RESOURCES
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The Attention Deficit Disorder Association The Attention Deficit Disorder Association provides information, resources and networking opportunities to help adults with ADHD lead better lives. www.add.org
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) Through collaborative leadership, advocacy, research and education and support, CHADD provides science- and evidenced-based information about ADHD to parents, educators, professionals, the media, and the general public. www.chadd.org
A.D.D. Warehouse
“Since 1990, we've built the world's largest collection of ADHD-related books, videos, training programs, games, professional texts and assessment products. Because of it's tremendous depth, and the quality of the products we carry, our catalog is a recommended source of help in practically every book written on ADHD... and is provided to patients by hundreds of health professionals across the country.” www.addwarehouse.com
• Addiction Resources
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. www.aa.org
Al-Anon/Alateen AThe Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength and hope in order to solve their common problems. www.al-anon.alateen.org
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA) Sexual Compulsives Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from sexual compulsion. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop having compulsive sex. www.sca-recovery.org
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
Narcotics Anonymous is an international, community-based association of recovering drug addicts with more than 31,000 weekly meetings in over 100 countries worldwide. www.na.org
Overeaters Anonymous (OA) Overeaters Anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive overeating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. Worldwide meetings and other tools provide a fellowship of experience, strength and hope where members respect one another's anonymity. www.oa.org
• Adolescent Resources
TEEN LINE TEEN LINE was founded in 1981 to help adolescents address their problems through a confidential peer hotline and community outreach program. TEEN LINE is a sanctuary for the more than 10,000 youth each year that call the hotline. Toll-free in California, it’s a place to talk things out with another teen in a safe, non-judgmental environment. www.teenlineonline.org
1-800-TLC-TEEN (1-800-852-8336)
or 310-855-HOPE (310-855-4673)
Nightly 6:00 pm-10:00 pm (PST) For life threatening emergencies, please call 911.
L.A. Youth Since 1988 L.A. Youth has been the only independent Los Angeles newspaper written by and about teens. Through its newspaper, web site, and journalism-training program, L.A. Youth fosters job and educational skills, provides a forum for communication and gives young people a voice in civic life. www.layouth.com
Teen Screen Program
The Columbia University Teen Screen Program is a national mental health and suicide risk-screening program for youth. The goal of the National Teen Screen Program is to make voluntary mental health check-ups available for all American teens. Teen Screen works by assisting communities throughout the nation with developing locally operated and sustained screening programs for youth. Screening can take place in schools, doctors' offices, clinics, youth groups, shelters, and other youth-serving organizations and settings. www.teenscreen.org
• Depression Resources
Families for Depression Awareness The mission of Families for Depression Awareness is to help families recognize and cope with depressive disorders. It has created a Depression Monitoring Kit, which includes an educational booklet to help adults with depression monitor treatment with daily and weekly tools. http://familyaware.org
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the nation’s leading patient-directed organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses – depression and bipolar disorder. The organization fosters an understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. www.dbsalliance.org
National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead Federal agency for research on mental and behavioral disorders. Its public health mission mandates a focus on those with the most serious mental illness. NIMH works to improve mental health through biomedical research on mind, brain, and behavior. www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/depressionmenu.cfm
• Healthy Parenting Resources
Family Education.com
FamilyEducation.com provides parents with school solutions, homework help, parenting tips, and expert advice.
www.familyeducation.com
Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/home.html
Parents Anonymous Parents Anonymous Inc. is the nation's oldest child abuse prevention organization, dedicated to strengthening families and building caring communities that support safe and nurturing homes for all children. Parents Anonymous provides training and technical assistance, develops publications and conducts research on meaningful Parent and Shared Leadership, systems reform and effective community-based strategies to strengthen families. http://www.parentsanonymous.org/paIndex1.htm
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. It provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. http://www.pflag.org/
SAMHSA Family Guide SAMHSA.gov is a public education Web site, developed to support the efforts of parents and other caring adults to promote mental health and prevent the use of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs among 7- to 18-year-olds. http://family.samhsa.gov/
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry developed Facts for Families to provide concise and up-to-date information on various issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families. The AACAP has produced the Facts for Families in English and Spanish. http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam
• Obsession and Compulsions Resources
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
The Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the prevention, treatment and cure of anxiety disorders and to improve the lives of all people who suffer from them. www.adaa.org
Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
The Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation (OCF), with more than 10,000 members, is an international not-for-profit organization composed of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder and related disorders, their families, friends, professionals and other concerned individuals. www.ocfoundation.org
• Suicide Prevention Resources
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s mission is to provide immediate assistance to individuals in suicidal crisis by connecting them to the nearest available suicide prevention and mental health service provider through a toll-free number: 1-800-273-TALK (8255). www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
The Suicide Prevention Center The Suicide Prevention Center operates with over 100 volunteers who have been trained by professionals specializing in suicide prevention. SPC volunteers perform telephone crisis intervention, bereavement support, and community education and outreach. www.suicidepreventioncenter.org
24-Hour Crisis Line: 1-877-727-4747 or 310-391-1253
American Association of Suicidology
The goal of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is to understand and prevent suicide. AAS promotes research, public awareness programs, public education, and training for professionals and volunteers. In addition, AAS serves as a national clearinghouse for information on suicide. www.suicidology.org
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
SAVE's Mission is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, eliminate stigma and serve as a resource to those touched by suicide. www.save.org
Special Education Resources
Wrightslaw.Wrightslaw is the leading website about special education law and advocacy, with thousands of articles, cases, and free resources related to children with special learning needs. Parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate and reliable information. http://www.wrightslaw.com/
Protection and Advocacy, Inc.Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (PAI) is a non-profit disability rights organization that works in partnership with people with disabilities - to protect, advocate for and advance their human, legal and service rights. PAI "strives toward a society that values all people and supports their rights to dignity, freedom, choice and quality of life." http://www.pai-ca.org/
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates.The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPAA) is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates and parents. COPPA's primary mission is to secure high quality educational services for children with disabilities. COPAA is premised on the belief that the key to effective educational programs for children with disabilities is collaboration -as equals- by parents and educators. http://www.copaa.org/
Downloadable, PDF-style Form Letters for Parents & Advocates. The following are downloadable, PDF-style form letters for parents and advocates assisting children with special learning needs.
Mind Over Mood
Families Like Mine
