Parent Resources

Texas-specific resources:

The Texas Homeless Network
www.thn.org

2-1-1Texas : directory information for a variety of human needs services
www.211texas.org/211

The Salvation Army- Texas Division
www.salvationarmytexas.org/salvationarmytexas

The American Red Cross: enter your zip code for local chapter assistance
www.redcross.org

Texas Department of Agriculture – SquareMeals.org
www.squaremeals.org/fn/home/page/0,1248,2348_0_0_0,00.html

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (Cooperative Extension Agencies) – Family and Consumer Sciences
http://fcs.tamu.edu/

Texas Health and Human Services Commission
www.hhs.state.tx.us/index.shtml

 

From the National Association of School Psychologists at www.nasponline.org:

Helping Children Cope in Unsettling Times: Tips for Parents and Educators
www.nasponline.org/families/unsettlingtimes.pdf

Coping in Unsettling Times: Tips for Students
www.nasponline.org/families/unsettlingtimes_students.pdf

Helping Homeless Students – Article for Secondary School Principals
www.nasponline.org/resources/principals/nassp_homeless.aspx 

Homeless Students in the Schools: Information for Educators
www.nasponline.org/resources/principals/nasp_homeless.pdf

Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Students – Article for Secondary School Principals
www.nasponline.org/resources/principals/School-Based%20Mental%20Health%20Services%20NASSP%20Sept%202006.pdf

Supporting Children's Mental Health: Tips for Parents and Educators
www.nasponline.org/resources/mentalhealth/mhtips.aspx

School-Wide Methods for Fostering Resiliency—Article for Secondary School Principals
www.nasponline.org/resources/principals/schoolresiliency.pdf

Resilience: Strategies for Parents and Educators – PowerPoint
http://nasp.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT00NTMwNzQmcD0xJnU9NzUxOTUyMDk3JmxpPTE1ODUyNzA/index.html

Building Resiliency: Helping Children Learn to Weather Tough Times – Parent Article
www.nasponline.org/communications/spawareness/spweek2005_resilho.aspx

Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS)
www.nasponline.org/communications/webpage/pbis.txt

Stress in Children and Adolescents
www.nasponline.org/families/stress08.pdf

Helping Transition to a New School: Tips for Parents in Tough Economic Times
www.nasponline.org/educators/transition_newschool.pdf

New Schools for Students with Disabilities: Tips for Families Who Have Been Relocated
www.nasponline.org/educators/relocatedfamilies_newschools.pdf

 

From the Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA:

School Interventions to Prevent and Respond to Affect and Mood Problems
www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/quicktraining/affectandmood.pdf

Anxiety, Fears, Phobias and Related Problems:  Intervention and Resources for School Aged Youth
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/Anxiety/anxiety.pdf

Children and Poverty
www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/p1102_01.htm

Enhancing Classroom Approaches for Addressing Barriers to Learning:  Classroom-Focused Enabling
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/contedu/cfe.pdf - Especially pages 23-36

Resilience/Protective Factors
www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/resilience.html

About School Engagement and Re-engagement
www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/reengagestudents.pdf

 

Other web sites:

American Psychological Association Help Center – The Road to Resilience
www.apahelpcenter.org/featuredtopics/feature.php?id=6&ch=4

Search Institute – Developmental Assets
www.search-institute.org/assets

Ohio State University – Fostering Resiliency In Children
http://ohioline.osu.edu/b875/index.html

Mental Health America
www.nmha.org/go/about-us

SchoolMentalHealth.org
www.schoolmentalhealth.org

10 Things You Can Do In Your School to Address Child Poverty
www.spcottawa.on.ca/EOCPRN/PDFs/PrincipalsTenThings.PDF