Positive Youth Development During Out-of-School Time
Articles, resources and how to learn more about after school needs.
Breast Feeding Initiative Information on the breast feeding initiative program in Michigan.
Building Strong Families Information on the nationally known BSF program. Information on the materials available, surveys, etc.
CLEAR From the Center for Language Education and Research at MSU, listings of programs on helping with language.
Helping Families Succeed through Trained Family Pararofessionals Details of a program aimed at training paraprofessionals who work with families.
Helping Children and Their Families Cope with Disasters Full text article and links on helping families and children deal with the recent disaster.
MSU Extension Family Life Bulletins MSU Extension full text bulletins on topics related to the family. Not a complete listing.
MSUE Educational Materials Human Development MSU Extension materials available for ordering.
Michigan State University Experiment Station Listing of all stations around the state, projects being researched currently, and status of special projects.
Michigan County Extension pages A list to help you find your county office, with listing of staff, phone and fax numbers, web page, etc.
Michigan State University Counseling Center - Emotional Trauma Full text articles on helping families, children and ourselves deal with emotional trauma.
Positive Youth Development During Out-of-School Time
Articles, resources and how to learn more about after school needs.
School Dress Uniforms: A Review
Full text article and research listing of articles related to the school uniform issue. Written by MSU faculty.
The Childhood Immunization Education Initiative Details of a collaborative program on getting all parents to immunize their children.
AMA Adolescent Health On-Line From the American Medical Association, their recommendations for parent of and adolescents for all health issues.
Better Kid Care Program Sponsored by Penn State University, provides information and resources for parents and child care providers.
Better Kid Care From Pennsylvania State University, information to support a satellite program for parents, and childcare providers.
Bright Futures
Sponsored by Georgetown University information to proomote and improve health and wellbeing of infants, children & ado
Child Care Resource Service By Extension at University of Illinois, full text articles on child care issues.
Child and Youth Development Minnesota Extension full text bulletins.
Child Development Publications From Iowa Extension, full text publications on raising kids, from youth issues, to young childrens issues.
Child Abuse and Prevention Network
Part of the Family Life Development Center, Cornell Universi ty and now LifeNET, Inc.
Children Youth and Family Clearinghouse Minnesota Extension offers this full text, searchable site. Has specific information on many topics including violence.
Children Youth and Families From the University of Georgia Extension, full text articles and for order bulletins.
Children's Needs - Recognizing Stress in Children Written by North Carolina Extension Specialist, article on how stress can be exhibited by kids, and how to help.
Colorado Parent Information & Resource Center Public Organization devoted to improving the work down with parents, especially in school situation. Good training info.
Consumer Information Catalog - Children From Pueblo, the Human Dev part of the Consumer Information Catalog. Full text of many bulletins, can also order them.
Cornell Poisonous Plants Page Connections to several visual and text databases of plants poisonous to animals and humans, along with background info.
Critical Parenting Practices From CYFERNET a full text article on the National Extension Parent Education Model of Critical Parenting Practices.
Discovery Mind Module University of Illinois has good info on future thinking, goal setting, etc. Focus on college age, good on ethics.
Diversity for Children From the National Network for Child Care, full text on programs that help our children learn to live diversly.
Do Science! From a book "While You're Waiting for the Food to Come", small activities to keep kids interested, and real science.
Dreamcatcher, Wyoming Family Life From University of Wyoming Extension, this offers full text articles on issues of support to family life.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education Sponsored by University of Illinois, full text searches on issues related to early childhood and elementary education.
ERIC Information and Materials on Parenting Great link for full text of projects, papers, bibliographies etc. Topics relate to children, community, education.
Enriching Family Relationships Newsletter From University of Nebraska Extension, full text newsletter on ways to work on family issues.
Facts for Families American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Full text fact sheets on child issues, mental health, sleep prob.
Family: Child Care and Parenting University of Illinois Extension has a parenting newsletter. Available in Acrobat format only, must be downloaded.
Family Friendly Workplace From Minnesota Extension, these are links specific to issues on working families.
Family Education Network A commercial site sponsored by and educational publishing group. Has many items of interest on parenting issues.
Family Life Education Resource Center From Ohio State University, Human Ecology offers ths site with newletters, and full text information on human growth.
Family Life Publications New Mexico State University Extension, full text articles most pubs in html and Adobe Acrobat format. Some only Adobe.
Family Life From the Ohio Extension, full text articles on topics about all aspects of family life.
