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Useful Links
Respect Rx
http://www.respectrx.com
Respect Rx is published by Courtney Macavinta, co-author of the critically acclaimed book RESPECT: A Girl's Guide to Getting Respect & Dealing When Your Line Is Crossed. Whether you're a girl, guy, parent or teen advocate, get the scoop on how to get respect, keep it and spread it.
QuarterLifeCrisis.com
www.quarterlifecrisis.com
quarterlifecrisis.com is an active, supportive online community for twentysomethings transitioning to life in the "real world."
TweenParent.com
www.tweenparent.com
TweenParent.com offers lots of resources for parents with preteen children.
Nourishing Relationships
www.nourishingrelationships.blogspot.com/
A comfortable place for women of the "Sandwich Generation" to share ideas and solutions as you learn to nourish family relationships without starving yourself.
The Educational Equity Center at
The Academy for Educational Development
www.edequity.org
EEC is a national not-for-profit organization that promotes bias-free learning through innovative programs and materials.
Maryland State Parent Information and Resource Center (MD PIRC) www.mdpirc.org
The mission of the MD PIRC is to help parents, community members, and educators in Maryland work together to increase family involvement and improve student achievement.
Informed Parents - Successful Children (IPSC)
www.informedparents.org
Informed Parents - Successful Children's (IPSC) mission is to provide non-English-speaking parents and caregivers with tools in the State of Maryland to promote early childhood development and success.
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
www.maec.org
The mission of the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC), a not-for-profit corporation, is to create learning environments free of race, gender, class, ethnic and cultural biases so that students of all backgrounds will have equal opportunities to flourish.
Linda Gordon, MSW Phsychotherapy and Counseling
www.linda-gordon.net
A family therapist with expertise in working with individuals, couples and transitions such as young adulthood, marriage and divorce. Gordon has a specific interest in treating depression, anxiety and relationship issues.
Harmony through Education
www.harmonythrougheducation.org
Harmony through Education was established to improve the lives of residents in underserved rural communities by providing education and health services to children. Specifically, Harmony provides educational opportunities for children who are uneducated and/or mentally or physically challenged.
American Association of University Women
www.aauw.org
AAUW promotes education and equity for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change.
Girls Incorporated
www.girlsinc.org
Girls Incorporated is a national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.
Terrence Real
www.terryreal.com
Terrence Real, best-selling author of I Don't Want to Talk about it: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression (Scribner 1997), is a Senior Faculty Member of the Family Institute of Cambridge in Massachusetts and Director of the Gender Relations Program at the Meadows Institute in Arizona.
Advocates for Youth
www.advocatesforyouth.org
Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates provides information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world.
The Council on Contemporary Families
www.contemporaryfamilies.org
Founded in 1996, with a membership consisting of national noted family researchers, mental health and social work practitioners, and clinicians, The Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the national conversation about what contemporary families need and how these needs can best be met.
The Family Magazine
www.theFAMILYmagazine.com
Founded in 1992, FAMILY is the largest parenting publication in the Mid Atlantic region, and the third largest in the United States. FAMILY monthly Calendar of events, Going Places is the region’s most comprehensive list for family and home related activities.
Washington Parent
www.washingtonparent.com
Washington Parent has been serving parents in the Washington Metropolitan Area since 1982, providing family enrichment through education and support. Washington Parent has been recognized in the community as the most trusted parenting resource in Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia. Each month we feature articles written by professionals in the fields of child development, education, arts, special needs and more.
National Women's Law Center
www.nwlc.org
Since 1972, the Center has expanded the possibilities for women and girls in this country. The Center uses the law in all its forms: getting new laws on the books and enforced; litigating ground-breaking cases in state and federal courts all the way to the Supreme Court; and educating the public about ways to make the law and public policies work for women and their families.
Roberta Eisen - Counseling and Consulting Services
http://www.robertaeisen.com
Roberta Eisen, M.Ed., LPC, NCC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Nationally Certified Counselor with a Master’s degree in Education Counseling. She can help you use her experience to establish a firm foundation for your family’s future.
National Urban League
www.nul.org
The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community- based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream.
Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education (AGELE)
www.agele.org
The mission of the Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education (AGELE) is to provide leadership in the identification and infusion of gender equity in all educational programs and processes, and within parallel equity concerns, including, but not limited to, age, disability, ethnicity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation and socio-economic status.
Dads and Daughters
www.dadsanddaughters.org
Dads & Daughters’ mission is to make the world safe and fair for our daughters. It is the only organization dedicated to maximizing the power and potential of father-daughter relationships. We support fathers and stepfathers no matter where they are. We work hard to make a better life for every girl.
MenWeb.org
www.menweb.org
MenWeb: men's issues. Men's issues are not just men's issues but issues for men and women.
Child & Family Web Guide
www.cfw.tufts.edu
links to the best sites about infants, children, and teens
supported by the William T. Grant Foundation.
The WebGuide is a directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to
hundreds of sites containing child development research and practical advice.
Topics are selected on the basis of parent recommendations.
Child Development & Parenting Info
www.childdevelopmentinfo.com
This is an award winning site for information on child development, child psychology, parenting, learning, health and safety as well as childhood disorders such as attention deficit disorder, dyslexia and autism. The site provides comprehensive resources and practical suggestions for parents covering toddlers to teens. The site is recommended by Psychology Today and the American Psychological Association.
By Parents-For Parents
www.byparents-forparents.com
The goal of By Parents-For Parents is to share information on parenting teens. Parents struggling with teens whose problem behavior is out of control can touch base with those who have weathered the storms of adolescence. Articles both by parents of teens in the midst of this struggle and those who have successfully guided their adolescent children through these formative years are intended to both inform and transform.
National Association of Independent Schools
http://www.nais.org
The National Association of Independent Schools acts as the national voice of independent pre-collegiate education and as the center for collective action on behalf of its membership.
Georget Lucas Educational Foundation
www.edutopia.org
The Georget Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit operating foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation in schools. Since that time, we have been documenting, disseminating, and advocating for exemplary programs in K-12 public schools to help these practices spread nationwide.
Parenting Adolescents
www.parentingadolescents.com
Jean is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Illinois. She has her MSW degree from Loyola University, Chicago, as well as a Master of Arts in Communication Disorders from Northwestern University in Evanston.
Monster.com
www.monster.com
Whether you're thinking about a new job, new career, a new city or a new direction... Monster helps you explore the possibilities and find the opportunities that are right for you.
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