Parent & Family Resource Links
Center
for the Improvement of Child Caring (CICC)
The CICC is one of America's largest and most influential parenting and parenting
education organizations. It is a private, non-profit community service, training
and research corporation, and a major supporter and participant in a nationwide
Effective Parenting Movement to improve the overall quality of child rearing
and child caring in the United States.
The website also has a free "Discovery
Tool"
which is a series of questions designed to help parents better understand
the development of their young children during the first four years of life.
The CICC
Discovery Tool
is also intended to help parents find out if a child has special needs that
may require the attention of professionals, and to connect parents to additional
services and information to help in raising their children.
Family
Village Internet Guide
Family Village is a global community that integrates information, resources
and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive
and other disabilities, for their families and for those who provide services
and support. The site includes informational resources on specific diagnoses,
communication, adaptive products and technology, adaptive recreational activities,
education, worship, health issues, disability related media and literature.
Health
A to Z
This site contains a variety of information on family health concerns and
healthy living.
Maternal
and Child Health Hotline
Public health information and referral services for women, children, and families.
Information on Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) and Wisconsin
First Step Information and referral hotline.
Parent
Soup
This website addresses a variety of issues of interest to parents. The Developmental
Tracker allows parents to check their child's developmental progress.
Tuft's Child and family WebGuide
The Tufts University Child & Family WebGuide describes trustworthy websites on topics of interest to parents and professionals. All the sites listed on the WebGuide have been systematically evaluated by graduate students and faculty in child development. These sites have been selected from thousands that are available on the Web, based primarily on the quality of the information they provide. The goal of the WebGuide is to give the public easy access to the best child development information on the Web.
There are five main categories of information: family/parenting, education/learning, typical child development, health/mental health, and resources/recreation. The first four categories contain sites with research-based information. The fifth category, resources/recreation, contains sites with information about specific programs and things to do. The resources/recreation sites, which were added at the request of parents, do not contain research-based information. The WebGuide also offers an option of searching for sites that are especially relevant to a particular age group (topics by age) and it offers several features requested by parents (e.g., ask an expert sites; research news sites).
New Web link: http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/
A Thinking Guide to Inclusive Childcare
from Disability Rights Wisconsin (added April 2008)
This guide offers ideas and strategies to support child care staff in developing childcare practices that consider the needs of individual children and promote an inclusive experience for families and children. Included in the guide are tools to be used by child care staff to encourage conversations between staff and parents, among staff, and between supervisors and staff. February 2008.
Wisconsin
Child Care Resource & Referral Network, Inc.
The Wisconsin CCR&R network is funded through the Wisconsin Department
of Workforce Development, Office of Child Care. These agencies, located throughout
the state, assist families in finding quality child care in their community
as well as provide training and technical assistance to child care programs
and providers.
Wisconsin
DHFS
Access information about the programs and services provided through the Department
of Health and Family Services. This page contains information on disabilities,
health care benefits, infant and children's services, and public health.
Wisconsin
Family Assistance Center for Education, Training, and Support, Inc. (WI FACETS)
WI FACETS is a non-profit organization serving Wisconsin children and adults
with disabilities, their families, and those who support them. WI FACETS was
founded in 1995 by parents who believed that parents are the best advocates
for their children.
Wisconsin
Statewide Parent Educator Initiative (WSPEI)
Developed by the Department of Public Instruction, WSPEI is a service for
parents, educators, and others interested in parent-educator partnerships
for children with disabilities.
Zero
to Three
The focus of this site is to give parents information on healthy child development.