Family Relations Publications From Iowa Extension, full text publications from Iowa on the issues facing families.
Farm Safety and Health Information Clearinghouse Full text information all aspects of farm safety from animal handling, stored grains, machinery, kids on the farm, etc.
FatherNet Minnesota Extension offers this full text, searchable site. Information on keeping fathers in the family.
Fatherwork From Brigham Young University, full text articles in support of fathers and parenting.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog FDAC From the General Service Administration, a searchable site for all programs on domestic assistance.
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics From the Federal Government, a single page that links up all departments that deal with family and child statistics.
Feeding Kids From a professional Dietitian, full text newletters of interest to parents and child care providers.
Fight BAC! Educational materials on improving food safety in the home. Some good examples for kids and teachers.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren From the National Network for Family Resiliency, full text documents from a satellite teleconference.
Great Beginnings Newsletter University of Delaware Extension offers this full text newsletter for parents of newborn to 31 months.
Hotlist: Educational Resources The Franklin Institute sponsors this page which focuses on parent resources for the home schooler. Interesting site.
Human Development and Family Studies Iowa State, newsletter from specialists for staff. Monthly updates.
Human Development University of Florida, full text articles on family topics.
Human Development and Family Relations Rutgers University Extension, abstracts, with information on how to order.
Human Development and Family Relations
Rutgers University Extension, full text in Adobe Acrobat.
Information Resources
From the Early Head Start National Resource Center, full text information.
Michigan League for Human Services Michigan League offers, current bills, reforms related to human service issues. Sponsored by College of Social Science
NNFR Parenting Education From the National Network for Family Resiliency, this is on Parenting education issues. Full text, some curriculum.
National Network for Child Care Sponsored by CSREES, full text and links on child care issues, and curriculum. All ages of youth.
National Parent Information Network Sponsored by University of Illinois Children's Research Network, links and searchable databases to full text.
National Immunization Program From the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, full text and background information on immunization.
North Dakota Extension Gopher Server, some interesting research information on family and youth issues.
Nutrition and Your Child From the USDA Children's Nutrition Research Center, a quarterly newsletter of pertinent nutrition information.
Parenting and Families From Minnesota Extension, these are links specific to issues on parenting.
Parenting Evaluation Framework National Network for Family Resiliency information on their report of parenting evaluation programs.
Parenting University of Maryland, Extension, full text documents, uses Adobe Acrobat.
Parenting Perspectives National Network for Family Resiliency information list of parenting programs for different ages, and how to.
Parenting the First Year From Wisconsin Extension, full text articles on many current topics.
Principles of Parenting University of Alabama, full text articles on family life and child development.
Publications for Parents From US Dept of Education, full text of many bulletins and pamphlets on parenting, and parenting issues.
Publications on Children Sponsored by North Carolina State University Extension, full text and Adobe Acrobat on some.
Resources for Parents
From the National Association for the Education of Young Children, information for parents on child development.
Rural Clearinghouse for Lifelong Ed & Development Kansas State University offers excellent links to other rural sources, publications, special projects, etc.
Teen Series From University of Maryland Extension, full text articles, in Adobe Acrobat.
Ten Things Every Child Needs From the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation:Education Program, full text of research on child mental growth needs.
Terrorism and Children From Purdue University full text and links about terrorism and how to talk with children.
The Family Resiliency Site From University of Maryland, full text and bibliographic information in support of families. Focused for extension.
The Family Education Network A commercial site with references from NEA, and other groups who work with parenting and child development
The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues From North Carolina Extension: newsletters, articles and links on issues related to family life.
The WonderWise Parent From Kansas State University, a series of full text articles and links on parenting, and parenting issues.
UW - Cooperative Extension - Parenting From Wisconsin Extension, full text newsletters, articles and links on parenting. Focus on pre-school, primarily.
Ups & Downs Newsletter University of Nebraska Extension full text newsletter for parents of adolescents.
Violence and Intentional Injury Prevention Program Sponsored by grants from the Michigan Dept of Community Health, Violence Prevention Section. How to measure violence
Welfare Reform Resources From the CYFernet, information on current issues in welfare reform.
Well-Being of America's Children Federal joint agency report on the status of America's children. An Acrobat file for full text, news release online
Wisdom Gopher Server at University of Wisconsin, listings of items available to order on family issues.
Youth Development From Wisconsin Extension, full text articles on many current topics.
Zero to Three From the National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families. Information for parents and professionals.