Shining new light on three tough issues: #485 Revisiting Shaken Baby Syndrome; #490 Children of Deployed Parents; #492 Ethics for Children
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As all caring adults know, children are not only everyone's business; they are everyone's future.
Nancy Segal, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology; Director, Twin Studies Center, California State University; author, Someone Else’s Twin: The True Story of Babies Switched at Birth
National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc.
www.twinlesstwins.org
twinspages.com
Out of Print – “He Was Not My Son” by Madeline Joye (1954)
Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., visiting scholar, Ithaca College; author, Raising Elijah:Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
Annotated appendix at end of Raising Elijah offers list of helpful resources
Vini Schoene, Director of the Burgundy Center for Wildlife Studies, Cooper’s Cove Wildlife Sanctuary
Regional Parks are wonderful resources everywhere – look for Web sites for local park systems.
Claudia Gold, M.D., general and behavioral pediatrics; author, Keeping Your Child in Mind
Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Susan Reilly, DC City Program Manager, Common Threads
commonthreads.org -Lots of information about Common Threads, as well as opportunity to order the
Michael Brody, M.D., Adult and Child Psychiatrist; author, Messages: Self-Help Through Popular Culture
Seductive Screens (in the works, not yet pub. by Michael Brody)
Explore Web sites of:
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
For advice, parents network among themselves and their own contacts (teachers and other professionals)
Community of Helpers:
All have resources families can draw on.
Advocacy Groups
FOSI (Family Online Safety Institute) – provides updated resources
Common Sense Media – Research and resources for families
Dr. Douglas A. Riley, EdD, licensed clinical psychologist; author, Dr. Riley’s Box of Tricks: 80 Uncommon Solutions for Everyday Parenting Problems
drdouglasriley.com
www.docspeak.com – Dr. Jim Sutton, dealing with behavior in the classroom
Adriana Murphy, seventh grade social studies teacher and eighth grade ethics teacher, Green Acres School, Rockville, MD
The “My Hero Project”
Michele Borba
Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education
Mary Anne Reilly, artist, Washington, DC
Use the Internet – google your specific question – such as “ideas for color design for a child’s room,” or “furniture, colors”
After-school art classes or weekend art classes offered by museums and galleries
Art bulletins for college student jobs – organizations with opportunities for art students (such as painting in a house or doing a mural or helping in a gallery)
Scraps found at home – fabric, old magazines, foil, even old clothes, etc.