RESOURCES

From the Association for the Care of Children's Health
Seasons of Caring. This 40-minute video documents the lives of several families who have young children with disabilities and shows the importance of having skillful and knowledgeable service providers throughout. A curriculum guide is also available.

Special Kids, Special Dads: Fathers of Children with Disabilities. This 23-minute video provides some answers as fathers speak for themselves about their emotional needs, their concerns, and the importance of involving them in the care of their children.

To order, or to receive a catalog of publications, contact:

Association for the Care of Children's Health
7910 Woodmont Avenue
Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 654-6549
 

An Interpersonal cognitive
Problem-Solving Program
for Children:
I Can Problem Solve

Developed by Hahnemann University and field tested throughout the country, this award-winning program has proven to be effective in helping children to resolve and prevent interpersonal problems. The program teaches children how to think, not what to think, and to learn that behavior has causes, that people have feelings, and that there is more than one way to solve a problem.

For more information, contact:

Research Press
2612 N. Mattis Avenue
Champaign, IL 61821
(217) 352-3273
(217) 352-1221 Fax

Publications from Redleaf Press
A Practical guide to solving preschool behavior problems, by Eva Essa. This guide provides concrete suggestions for handling behavior "problems" common in early childhood settings. Topics include biting, name calling, disrupting activities, short attention span, clinging, and many others.#1518.

Love and Anger: The Parental Dilemma, by Nancy Samalin. This book contains constructive alternatives for anger-driving words and actions that don't hurt children and lessen parental guilt. #5026

Active parenting, by Michael Popkin. Based on a successful video on a parent education program, this book provides techniques for active, rather than reactive, parenting. #5009.

Six Stages of Parenthood, by Ellen Galinsky. this book provides insights into the six "stages" of parenthood and offers a look at parental growth which is thought provoking and reassuring. #5014

The Sleep Book for Tired Parents: Help for Solving Children's Sleep Problems, by Rebecca Huntly. Here is help for the walking weary. Many common sleep problems are examined and solutions are offered. #5021

Self-Esteem: A Family Affair, by Jean Illsley Clark. A warm, affirming book to help parents and other caregivers bring out the best in the children and themselves. #5013

The Caring Child, by Nancy Eisengerg. Understand how pro social behaviors develop so you can encourage them in your children. #1539

To order these materials, or to receive a catalog, contact:

Redleaf Press
450 North Syndicate, Suite 5
St. Paul, MN 55104-4125
(800)423-8309

NCCAN's Clearing house on Child Abuse and Neglect

The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) has a "User Manual Series" designed to provide guidance to professionals involved in the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Some of the publications that are available from NCCAN's Clearinghouse are:

A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: A Basic Manual

The Role of Educators in the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect

Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers

Caregivers of Young Children: Preventing and Responding to Child Maltreatment

The Role of Mental Health Professionals in the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect

For information on receiving single copies free, contact:

Clearinghouse on Child
Abuse and Neglect Information
P.O. Box 1182
Washington, DC 200 13-1182
(703) 385-7565
(800) FYI-3366

Publications From
Parenting Press

Parenting Press offers numerous ideas and suggestions on how to raise children with love, wisdom, and joy. Some of their creative parenting series include:

Dealing with Feelings Series gives children constructive ways to express their anger without hurting anyone;

Children's Problem Solving Series shows how to teach children negotiating skills; and

Let's Talk About Feelings Series explores common feelings everyone experiences.

Other titles include:

Love and Anger: The Parental Dilemma. Offers techniques for directing parental anger into a constructive expression.

Without Spanking or Spoiling, 2nd Edition. This book gives information on different parenting approaches to help parents choose the right guidance method for their child.

For more information, contact:

Parenting Press, Inc.
11065 5th Avenue NE, Ste. F
Seattle, WA 98125
(800) 992-6657

Zero to Three

Zero to three/National Center for Clinical Infant Programs is the only national not-for-profit organizations dedicated solely to improving the chances for healthy cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development of infants and toddlers. Some of the publications they offer are:

Caring for Infants an Toddlers in Violent Environments: Hurt, Healing, and Hope, by Joy Osofsky and Emily Fenichel. Created by Zero to Three's Study Group on Violence, this pamphlet offers care taking strategies and support for very young victims of community violence, and abuse. Dec.1993/Jan. 1994.

Can They Hope to Feel Safe Again? The Impact of Community Violence on our Infants, Toddlers, their Families, and Practitioners, is the report on the 8th Annual Conference on the National Center for Clinical Infant Programs. Dec.1991.

Heart Start: The Emotional Foundation of School Readiness. Heart Start has published specific recommendations for Federal, State, local, and corporate actions to help all children be ready for school by the year 2000. The materials identify and illustrate the critical experiences in early childhood that build an emotional foundation for success in school.

