1. General Resources
2. Guidance for Adults
3. Infants
4. Medicine and Tough Issues
5. Child Behavior
6. Palliative Care
7. Adolescents
8. Grief/Bereavement

General Resources

• UCSF Hospital
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Care Pages: Free patient blogs that connect friends and family during a health challenge.
• Kids Health by the Nemours Foundation
• Preemies.org
• American Heart Association, for parents
• AboutOurKids.org: Provides information and offers advice for parents, educators, and mental health and medical professionals to help children cope with war and terrorism.
• The American Academy of Pediatrics: Disaster preparedness to meet children’s needs and a guide for pediatricians.
• The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress: This site offers several helpful guides to purchase.
• The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: This site contains information on post-disaster response to children following catastrophes such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, floods, fires and violent acts.
• Helping Children After a Disaster
• The American Psychological Association: Guidelines and descriptions of signs of trauma in children and adolescents, and guidance for parents of children, by age.
• Centers for Disease Control:  useful information on various types of emergencies, including bioterrorism and chemical emergencies, and natural disasters. Resources and tips on preparedness, safety, and confronting mental health and traumatic stress issues. The Task Force on Children and adolescents in preparation.
• LDOnline: Age-appropriate guidelines for children with learning disabilities.
• National Association for the Education of Young Children: Strategies that can help parents and other adults give children the emotional support they need.
• The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children: This institute provides resources and direct services to traumatized children and families.
• The National Mental Health Association: information on helping children handle disaster-related anxiety.
• Nickelodeon: Nickelodeon offers “Parent Talk” on the subject of violence
• Rainbows and Silver Linings Community Crisis Response Program
• The Red Cross: Tips on helping young children to cope with trauma.

Guidance for Adults

• The American Academy of Pediatrics: The AAP offers a Family Readiness Kit on what families can do in advance to prepare for a tornado, hurricane, or terrorist attack.
• The American Psychological Association Help Center: The APA Center has online resources designed to help people manage stress and trauma related to Disaster and Terrorism.
• The National Education Association: The NEA offers a School Crisis Communication Guide & Toolkit.

Infants

• Zero to Three: Zero to Three’s mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families. This national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization advances its mission by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers.
• SuperSibs!:  SuperSibs! is a national nonprofit organization to honor, support and recognize brothers and sisters of children with cancer. Children residing in the United States and Canada and are between the ages of 4 to 18 are offered free services to help bring them comfort and joy during and after such a challenging time in their lives.
• Center for Creative Play: Center for Creative Play ® is a national leader in the design and development of all inclusive play environments. Since its creation in 1995, CFCP’s mission has expanded to include promoting the importance of play for all children.
• Playing for Keeps: Playing for Keeps is a national nonprofit organization that exists to help bridge the gap between what researchers have learned about play, and what parents and professionals need to know to help nurture children to their full potential.

Medicine and Tough Issues

• How to get Kids to Take Pills
• Sesame Street Parents: Suggestions for ways to talk to your child about tragic events.
• Talking with Kids: Tips and techniques on how to talk to young children about tough issues.

Child Behavior: Books and Journals

1. Dealing with Feelings: I’M FURIOUS by Elizabeth Crary. ISBN: 0943990939
2. Is It Right to Fight? A First Look at Anger by Pat Thomas. ISBN: 0764124587
3. The Angry Child, Regaining Control whey Your Child Is Out of Control by Tim Murphy, PhD. ISBN: 06096067X
4. The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene. ISBN: 006077939X
5. The Incredible Years, A Trouble-Shooting Guide for Parents of Children Aged 3-8 by Carolyn Webster-Stratton, PhD. ISBN: 185642027
6. When Kids Are Mad, Not Bad: A Guide to Recognizing and Handling Your Child’s Anger by Henry A. Paul, MD. ISBN: 0425166813
7. Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-By-Step Guide for Parents by Sue Spence, Vanessa Cobham, Ann Wignall, Ronald Rapee. ISBN: 1572241918
8. Bullies are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain, Elizabeth Verdick. ISBN: 1575420236
9. My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig, Abigail Marbel, Susan Wellman. ISBN: 1582461597

