General Resources

This section is meant for general prevention information, as related to domain or theory. If you would like to learn about preventative tools/resources within a condition, please refer to the specific topic within our "Topics" tab.

Family Border Separation

• Texas Tribune's list of organizations mobilizing to assist

           children separated from parents at Texas-Mexico border
​          -Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal
​           Services (RAICES) 

•  AAP's Immigrant Child Toolkit section on Mental and

​           Emotional Health of Immigrant Children

• ​ Help with advocacy efforts: Healthcare providers may use this script provided by

           American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) as a guide when 
           calling/writing legislators (note that you will need to edit to
           reflect appropriate organizational membership (e.g., NAPNAP,
           SDBP, AAP, or other) and practice location)

Advocacy

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
• Ability Online
• Community Inclusion Through Technology International
• Empowering Caregivers
• Job Accomodation Network
• Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology
• The ADA Game - free, online game that simulates how advocacy can promote positive changes in communities
• PACER Center – Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights, a national center, based in Minnesota
• Family Village
• Don't Block My Vote – United Cerebral Palsy site to advance equal rights for voters with disabilities.

Behavioral & Discipline

• Discipline Overview
• Learning about Discipline for Children
• Discipline Basics
• Time Out
• Timeout Technique
• Timeout : When it doesn't seem to be working
• One Size Does Not Fit All: Learn about Your Child's Unique Temperament (Preventive Ounce)
• Temperament Differences in Infants and Children
• Promoting Positive Behavior for Your Preschool and School-Aged Child (The Incredible Years)
• Biting
• Breath-Holding
• Dealing with Aggressive Behavior in Young Children
• Sibling Rivalry
• Temper Tantrums in Toddlers and Preschoolers
• Managing Your Toddler's Frustrating Behaviors
• Setting Limits with Your School-Aged Child
• Crying in Babies and Toddlers
• iPad Apps for help with procedure preparation (for MRI, CT, nuclear medicine):

                -iPad app for medical imaging

• Books to help with procedure preparation

​                -Here we go for an EEG (2009) by Johnson, Watson &                              Herteen)
                -Here we go to the dentist (2009) by Johnson, Rather,
                 Watson & Herteen, B. 

• Tween Brochure: Helpful information about how to raise a healthy "tweenager." Available in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Vietnamese:

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Bullying

• How to Address Bullying (Bright Futures)
• Bullying Overview
• Stop Bullying Now (US Department of Health & Human Services)
• Groundspark: Igniting Change Through Film
• Playground Bullies Go Cyber
• Keeping Children Safe Online (UK Center for Child Internet Safety)
• Bullying Prevention Training Course (US DHHS)
  

Motivational Interviewing

• What is Motivational Interviewing and how can it be helpful in pediatric practice (AAP)?
• Introductory video on motivational interviewing from AAP Mental Health Initiatives Video Series

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SBIRT

• SBIRT course: Introduction to SBIRT for adolescents. A free self-paced video based online course designed to teach providers the basics of screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment for their adolescent patients. eight content videos that range from 12-17 minutes in length, totaling approximately two and a half hours of video. Each video is followed by a short quiz with a total of 15 questions. The course does NOT need to be completed in one sitting and should take you three to four hours.
• NIAAA Practitioner's Guide: Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth. Free Resources full guide and pocket guides can be downloaded or ordered

Media Use

• AAP Media Time Calculator and Family Media Plan
• Information about effect of virtual violence on children's behavior (AAP) (contains practical tips for parents)

Child Care

• Kaiser Permanente's Guide to Finding Good Child Care
• Community Child Care Coordinating Council of Alameda County 
• Child Care Inclusion and Exclusion Guidelines for Illnesses (AAP's Healthychildcare.org)

Other

• The Pediatric Milestone Project 
• Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Certification Exam Content Outline​​
  

Insurance

• For Families: From Coverage to Care -- A CMS booklet that outlines steps to accessing and understanding health care coverage. You can order up to 500 booklets for your patients. Translations in Spanish and other languages are in process. 
• For Providers: AANP’s ACA for NPs webpage
• Tips for Accessing Mental Health Providers

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

General Resources:

• The Still Quiet Place
• Stressed Teens
• Mindfulness for Teens
• Teaching mindfulness to young children (video)
• Guided breathing for children (video)

Mindfulness Apps (for older school-aged children and teens):

• Calm
• Take a Chill
• Smiling Mind
• Headspace

Books About Mindfulness 
     For Children:

• Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness with Children by Thich Nhat Hanh (book for both parents and educators to teach children mindfulness exercises)
• Mindful Moments: Ten Exercises for Well-Being by Thich Nhat Hanh (children's book)
• Sensational Meditation for Children by Sarah Wood Vallely (child-friendly Meditation Techniques based on the 5 senses)
• Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda by Lauren Alderfer
• Moody Cow Meditates by Kerry Lee MacLean
• Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lee MacLean
• Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and their parents) by Eline Snel
• Angry Octopus by Lori Lite

Other Resources for Children:

• Stress-Free Kids (Resources of author Lori Lite: CDs/audio, books like Angry Octopus above, school-based curriculum, etc.)

    For Teens:

• The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens by Gina Biegel
• The Mindful Teen: Powerful Skills to Help You Handle Stress One Moment at a Time by Dzung Vo, MD
• Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn (geared more towards adults, however principles and practices can be used to teach teens and children)

     For Parents:

• The Mindful Child by Susan Greenland
• Raising Happiness by Christine Carter

Mindfulness in Schools

• Mindful Schools
• "Tips for Teaching Mindfulness to Kids" (article by the co-founder of the Mindful Schools program)

Resiliency

• University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology Center
• Refugee Mental Health: Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (2008). Screening and assessing immigrant and refugee youth in school-based mental health programs. -- includes a table of screening measures and language options

ACEs/Social Determinants of Health

• Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) Resources
• Practicing Effective Prevention for Adverse Childhood Experiences (SAMHSA ACEs site)
• SAMHSA Practices Resources for Trauma
• Neuroscience of Poverty (Katsnelson, 2015)
• National Center for Children in Poverty
• How the Toxic Stress of Poverty Affects the Developing Brain (video)
• Harvard Center on the Developing Child site on Toxic Stress

Therapies

• Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (ABCT)
• http://effectivechildtherapy.com/ --Broad overview of evidence-based psychosocial treatments

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Parenting Book + Site Recs

• Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) Parenting Quick Tips
• Incredible Years programs for parents, teachers, and children reduce challenging behaviors in children and increase their social emotional learning and self-control skills. Details: Books Webster-Stratton, C. Collaborating with Parents to Reduce Children’s Behavior Problems: A book for Therapists Using the Incredible Years Programs Webster-Stratton, C. Incredible Teachers: Nurturing Children’s Social, Emotional, and Academic Competence Webster-Stratton, C. (2006) The Incredible Years: A Troubleshooting Guide for Parents

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