American Library Association's Great Website for Kids: http://www.ala.org/greatsites

Attention magazine provides science-based information and support

to people affected by Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Attention is produced

six times per year, specifically for CHADD members. The foremost professionals in the

AD/HD field write relevant and timely articles about a variety of topics, including diagnosis

 and treatment, coping and compensatory strategies, assistive technology, parenting issues,

adult issues, time management, co-occurring conditions, public policy, and much more.

To learn more about CHADD or Attention Magaine:

http://www.chadd.org/Content/CHADD/AttentionMagazine/default.htm

Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner) & PBS Video Clips:  http://teenagebrain.blogspot.com/. 

Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that studies children at all stages of

development. Our mission is to improve outcomes for children by providing research, data,

and analysis to the people and institutions whose decisions and actions affect children,

including program providers, the policy community, researchers and educators, and the media.

http://www.childtrends.org/index.cfm  (Research to Improve Children's Lives)

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The Creativity Crisis: For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining.

 What went wrong—and how we can fix it.  If you missed reading this Newsweek feature article, please do so now!

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html

College Links: CCIS college guidance counselors will provide face-to-face guidance and can  

Common Sense Media: The information here will help your kids stay Internet safe and smart.

For additional info: http://www.commonsense.com/internet-safety-guide/

NetSmartz: http://www.netsmartz.org

SafeKids: http://www.safekids.org

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Cuyahoga County Library: To view the calendar of events being offered at your local library,

please use the following link:  http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/stdBackPage.aspx?id=9971 

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/parentsguide/EWG_parentsguide.pdf

EWG: A Parent's Guide to Going Green: http://www.ewg.org/healthyhome

Check out Eco Child's Play Blog below and the Tutorial: Make a Child's Skirt from an

Adult Sweater at: www.craftingagreenworld.com

Family Education Network: FamilyEducation.com provides parents

Great Lakes Science Center: There’s so much to do at Great Lakes Science Center this summer.

    Hands On Northeast Ohio "NEO" was founded in early 2007 to it simple for volunteers to choose

from a variety of projects that connect community needs. http://www.handsonneo.org/AboutUs/index.php/index.html

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Hate Hurts: No child is born a bigot. Hate is learned, and there is no doubt it can be unlearned.

Leading experts on child development argue that the problem begins as early as preschool, where children

have already learned stereotypes or acquired negative attitudes toward "others:" The process of countering those

negatives with positives begins at an early age.

ADL's Website: http://www.adl.org/issue_education/hateprejudice/Prejudice2.asp

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Girls Circle Association: The Girls Circle Association seeks to promote girls' resiliency and connection

by equipping group facilitators with skills and resources to hold Girls Circles in their communities. While the Girls

Circle Facilitator Training focuses on meeting the needs of girls, it holds an underlying respect for and belief in

the rights to equality, dignity, and opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, culture, gender, sexual orientation, or age.

www.girlscircle.com

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A Parent's Guide to Recognizing the Co-occurring

Disorders of Adolescent Depression and Substance Abuse.

This publication (Tri-fold) is through a partnership with the Suicide Prevention Education Alliance (SPEA) and

the Parent to Parent Network through a grant from the Suicide Prevention Foundation.   

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Phonics GAMES

Fun Fonix

www.funfonix.com

With phonics games, phonics worksheets, and reading and spelling games, Fun Fonix is, you guessed it, all about phonics!

GameGoo: Educational Games

www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

Earobics is a K-3 “reading intervention’’ product from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Sadlier-Oxford: Phonics Student Online Components

www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm

These phonics games from Sadlier-Oxford are organized by grade level for students from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade.

SoftSchools.com:

www.softschools.com/language_arts/phonics

Although lacking a pretty interface, SoftSchools has a nice collection of interactive phonics

flashcards and phonics worksheet generators.

