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Self Help Resources on the Web
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Academics:
- This
website is full of excellent study ideas and information for
students who want to be successful: http://success.oregonstate.edu/
- This
is a website designed to assist students with disabilities to find
colleges that are a good fit: http://www.waped.org
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Health/Mental
Health:
- Compass Health is a non profit mental health organization with many programs and lots of
information: http://www.compasshealth.org/Prevention
On-Line:
- The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug
Information http://www.health.org/features/family/AL-ANON
and ALATEEN: This is a worldwide organization that offers a
self-help recovery program for families and friends of alcoholics whether
or not the alcohol impaired person seeks help or even recognizes the
existence of a drinking problem. The website is set up by Al-Anon
volunteers and is available in Spanish and French: http://www.al-anon-alateen.org.
- AdolescentHealth.com is a site for teens, young adults and their families with lots of ideas
about how to become healthy and stay healthy, and there is a Spanish
version: http://www.adolescenthealth.com/
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Help
for Families:
- American
Psychological Association (APA) http://www.apa.org/ : This website has not only a wide variety of information about various
topics of concern to teens and their parents, it also gives current
research news, and information about careers in psychology.
- American
School Counselor Association (ASCA) http://www.schoolcounselor.org/ : This is a website representing concerns of professional school
counselors. Topics include how to help kids find jobs, and how to
help students be more successful in academics.
- American
Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) http://www.aacap.org/:
This site provides information as a public service for families on issues
affecting kids. You can download their publications called Facts
for Families, covering a wide variety of topics, for personal use at
no charge. Information is available in several languages.
- Focus
Adolescent Services http://www.focusas.com is a resource covering a wide variety of topics of interest to teens and
their families. It includes a checklist for parents which can help
provide a reality check if they are questioning the behavior of their
child.
- Teen Depression: http://www.depressedteens.com is an educational site dedicated to helping teenagers, parents and
educators recognize the signs and symptoms of teen depression, with
resources listed.
- National
Mental Health Association http://www.nmha.org/ : This is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit agency working
to improve all aspects of mental health through advocacy, education,
service and research.
- National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill http://www.nami.org/ : This is a grassroots, self-help, support, education and advocacy
organization of people with serious mental illness, and their family and
friends.
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Help with Eating
Disorders:
- National
Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) http://www.anad.org/ : This is the oldest non-profit organization dedicated helping
people with eating disorders and their families.
- National
Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ : This is the largest non-profit organization in the U.S. working to
prevent eating disorders and to provide treatment referrals to those with
anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and to those concerned with body image
and weight issues.
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Help
with Grief and Loss Issues: - Grief
Net http://www.rivendell.org : This is an internet community providing online grief support.
- The
Compassionate Friends http://www.compassionatefriends.org/ : This is a national, non-profit, self help support organization
offering friendship and support to families grieving the death of a child
of any age, from any cause. All bereaved family members are welcome.
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