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Resources for Families:
Clinical Disorders and Other Psychological Issues

General Information

A-Z Disorder Guide (NYU Child Study Center)
This user-friendly guide provides an overview of many clinical disorders that impact children.

School Based Intervention: Symptoms and Strategies (Schoolpsychiatry.org)
A very useful website on how to select and apply interventions in the classroom that address specific symptoms of mental health disorders.

Attentional and Conduct Disorders
The section on Behavior Management may be helpful for families of children with ADHD and behavior disorders.

ADHD Basics (LD Online)
Provides an overview of the symptoms, diagnoses, causes, and treatment of ADHD

Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Information for Parents/Caregivers (MSMHA)

Creating a Daily Report Card for the Home (Center for Children and Families)
This guide is designed for parents to use with children who have ADHD, or who have behavioral difficulties in the home.

Oppositional and Defiant Children: Information for Parents/Caregivers (MSMHA)

School-Home Daily Report Card Resource Packet (Center for Children and Families)
This ten-page worksheet is designed to help clinicians and educators set up a school-home daily report card for students with ADHD.

Targeting Home-School Collaboration for Students with ADHD (LD Online)
Information on how to successfully collaborate with the school in supporting your child's IEP goals in the classroom and at home.

Depression and Suicide

Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
An organization focused on providing information, resources and support for families, clinicians and educators who are impacted by bipolar and related disorders. The search engine allows visitors to drill down to specific information by subject, audience, category or resource type.

Treating Bipolar Disorder: Discover a Treatment Option
Healthline provides a very comprehensive overview of biopolar disorder as a critical starting point for individuals and/or their loved ones.

Depression in Children and Adolescents: Information for Parents/Caregivers (MSMHA)

Self-Injurious Behaviors: Information for Parents/Caregivers (MSMHA)

Suicide in Adolescents and Children: Information or Parents/Caregivers (MSMHA)

Grief and Trauma

Grief and Bereavement: Information for Parents/Caregivers  (MSMHA)

Trauma: Information for Parents/Caregivers (MSMHA)

Others Disorders

Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents:  Information for Parents/Caregivers (MSMHA)

Asperger's Syndrome:  Information for Parents/Caregivers (MSMHA)

Autism Spectrum Disorder:  Information for Parents/Caregivers (MSMHA)

Eating Disorders: Information for Parents/Caregivers (MSMHA)

Tourette's Syndrome (NAMI)

 

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