Palliative Care: Just For Teens

1. Facing Change: Coming Together in the Teen Years By Donna O’Toole. ISBN: 1878321110
2. Fire in My Heart, Ice in My Veins: A Journal for Teenagers
3. I Will Remember You: A Guidebook Through Grief for Teens by Elena Lister
4. Straight Talk about Death for Teenagers: How to Cope with Losing Someone You Love by Earl A. Grollman. ISBN: 0807025011
5. Teens Face to Face with Bereavement by K. Gravelle & C. Haskins
6. The Healing Your Grieving Heart Journal for Teens (Healing Your Grieving Heart Series) by Alan D. Wolfelt. ISBN: 1879651335

Videos:

1. “A Teen’s View of Grief: an Educational Videotape for Bereavement Caregivers” by Alan D. Wolfelt www.centerforloss.com (companion bookstore)
2. “A Child’s View of Grief: An Educational Videotape for Bereavement Caregivers” by Alan D. Wolfelt www.centerforloss.com (companion bookstore)

Websites:

• Centering Corporation: a non-profit organization dedicated to providing education and resources for the bereaved.
• Dougy Center: Education training and peer support groups to give children, teens, young adults and their families who are grieving a death a safe and supportive place to share their stories.
• Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care: an educational and quality improvement effort to enhance family-centered care of children with life-threatening conditions. IPPC’s curriculum and video series contain instructional materials organized around six key domains of pediatric palliative care. Curriculum guides and QI tools are available to download for free.
• World Health Organization

Adolescents

• Interactive Health Education: Children’s Medical Center of Morristown Memorial Hospital’s interactive health education web site provides teens with answers to all types of medically related questions. Teens can get confidential, direct answers to their specific medically-related questions and also see answers that are posted so they know there are others who share similar issues.
• PBS Tween Site ― It’s My Life: It’s My Life is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and designed to create safe, engaging, and educational online media for kids aged 9 to 12.
• Society of Adolescent Medicine (SAM): SAM is a multi disciplinary organization of health professionals who are committed to advancing the health and well-being of adolescents. Through education, research, clinical services, and advocacy activities, members of the Society of Adolescent Medicine strive to enhance public and professional awareness of adolescent health issues among families, educators, policy makers, youth-serving organizations, students who are considering a health career as well as other health professionals.
• Starbright World: Provided by Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation, an online social network for teens with chronic and life threatening medical conditions, and their siblings. Sick teens are able to connect with other teens that are at home or in the hospital. Users post pictures, chat, post blogs and bulletins and find new friends in similar situations.

Grief/Bereavement

• Compassionate Friends: The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.
• Draw Together: Draw Together provides a helpful list of papers, articles and handouts related to grief and bereavement.
• Good Grief Resources: The primary goal of Good Grief Resources is to connect the bereaved and their caregivers with as many bereavement support resources as possible in one, efficient and easy-to-use website directory.
• Griefworks BC: Grieworks BC exist through a partnership between Children’s and Women’s Health Centers of Britsh Columbia and Canuck Place Children’s Hospice; its mission is to facilitate access to bereavement support when and where it is needed.
• M.I.S.S. Foundation: The MISS Foudation is a volunteer based organization committed to providing crisis support and long term aid to families after the death of a child from any cause. MISS also participates in legislative and advocacy issues, community engagement and volunteerism, and culturally competent, multidisciplinary, education opportunities.
• Helping After Neonatal Death, HAND: Helping families cope with the loss of their baby before, during or after birth. Local Resource Libraries containing materials about perinatal death. Twenty-four hour and 365 days a year telephone support. Hospital visitations for parents are also available. In-service Programs for healthcare providers. Handprints newsletter, training for volunteers, Service of remembrance and the HAND Memorial Quilt. P.O Box 341 Los Gatos, CA 95031, Tel: 1-888-908-HAND

*Note: The majority of these resources were compiled by the Child Life Council.