Professional Resources
On behalf of the MA Association for School-Based Health Care, we wanted to thank you so much for participating in the “Empowering Schools, Communities and Families to Stop Bullying” Conference held on June 8, 2010 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. As promised we have pulled together the proceedings from the event and wanted to be certain you have a copy. You can download the document from our new website www.ma4sbhc.org or directly open the pdf from the following link:...
Here is a link to AAP Parenting Corner Q & A: Alcohol Abuse and answers to how you can help your child avoid using and abusing alcohol?
"Putting Positive Youth Development Into Practice (A Resource Guide)" - The HHS/ACF/Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) provides national leadership on youth and family issues. The Bureau promotes positive outcomes for children, youth, and families by supporting a wide range of comprehensive services and collaborations at the local, Tribal, State, and national levels. FYSB endorses the Positive Youth Development approach, which recognizes that empowered young people need support, guidance, and opportunities during adolescence. Using Positive Youth Development Strategies, FYSB programs give young people the chance to build skills, choose healthy lifestyles, exercise leadership, and participate in their...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has established a clear vision for its work—a life in the community for everyone. To realize this vision, the Agency has sharply focused its mission on building resilience and facilitating recovery for people with or at risk for mental or substance use disorders. SAMHSA is gearing all of its resources—programs, policies and grants—toward that outcome.
Join Together is a program of the Boston University School of Public Health. Since 1991 it has been the nation's leading provider of information, strategic planning assistance, and leadership development for community-based efforts to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment.
Child Trends DataBank is a one-stop shop for the latest national trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month.
Americans are all-too familiar with the terrible consequences of drunk driving. We also are becoming increasingly aware of the dangers of driving with distractions such as text messaging or talking on a cell phone. Working with the Department of Transportation (DOT) and other Federal agencies, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is taking steps to highlight the growing problem of drugged driving.
Bullying: Selected Resources for Children, Teens, Parents and Teachers
DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive Web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide. DrugWatch.com includes up-to-date information about prescription and over-the-counter medications and includes details about associated side effects to aid in the protection of patients and consumers.
1. “Reality Check: A Student’s Guide to the Real World” by Grant Baldwin;
2008, Priority Productions, ISBN: 0981855806
2. “I’ll Miss You Too: What Will Change, What will Not and How We’ll Stay
Connected” By Margo Bane Woodacre & Staffany Bane; Sourcebook Inc.
2005
3. “Navigating your Freshman Year: How to Make the Leap to College Life and
Land on Your Feet”, Students Helping Students, 2005
4. “College of the Overwhelmed: The Campus Mental Health Crisis and What to
do About It”, By Foy DiGeronimo
5. “You’re on Your Own (but I’m here if you need me),”By Marjorie Savage;
Fireside Press, 2003
6. “Getting the Best Out of College: A Professor, A Dean & A Student...
Kreative Kidz camps are fun, high-energy programs that allow young people to fully engage their imaginations as they experience the thrill of creating live theatre. From learning the basic techniques of acting for the stage, to developing improvisation and physical comedy skills, to putting it all together in a public performance, it will be a summer your child will never forget.
Students participate in a wide variety of theatre activities-including improvisation, scene study, storytelling, creative writing, and group singing-all taught by caring teachers dedicated to meeting each child at his or her level.
Classes emphasize drama games and exercises designed to increase spontaneity, engage the imagination, promote...
CTC as a process can work at both a local community level and also at a strategic level. Analysis of the particular risks influencing children leads to a strategy where genuine priorities are targeted for action, allowing informed decisions to be taken about existing services and the most effective way of delivering them. Gaps in provision are identified and filled by introducing new interventions which have a track record of success. Follow the links below to download the Communities That Care Surveys taken by Plymouth students.
Resource Manual provided by Plymouth County District Attorney's Office.
(October 2009)
The Council on Accreditation (COA) partners with human service organizations worldwide to improve service delivery outcomes by developing, applying, and promoting accreditation standards.
The National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) was created in January of 1999 to serve as a national resource for programs and professionals assisting young people beleaguered by emotional and behavioral difficulties. The Association is governed by an elected, volunteer Board of Directors comprised of representatives from the NATSAP membership.
In thousands of ways, social workers help people help themselves. People of every age. From every background. In every corner of the country – wherever we’re needed – starting here and now. Welcome to your source for professional advice, inspiring stories – even a social worker directory. Social workers. Help starts here.
We are an independent, nonprofit organization. That means our focus is on ensuring the services you use meet your needs for quality and the best possible outcomes.
CARF reviews and grants accreditation services nationally and internationally on request of a facility or program. Our standards are rigorous, so those services that meet them are among the best available.
IECA is widely recognized as the nation’s leading professional organization for those educational placement advisors working in private practice. For more than 30 years IECA has helped its members to effectively serve families in placements that include colleges, local day and boarding schools, schools or programs for students with learning or behavioral needs, international placements, summer opportunities, and graduate and professional schools.
CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) is the nation's leading non-profit organization serving individuals with AD/HD and their families. CHADD has over 16,000 members in 200 local chapters throughout the U.S. Chapters offer support for individuals, parents, teachers, professionals, and others.
CHADD is a membership organization, produces the bi-monthly Attention! magazine (for members), and sponsors an annual conference. The National Resource Center on AD/HD (NRC) is the CDC-funded national clearinghouse for evidence-based information about AD/HD.