-12
- The Magic Moth by Lee
- A Taste of Blackberries by Smith
- Charlottes Web by White
Ages 12 and up
- Sounder by Armstrong
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Craven
- The Final Mystery by Klein
GUIDES TO CANCER
- Facing Cancer, a complete guide for people with cancer, their families and caregivers by Ted Stern and Mikkael Sekeres
- Giving Comfort: what you can do when someone you love is ill by Linda Milstein
- When A Parent Has Cancer by Wendy Harpham
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