PARENT HELPLINE - Website
 

• Michigan Great Parents - Your Community Macomb County - Website
  American Library Association’s Sites for Parents, Caregivers Teachers, & Others Who Care About Kids

•  I Am Your Child - Website

• Media Wise - Explains what media are doing to our children and youth and what we can do about it.  - Website

• Kids Click - Parenting Sites - Website

• Raising Media Savvy Children- Website

• The Right connection - MISD - A user friendly guide to resources for families in Macomb County - Website

• Zero to Three - Website

• American Council for Drug Education - Website
• Children and secondhand smoke - Website
• Quitting smoking for mom's and baby's health - Website
• Tips for parents to avoid alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs- Website
• When mom drinks baby pays too! - PDF format

• Adolescent Violence Prevention Counseling - Website

• Raising Media Savvy Children - Website
   

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

1. General

   40 developmental Assets for adolescents - PDF
   Asset-Building Ideas for Parents and Guardians -PDF format
   Hearing and Speech Development - PDF
    

2. InfantHearing and Speech Developmen

   Brain Development in Children - PDFToddler Development
   Infant Development - PDF
    

3. Toddler
   Brain Development in Children - PDF
   Important Milestones: By The End Of 2 Years
   Toddler Development - PDF
    

4. Hearing & Speech

5. Young Child 3-5 years

   40 Developmental Assets for early childhood (ages 0-5) - PDF
   Young Child Development - PDF

6. School Age 6-8 years

   School Age Development - PDF

7. Middle Childhood 9-11 years

   40 Developmental Assets for middle childhood (grades 4-6) - PDF
   School Age Development - PDF

• Family Involvement makes a difference - Website
• Getting School Ready! Guide: Print it in one of these languages:
  english | cambodian | chinese | russian | somali | spanish | vietnamese
• ParentChild Literacy Activity Calendar 2005–06 - Calendar

• Positive Father Involvement - PDF format

FUN ACTIVITIES

• 700+ Great Sites for Kids & Parents - Website

• Michigan Great Parents – Activities in Your Community Macomb County - Website

• MICASE - Michigan Creative After School Experiences - Website

• Michigan Reads! - Open a Book, Open their World- Website
• The Macomb Intermediate School District’s 2006 Guide to Fun for Families

 HEALTH, HEALTH CARE AND HEALTH TIPS

• MI Child-Affordable Health Insurance for Michigan Children - Website

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Website

• Babies Health - Website

• Bright Futures - Health Needs for the Entire Family - Website

• Children’s Health - Website

• Children’s Physical & Emotional Health Resource - Website 
• Is your child safe from lead poisoning? - PDF Format

• Technology Safety & Security Among Children: What Caretakers Need to Know
• Privacy Resources for Librarians, Library Users, and Families - Website
• Get Privacy-Wise! - Website
• National Institute on Media and the Family- Website

• 10 steps to positive parenting - PDF format
• Cultivate your child's intelligence - PDF format
• Effective parenting tips - PDF format
• Got a minute? Give it to yuor Kid. - PDF format
• How parents can help children cope with divorce - PDF format
• Parents are the first best models - PDF format
• Strengthening your stepfamily- PDF format
• Ways to strengthen your family  - PDF format
• What is Kinship Care?  - PDF format
• Words your child needs to hear - PDF format

PRODUCT SAFETY

•  http://www.cpsc.gov 
•  http://www.recalls.gov/recent.html

RECALLS

• The Magnetix magnetic building sets -  Website

 SAFETY

A. Recalls
http://www.recalls.gov/recent.html

The Magnetix magnetic building sets -  Website

B. Product Safety
http://www.cpsc.gov 
Poisonous Plant Identification
Poisonous Plant Safety
Lead in Lipstick

SCHOOL

• 100 Ways for Parents to be Involved in their Childn's Education
  http://www.alsde.edu/general/ParentVisitation/PTA%20100%20Ways.pdf

• Band-Aides and Blackboards – Illness & School
  http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/faculty/jfleitas/bandaides/contenta.html

• Bridging Families, Schools & Communities
  http://www.bridges4kids.org

• Family Involvement makes a difference
  http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/content/policy/family_involvement_success.pdf

• Immunization information for students in the state of Michigan
  http://www.nvic.org/state-site/Michigan.htm

• Getting School Ready! Guide: Print it in one of these languages:
  english | cambodian | chinese | russian | somali | spanish | vietnamese

• How do I know if my child is being bullied?
  http://www.richardpaul.com/pdf_pages/Bullying%20Prevention.pdf

• U.S. Department of Education Lesson Ideas
  http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/lessons/edpicks.jhtml?src=l

SPECIAL INTEREST
Information and Resources for Helping Young Children Cope with and Resolve Fears in the Face of Disaster

Traumatic events, natural disasters and war--whether worldwide, national, local or personal to our families--can be unsettling for us all. It can be especially difficult for babies, toddlers and young children, who may not be able to understand all the details, but still see the distress of those around them.

The links below offer informational resources for adults to help young children cope with natural disasters and other tragedies. If you prefer to choose only one resource, consider "LITTLE LISTENERS IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD" from Zero to Three as described below. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE www.migreatparent.org   (Parenting, Resources and Health)

ZERO TO THREE has developed several informational resources for adults to help young children cope with natural disasters and other tragedies.  Materials include a free, reproducible handout to help families and their children cope in the face of disaster ("Little Listeners); a booklet addressing the special concerns of military families and links to other resources and additional publications for early childhood professionals on helping children cope with trauma and violence. The materials from ZERO TO THREE are available at: http://www.zerotothree.org/coping/

NAEYC and Voices for America’s Children have also developed pages with information and resources for working with children in the aftermath of a disaster.

NAEYC page: http://www.naeyc.org/families/disaster.asp

Voices for America’s Children page: -- Website

• Ability Link-Special Needs Children
  http://ablelink.org/public/generalinfo1.htm
• Activities for Special Needs Children
  www.do2learn.com
• ADD and AD/HD
  www.adders.org
• Central Assessment Lending Library - A Resource for Psychoeducational Assessment for Children
  http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/Psychology/call/index.htm
• Conduct Disorders - Multilingual website
  http://www.conductdisorders.com/
• Deployment handbook for Military Families
  http://www.wood.army.mil/mwr/deploymenthndbook.htm
• Mothers of Twins/Multiples
  http://www.nomotc.org/
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome/Other Infant Death – bilingual
  http://sids-network.org/ 
• Special Tots -Website