Helpful Websites
Where you can find information about specific challenges, also a great way to educate yourself about your own challenges.
Anxious Generation
Research and advice for parents, for schools, and for Gen Z relating to the Anxious Generation book.
Tony Attwood: What is Asperger’s Syndrome/ASD – Level 1?
This website provides a good description of Asperger Syndrome and useful information on the aspects of diagnosis and characteristics of the Asperger’s syndrome.
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Drug Abuse Facts
This is a great website to educate yourself for all the information you would like to know about addictive drugs and its’ effects on your mind and body.
CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
CHADD stands for Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Chadd is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to help children, families, and adults affected by ADHD. This website is full of resources for people, including adults, parents, children who are affected by ADHD. It’s a great way for you to educate yourselves about your own or your child’s challenges so that you can participate in your own or your child’s treatments/solution in consulting with your physicians or psychotherapist.
Long-Term Treatment Locations
Sometimes parents or guardians are left with the decision for a long-term in-patient treatment plan for their children, below are some locations that I refer my clients to.
http://www.beckettsprings.com/
http://lindnercenterofhope.org/what-we-treat/
http://www.midwest-center.com/
Books I Recommend
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
This is a great resource for any parent to learn about the impact of social media on their children.
Mindsight by Daniel Siegel
A groundbreaking book on the healing power of “mindsight”.
Mind Over Mood by Greenberger and Padesky
It is a self-help book, although I would suggest working with a therapist directly for a better outcome.
Feeling Good by David Burns
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by Gottman and Silver
Love is Never Enough by Aaron Beck
Attached by Levine & Heller