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Exercise Revolution: The New Science of Exercise & The Brain, John Ratey:

Check out the blog: http://johnratey.typepad.com/blog/2009/04/index.html

In Spark, John J. Ratey, MD, takes the listener on a fascinating journey through the mind-body connection,

presenting startling new research to prove that exercise is truly the best defense against everything from

mood disorders to ADHD to addiction to menopause to Alzheimer's. He explains that the brain works

just as muscles do-growing with use, withering with inactivity-and shows why getting your heart and lungs

pumping can mean the difference between a calm, focused mind and a harried, inattentive self.

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Lawrence School's Early Reading Screenings: Ongoing throughout the school year:

9/16/2010, 10/28/2010, 11/18/2010, 12/16/2011, 1/27/2011, 2/24/2011, 3/24/2011,

4/28/2011, 5/26/2011

Lawrence Lower School, 1551 East Wallings Road, Broadview Heights OH 44147 US
Time: 30 minute appointments scheduled between 9 am and 12 noon
Cost: FREE   Are you concerned about your child's reading level? Wondering if your child is on par with their

peers in language development? Lawrence Lower School Head Vanessa Diffenbacher and

licensed psychologist/adjunct Case Western Reserve University professor Dr. Ethan Schafer are

offering free reading skills screenings for non-Lawrence students in grades K-6.
Screenings include a personalized feedback session and recommendations.
Interested parents can contact Vanessa Diffenbacher to

schedule an appointment: 440-832-7822 or vdiffenbacher@lawrenceschool.org

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Libraries & Homework Help

American Library Association:  Over 700 Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful

Web Sites for Kids: http://www.ala.org/

Info Network Ohio a virtual K-12 library: http://www.infohio.org/Parent/default.html

Kidgrid: safe site websites for kids available by topic in various languages: http://www.kidgrid.com/kidgrid.htm

Librarians' Internet Index: websites you can trust:  Librarians' Internet Index (LII) is a publicly-funded website

and weekly newsletter serving California, the nation, and the world.  http://lii.org/

The WWW Virtual Library: http://vlib.org

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Learning Disabilities and Social Skills:  Richard Lavorie books and video suggestions:

http://www.ricklavoie.com/links.html or Learning Disabilities Association of America: http://www.ldaamerica.org/

or National Center for Learning Disabilities: http://www.ncld.org/

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Lotsa Helping Hands: CCIS families often support community members in need;

especially as illness or caregiver exhaustion begins to mount and extra help is needed.  Lotsa Helping Hands 

is a simple, immediate way for friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors to assist loved ones in need. It’s an

easy-to-use, private group calendar, specifically designed for organizing helpers. It’s also a place to keep

these ‘circles of community’ informed with status updates, photo galleries, message boards, and more.

www.lotsahelpinghands.com/home/

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Michael Thompson, Ph.D. is a consultant, author and psychologist specializing in children and families.

http://michaelthompson-phd.com/books.htm

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The National Association for the Education of Young Children is the world’s

largest organization dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of  educational

and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8. www.naeyc.org.

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New Directions Institute for Infant Brain Development: The mission of

New Directions Institute for Infant Brain Development (NDI) is to provide parents and caregivers with training and

tools to help every infant, toddler and pre-schooler develop a healthy brain and enter school ready to learn.

http://www.newdirectionsinstitute.org/index.html

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Parenting for Tolerance: age-specific sections offer practice advice about the challenges

and rewards of parenting in today's diverse world (a project of The Southern Poverty Law School's Teaching for Tolerance)

http://www.tolerance.org/parents/index.jsp

Parents can use "World Without Words" to help children understand and appreciate the multicultural roots of U.S. English. (Ages 10-15)

World Without Words Activity. View "World Without Words." Select one of the three scenes -- picnic, zoo and classroom --

and then click on each object or culture name to reveal the multicultural roots of commonly used terms. 

View Planet Tolerance at: http://www.tolerance.org/pt/index.html

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PBS Parents: Child development, education, issues and advice, plus learn how to respond to

common issues and concerns: http://www.pbs.org/parents/  Most boys are more active than most girls.

Their pretend play can be scarier, too. But just because boys turn sticks into guns or make bombs

out of balloons doesn't mean they'll become violent men. Find out when to be concerned.

