Brochure Offers Help for Spanish-Speaking Parents When Children are Missing
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has announced the availability of a Spanish version of the brochure “When Your Child is Missing: A Family Survival Guide.” The guide is the third edition of an OJJDP report first published in 1998. It provides expanded information on the AMBER Alert Plan.

“Quando su Nino Desaparece: Una Guia para la Supervivencia de la Familia: (NCJ206837) offers Spanish-speaking parents insights into what they should do when their child is missing. Written by parents and family members who have experienced the disappearance of a child firsthand, the guide is available online at
www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=12146. A limited number of printed copies also are available from the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (JJC). Copies can be ordered online at http://puborder.ncjrs.org or by calling JJC at 1-800-851-3420. Please use the document number when ordering. For full-text publications, information of the OJJDP or JJC, and other juvenile justice matters, visit the OJJDP Web site at http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org.

USDE Develops Spanish-Language Web Site
The U.S. Department of Education has developed a Spanish-language website to help Spanish-speaking customers obtain useful information. The site, which is titled “Recursos en Español (Resources in Spanish),” is available online at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/bienvenidos/es/index.html. Of particular interest is a link entitled Publicaciojes y Materiales, which contains information on all of USDE’s publications that are available in Spanish through the Education Publications Center at http://www.ed.gov/espanol/publicaciones/es/index.html.The site also offers links to Web sites and provides toll-free numbers where more information on each topic may be obtained.

Search Institute
Search Institute is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. To accomplish this mission, the institute generates and communicates new knowledge, and brings together community, state, and national leaders. Visit their web site at http://www.search-institute.org.

Harvard Family Research Project - Parental Involvement in Homework

The Center for Divorce Education
Children in the Middle is an educational and ethnically diverse program designed to teach parents the skills needed to reduce family conflict, school problems, depression and anxiety, and anger.  It has received the "Positive Parenting Award" from the National Council for Children's Rights, and the "Active Parenting Award" from the Children's Rights Council.  Visit their website at www.divorce-education.com or call toll free at
1-877-874-1365

Education By Design - http://www.edbydesign.com/parentres.html
Practical learning ideas for parents. The website is dedicated to helping students of all abilities learn.

Great Website for Kids - http://ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites

No Child Left Behind Newsletter - http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/Newsletter/index.html

Parenting Stages - http://www.parentstages.com/index.asp
Parenting Stages brings you the best parenting content, articles, and tools that the web has to offer so you can grow with your child.

Hands Net - http://www.handsnet.org/
Building the human services community online.

Teen Helpline:  Ready to Help
Teens benefit from talking about the challenges that face them today including, but not limited to, peer pressure, drugs, STD's, depression, teen pregnancy, friends, relationships, parents, life skills, and running away.  Our trained helpline counselors are available to offer empathic listening for those who call in.  To schedule private counseling sessions, teens under 18 must call back with their parent or have their parent call on their behalf.

                    Toll Free:  800-343-3822                     TDD:  800-448-1823
                    Teen Helpline:  800-334-TEEN (8336)     www.alliancewp.com

Texas Project First - http://texasprojectfirst.org/
Created by parents, for parents...
this web site is a project of the Texas Education Agency and is committed to providing accurate and consistent information to parents & families of students with disabilities.     

Parenting Wisely - www.parentingwisely.com
Parenting Wisely is the briefest parenting skills training program (2-3 hours) that improves parental involvement and improves children's behavior.  It is a SAMHSA Model Program and achieves substantial outcomes superior to most programs.  Parents use the program on a CD-ROM (English or Spanish) or online, needing no trained staff to assist them.