Handouts
Online Resources
- Teen Health Law (Minor Consent Laws)
- How to find Therapy/Counseling
Community Partners
Family Resources for ADHD
Online Resources
Parents’ Medication Guide for ADHD (AACAP)
Center for Disease Control: Treatment of ADHD
NICHQ ADHD Toolkit (Link)
Helpful topics:
- For Parents of children with ADHD (NICHQ Toolkit ADHD Psychoeducation)
- Educational Rights for Children with ADHD with IEP Sample Letter
- How to Establish Home-School Daily Report Card
- Homework Tips for Parents
- What Can I Do When My Child Has Problems With Sleep
UCSF Collaborative Life Skills Program
- List of Reward ideas
- Turning Homework Problems into Behavioral Goals
- Tips for Designing a Home Challenge
- Home Challenge Samples + Home Challenge Template
- Strategies for Avoiding Negotiations
- Parent Stress Management
Special Education Resources: DREDF (Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund)
Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD)
ADDitude Magazine
Special education resources and advocacy
Anxiety
Handouts
Anxiety Resources Family Handout (PDF)
Emotion Coping Skills Resources (PDF)
Anxiety Book Resources (PDF)
Anxiety Disorders: Parents’ Medication Guide (AACAP) English | Spanish
Online Resources
Tools for supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Youth
AACAP Anxiety Disorders Resource Center
Anxiety & Depression Association America
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Tools for supporting emotional wellbeing in children and youth (External website - The National academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine)
Project Empower (External Link - one session online program for parents teaching skills to build bravery and reduce anxiety in children)
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Handouts for families
- Autism Resources for Families English I Chinese (traditional) I Chinese (simplified)
Helpful Links
- Autism Speaks
- Autism Society
- Autism Navigator
- Autism Science Foundation
- Center for Disease Control (CDC) - Autism
- Sesame Street
- Regional Centers in CA
- Disability Rights California
- Conservatorship
- Local community resources
- UCSF Center for ASD and NDDs
- Other academic institutional resources for ASD
- Stanford Autism Center
- Stanford Adult Neurodevelopment Clinic
- UC Davis Health Mind Institute Autism
Depression
Handouts
- Depression in Children and Teens (PDF)
- Managing Depression or Sadness: Tips for Families (AAP) English | Spanish
- Depression: Parents’ Medication Guide (AACAP) (Link)
- Suicide Prevention: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers – AAP (PDF)
- Suicide Prevention: A Resource for Teens – AAP (PDF)
- Lethal Means Reduction (PDF)
Online Resources
- AACAP Suicide Resource Center
- Suicide Safety: Precautions at home (Link)
- Teen Suicide Prevention – Mayo Clinic (Video)
- Anxiety & Depression Association America
- Families for Depression Awareness
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- Effective Child Therapy (Evidence-based Mental Health Therapy for children and adolescents)
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- StopBullying.gov
Crisis Resources
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (Call, Chat, or Text 988)
- Crisis Text Line (Text HOME to 747747)
- The Trevor Project
Family Resources for Trauma and Stress
Handouts
- Emotion Coping Skill Resources English
- Bring Out the Best in Your Children (AAP) English | Spanish
- Parenting Kids who have Experienced Trauma (AAP) PDF
- Reassure, Return to Routines, Regulate (AAP) PDF
- Helping Children Cope with Death, Loss, and Grief (NASP) Link
- Children’s Book Recommendation for Coping with Trauma and Resilience PDF
- ACES Aware Family Handout English | Spanish
- AAP Safe and Sound: Responding to the Experiences of Children Adopted or in Foster Care (Parent Guide) PDF
Grief and Loss
- DOUGY Center Link
- Sesame Workshop Grief | Traumatic Experiences
- National Alliance for Children’s Grief (NACG) Link
- Lory’s Place Children | Teens | Suicide Loss
- The Compassionate Friends (For families grieving the loss of a child) Link
- Coalition to Help Grieving Students Link
Traumatic Experiences
- AAP Trauma Resources for Families Link
- Piplo Productions Link
- CDC: Coping with Stress after a Traumatic Event Link
- National Child Trauma Stress Network (NCTSN): Families and Caregivers Resources English | Spanish
- NIMH: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Traumatic Events Link
- ACES Aware English | Spanish
- Child Traum Academy Link
Bullying and Protecting Kids Online
Crisis Resources
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Table of Contents
- General Information on Behavioral Health
- Attention and Behavioral Challenges
- Education and School Support
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Gender
- Sleep
- Trauma and Stress
- Social Needs