Raising Readers: You know learning to read is important for kids, but it's hard

to know where to start. PBS KIDS gathered tips and tricks for making reading a fun, easy part of everyday life.

There are lots of ways to raise a reader beyond just reading a book together. You'll even learn how PBS KIDS TV

shows like Sesame Street, Between the Lions, SUPER WHY and WordWorld can help kids to read, too!

Check it out here: http://pbskids.org/read/parents/

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The Council: promotes strength, responsibility and community in pre-teen and adolescent boys

and young men by equipping group facilitators with curricula, skills and resources to

hold Councils in their communities. The Council incorporates a relational-cultural framework and masculinity

research practices, building on boys' abilities and creating opportunities for resilient actions and

relationships in boys and young men's lives. To explore: http://www.boyscouncil.com/mission.htm

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The Raising Resilient Children Foundation through the

Resilience Project disseminates information to assist adults to raise, support, and develop stress hardy children.

Online Resource Center: http://www.raisingresilientkids.com/resources/index.html

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SAY Coalition (Social Advocates for Youth): http://www.bellefairejcb.org/e-say/index.html

Join Bellefaire JCB's SAY on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Say-Bellefaire-Jcb/100000087356954

SAY is the School-based prevention and early intervention program run by Bellefaire JCB. SAY works to create a

coalition of community representatives working to strengthen families, youth and their communities in order to:

Help prevent the use of alcohol and other drugs by teens and adolescents; help reduce the incidence of social and

behavioral problems such as teen violence, depression and suicide; support teens and their families through adolescence.  

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The Strengths Movement: At its core, the Strengths Movement is a social movement intended to change

how we view ourselves, our children and our world. We have all been conditioned to see

weaknesses and mine for deficits. Homepage: www.strengthsmovement.com/ 

Jenifer Fox's Strengths Introduction on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFfPNNQs12k

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Sue Blaney empowers, educates and connects parents of teenagers. She is the author of

Please Stop the Rollercoaster!  How Parents of Teenagers Can Smooth Out the Ride, a guide for parents

and a parent discussion group program. Thousands of parents have improved communication with

their teenagers by participating in her “Rollercoaster!” discussion group program. Her popular blog and website features

valuable content including free parenting articles, podcasts and newsletters.  www.PleaseStoptheRollercoaster.com   

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40 Developmental Assets (The Search Institute, a non-profit organization

specializing in research on youth, examined why some kids have a difficult time growing up and why

some have an easy time. Refer to the Search Institute: www.search-institute.org or read "What Kids Need to Succeed: Proven, Practical

Ways to Raise Good Kids." by Pamela Espeland, Judy Galbraith and Peter L. Benson

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Time to Talk:  Provides easy-to-use guides and tips for ongoing parent conversations to keep

your kids healthy and drug-free:  www.timetotalk.org

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Volunteer Statistics for the Cleveland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

Major cities in this MSA include Cleveland, OH; Elyria, OH; and Mentor, OH. To see data available for the area, including young

adult volunteer rates, click the customize button. To design your own charts that compare

different areas, click the compare button. http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/OH/Cleveland

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Wired Moms is a coalition of moms and mom groups with a central focus of connecting with their families through

technology and to getting the most out of the new innovations that make our lives easier and more fun and keeping our

kids and ourselves safe online. Parry Aftab, Founder – Parry Aftab is a security, privacy and cyberspace lawyer, as

well as an author and child advocate. Her main focus is teaching good cyber citizenship, especially to young people. 

This includes cyberbullying and responsible use of technology.

http://wiredmoms.com/

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Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio
13110 Shaker Square, Suite C203, Cleveland, OH 44120-2313 - 216-561-5005 www.yaneo.org 

Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio (YANEO, formerly Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland) is an affiliated professional

chapter of Young Audiences, Inc., the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit arts-in-education organization

dedicated to making the arts essential to the education of all school-aged children.

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Your Teen: Your Teen, a quarterly publication, offers an open forum for parents.

Click here for subscription info and articles: http://www.yourteenmag.com/

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