Links of interest to parents
DSEA does not recommend or endorse these sites but provides them to parents for their information and urges them to use them with caution.America Goes Back to School: Get Involved! Involvement suggestions from the U.S. Department of Education
Information about ADD/ADHD
AudiologyInfo.Com C
Contains information related to hearing, special hearing tests for children, and general hearing tests
Awesome Library Organizes exploration of the World Wide Web with 10,000 resources.
Babyworld Provides an alternative (British) point of view on caring for a new baby.
Bilingual Families Web Page Contains articles on defining bilingualism and special problems of bilingual families by a woman interested in this subject.
Bilingual Parenting in a Foreign Language Contains family stories of parents raising their children in a foreign language, listings of resources.
Children's Literature Web Guide from the University of Calgary
Learn more about children's books.
Children's Television Workshop
Online
Features articles from Sesame Street
Parents that provide insight into preschoolers' physical, intellectual, and emotional
development.
Community Update from the U.S. Dept. of Education, featuring "best practices" and focuses
on how communities can learn from each other as they improve their schools.
Delaware's Parent Information Center,which strives to improve outcomes for all children, especially children with disabilities, by providing information, education, and support
Disney's Family.Com
Contains sections on activities,
computing, learning, parenting, food, and travel; parenting section can be searched
by age of child and topic.
Dr. Greene's House Calls
Pediatric wisdom for the information
age is provided in a question and answer format on this site.
EarlyChildhood.Com
Contains advice from experts
in the early childhood field.
Education Week on the Web
Education Week is a newspaper about what's happening in education, nationally and statewide, often dealing with education policy as it is being developed, as well as its impact in the classroom. This site also provides articles
from past issues as background reading for interested parents and educators.
Fair Test Fact Sheets
Several fact sheets on student testing are available at this site which promotes fair and open student testing.
Family Learning: Parent Involvement
Materials
Ideas from the ERIC Clearinghouse
on Reading, English, and Communication
Family Living Programs: Parenting
the First Year
This site has the Parenting the First
Year newsletter.
Fatherhood Project
Examining the future of fatherhood and developing ways to support men's involvement
in childrearing.
Food and Nutrition Information
Center
Contains information on healthy school meals.
Future of Children
Contains issues of an academic journal available in print and online.
Parents' section provides information on the early development of left-handers.
Hand in Hand
Works to share information about
programs that expect, value, and nurture a family and community role in children's
learning.
I Am Your Child
Contains information on child development
from birth to age three.
International Dyslexia Assocation
Explains dyslexia, provides reading
lists and other information for parents, and suggestions on how to approach the
IEP process.
Keeping Youth Drug Free A Guide for Parents, Grandparents, Elders, Mentors, and Other Caregivers (Spring 1996) from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Books and Reading: Frequently Asked Questions This is just one part of the American Library Association's web site. Lots of information here!
Kids First
Evaluates and rates children's entertainment: videos,
CD-ROMs and television programs.
Kids' Money
Contains a survey on family allowance practices, money management, investing, a
parents' book list, and a discussion group on kids' money.
KidsHealth.Org
Provides information about growth,
food and fitness, childhood infections, immunizations, lab tests, and the latest
treatments from the Nemours Foundation.
LD OnLine Interactive Learning Guide to Disabilities, for Teachers, Parents, and Children Assessment
Learning Partners Publications
for Parents
More ideas from the U.S. Department
of Education.
Mapping Your Future
Offers students and parents a virtual
"walk" through the process of planning for college.
NAEYC
Contains information for parents
on the importance of the early years as learning years.
National Association for Gifted
Children
Contains information on identifying
gifted children and characteristics of various areas of giftedness
National Center for Fathering
The site features "Today's Father"
magazine, tips for fathers, research on the importance of fathers in their children's
lives.
National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children
Provides a missing child database.
National Center on Child Abuse
and Neglect
Online publications and fact sheets.
National Parenting Organization: Parent Further
Provides information to parents about parenting issues of many types
National Middle School Association Provides information on how to recognize high quality middle schools, and a catalog of books for parents about adolescents and school-home relationships.
National PTA Home page of the National PTA.
National Safe Kids Campaign Provides a "Family Safety Check" quiz, and fact sheets on car, bicycle, water, firearm, and pedestrian safety; and burn, poison, and fall prevention.Parent News
Offers interactive opportunities
for parents, family movie reviews, parent advice forums, parent news library and
archives, and a Parents' Choice bookstore.
Parenting Pipeline
Contains newsletters for parents
of preschoolers, kindergartners, second, fourth, and sixth graders, and teens.
Parenting of K-6 Children
Features articles related to raising
school-aged children, including entertainment and parties, contests, web safety
for children.
Pediatric Primer
Each month, this site features two
new topics from the general subject areas of Child Development and/or Accident Prevention.
Positive Parenting Online
Includes features, an index to experts
nearby or in your community, live chat , bulletin board, and "Positive Parenting
Newsletter."
Preventing Drug Use Among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide Presents an overview of the research on the origins and pathways of drug abuse and the prevention of drug use among young people.
Read, Write NowFeatures activities for reading and writing fun for children from preschool through grade 6.
ReadyWeb
A compilation of resources on getting
children ready for school and getting schools ready for children.
Safe-T-Child On-Line
Includes a quiz to test your child's
safety skills, and a information on child safety in a variety of situations.
Offers unbiased reviews of children's software by parents, teachers, and kids in this Parents and Teachers Guide to Software.
Teen Help Lists resources to support groups, parent and teen retreats, adolescent counselors, treatment programs, schools, camps, and other alternatives.
The WonderWise Parent
Intended for parents and professionals
to help them learn more about parent-child relationships.
Zero to Three: National Center
for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
Offers information for parents on infant care and development, suggestions for choosing
child care, and developmental milestones of infants.
Teaching Tips
Improving Your Learning By Listening
Test Taking Strategies:Essay Tests
Writing Essays And Compositions