Day Care Resources

Given here are some general resources that cover a variety of childcare related issues. These include information resources for various child diseases, development of a child, child nutrition and health related sources, children with disabilities, preventing child violence, handling child injury, and so on.

• About Our Kids - www.aboutourkids.org
• American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry - www.aaap.org
• American Academy of Pediatrics - www.aap.org
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - www.afsp.org
• American Medical Association - www.ama-assn.org
• American Psychological Association - www.apa.org
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) - www.adaa.org
• Autism Society of America www.autism-society.org
• Caring for Every Child's Mental Health Campaign - www.mentalhealth.org/child
• Center for Mental Health Services - www.mentalhealth.org
• The Child Advocate - www.childadvocate.net
• Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation - www.cabf.org
• The Child and Family Web Guide - www.cfw.tufts.edu/index.html
• Children with Disabilities - www.childrenwithdisabilities.ncjrs.org
• The Children's Health Council - www.chconline.org
• Child Welfare League of America - www.cwla.org
• Commission for the Prevention of Youth Violence - www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3536.html
• Connect for Kids - Guidance for Grownups - www.connectforkids.org
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) - www.DBSAlliance.org
• Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association - www.med.jhu.edu/drada
• Families for Depression Awareness - www.familyaware.org
• Healthfinder - www.healthfinder.gov
• Injury Prevention Web - www.injurypreventionweb.org
• International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions - www.iacapap.org
• Kinship Care - are you caring for the child of a substance abuser? - www.coaf.org/kinship/kinmain.htm
• Misunderstood Minds - www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/index.html
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - www.nami.org
• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders - www.anad.org
• National Center for Learning Disabilities - www.ld.org
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - www.health.org
• National Foundation for Abused and Neglected Children - www.gangfreekids.org
• Prevent Child Abuse America - www.preventchildabuse.org
• Tourette's Syndrome Association - www.tsa-usa.org

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