Additional Internet Resources

The Administration for Children and Families (Department of Health and Human Services)
(http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/)

Offers links and information concerning child care, child welfare, and agencies to assist children, parents, and families.

Attachment Deficit
(http://www.attachmentdeficit.com)

Was created by psychoanalyst Aaron Lederer, who has included his e-mail address if you have questions. The site discusses attachment, problems that arise when children do not learn attachment, and ways to treat attachment deficit.

Attachment Homepage
(http://www.attach-bond.com)

Offers assistance to parents and children to develop healthy attachment, and addresses issues of both healthy attachment and attachment disorders.

Child Abuse Prevention Network
(http://child.cornell.edu)

Worldwide network for professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect

The Child Development Website
(http://www.idealist.com/kt)

Information on children's topics

Children Now
(http://www.childrennow.org)

Focus on improving conditions for children who are poor and at risk

Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
(http://www.childrensdefense.org)

Website for CDF, the organization headed by Marian Wright Edelman to promote child welfare (discussed in Chapter 1 of the text).

Early Childhood Care and Development
(http://www.ecdgroup.com)

Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences
(http://federation.apa.org/)

Harvard Center for Children's Health
(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/children)

Kidsource
(http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/speech.html)

Discusses the various types of speech and language problems that children may develop.

Mayo Health O@sis
(http://www.mayoclinic.com/)

Medscape http://www.medscape.com Free database of medical articles, plus access to medical dictionaries, drug databases, and breaking medical news

The National Parent Information Network
(http://ericps.crc.uiuc.edu/npin)

Provides access to research-based information about parenting and family involvement in education

National Institutes of Health
(http://www.nih.gov)

Starting point for getting into any subagency of NIH

National Institute of Mental Health
(http://www.nimh.nih.gov)

Excellent resource for policy statements, NIMH research, grants

Prevent Child Abuse America
(http://www.childabuse.org)

Scientific American
(http://www.sciam.com)

General scientific resource)

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
(http://www.srcd.org/)

The Website for SRCD, an organization whose purposes are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings.

The Temperament Project
(http://www.temperamentproject.bc.ca)

Sponsored by the Difficult Child Support Association of British Columbia, a Canadian nonprofit organization that "seeks early intervention by providing support, education and information to those who live or work with children who have been temperamentally challenging to raise from an early age."

Web MD
(http://www.webmd.com)

Offers a wide variety of information for the medical profession and for consumers.

Zero to Three
(http://www.zerotothree.com)

A site for parents and professionals. Zero to Three is a nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting the healthy development of babies and toddlers.

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