For information on the organization, these publications, or other materials, contact:

Zero to Three
National Center for Clinical Infant Programs
PO Box 25494
Richmond, VA 23260-5494
(703)528-6848
(703)528-6848 Fax
(703)528-0419 TDD

Let's Talk About
Living in a World with Violence
by James Garbarino

This is an activity workbook, with parent and teacher guides, to help children process their feelings, thoughts, and experiences in relation to violence. The workbook is designed for use with children between 7 and 11 but early child hood teachers (including in Head Start day care centers in Chicago) have successfully adapted it for younger children. Also available in Spanish. 1993.

For information on this workbook, or on other materials, contact:

Erikson Institute
420 N. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 755-2244
(3 12) 755-2255 Fax

From the Consumer Information Center

The Consumer Information Center offers various publications on mental health, including:

A Consumer's Guide to Mental Health Services. Answers commonly asked questions, helps identify warning signs, discusses treatments, and lists resources. Free.

Plain Talk About the Stigma of Mental Illness. Clear, straightforward information about mental illness to counter public misperceptions and myths. Free.

Also offers publications dealing with depression, stress, and help groups. For information on these publications, or for a catalog of publications, contact:

R. Woods
Consumer Information
Center 3A
P.O. Box 100
Pueblo, CO 81002

NAMI- The
National Alliance
for the Mentally Ill

NAMI, a grass roots, self-help, support and advocacy organization for families and friends of individuals with mental illness, and NAMI CAN (NAMI's Children and Adolescents Network), offer brochures, posters, tapes, and publications on the mentally ill. Some of their materials include:

The Hyperactive Child, Adolescent and Adult;

When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness;

Families as Allies in the Treatment of the Mentally Ill.

For information on these or other publications, or on the organization, contact:

NAMI CAN
2101 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 302
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 524-7600

Scholastic, Inc.

First Feelings. This book tells how to recognize the key stages of children's emotional growth from birth to age five, while guiding and enhancing early psychological development.

The Essential Partnership: How Parents and Children Can Meet the Emotional Challenges of Infancy and
Childhood. Topics include building self-esteem, fostering independence, handling tantrums, and more.

To obtain these publications, contact:

SCHOLASTIC, NC.
P.O. Box 7502
Jefferson City, MO 65102-7502
(800) 631-1586
(314) 635-5881 Fax

From the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Reducing Stress in Young Children's Lives, by J.B. McCracken. Tells how parents and teachers can help children deal successfully with today's problems so they will have the strength and skills to face tomorrow's challenges. #216.

Caring: Supporting Children's Growth, by R.M. Warren. Shows how to find positive ways to help children deal with the challenges of growing up, including divorce, abuse,  and death. #213.

Media Violence and Children: A Guide for Parents, by Joan Horton and Jenni Zimmer. This one-page pamphlet details the effects of TV violence on young children. It includes approaches parents can use to mediate their children's TV viewing and lessen the effects on media violence as a whole. #585

NAEYC also has videos, brochures, and posters (such as "Children learn to love when they are loved") to support children's mental health. For more information on these materials, or on other materials that deal with the early education and development of young children, contact:

National Association  for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
1509 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20036-1426
(800)424-2460
(202)232-8777
(202)328-1846 Fax

What You Need to
Know About Your
Child with an
Emotional Disability
and the Individualized
Education Plan (IEP)

This manual is for parents of children with emotional disorders and provides information on school LEP plans. While it was developed specifically for Kansas, the information can be used in all States. 1989.

For more information, contact:

Theresa J. Early
University of Kansas
School of Social Welfare
Twente Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045-2510

Mental Health in
Head Start: A
Partner for
Families

Recently distributed to all Head Start programs, this 28-minute video, and accompanying guide, is intended for use with parent groups to describe how Head Start program activities can promote mental health for children and families. The tape shows Head Start parents, children, and staff "in action" and uses these images to help viewers relate to the challenges and solutions portrayed.

What Do You Do With a Child Like This?
byL. Tobin

This book will assist teachers and others in their work with troubled children. The author presents insights that address the inner needs of children and offers creative responses to deal with "creative misbehavior." It comes with a teacher's companion, 62 Ways to Create Change in the Lives of Troubled Children.

To obtain a copy of this book, or for information on other publications, contact the publisher:

Whole Person Associates
Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers
210 W.Michigan
Duluth, MN 55802-1908
(218) 727-0500
(218) 72700505 Fax

Recommended by Can Olmsted, Region X Resource Access Project, Portland, Oregon

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ACF/ACYF/HSB
Washington, DC 20201

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