Positive Youth Development During Out-of-School Time
Articles, resources and how to learn more about after school needs.
Addressing Critical Isses Facing Youth Details of programs aimed at youth, by topic. Sponsored by the Youth Development/4H program at MSU Ext.
Age-Appropriate Educational Approaches to Youth Development Details of programs aimed at youth of different ages. Sponsored by the Youth Development/4H program at MSU Ext.
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.
Children Youth and Families Research and Evaluation - Youth Information on research done at MSU on CYF issues.
Children Youth and Families Training & Events - Youth Information on trainings offered by MSU Extensions' CYF programs.
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.
MSU Entomology K-12 Activities and Materials MSU Entomology department with ideas for teaching about entomology for the schoolroom.
MSU Dept of Fisheries & Wildlife Youth Programs Details of programs aimed at youth, by topic.
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.
Team Nutrition Information on the statewide Team Nutrition program sponsored by MSU Extension.
The Power of 4H Information on the MSU Extension 4h Youth Program. This segment is designed for youth.
This Land is Your Land
Land use curriculum to help children learn about community issues.
AMA Adolescent Health On-Line From the American Medical Association, their recommendations for parent of and adolescents for all health issues.
Adolescents Minnesota Extension offers this full text, searchable site. Topics include violence, and includes many links.
Bright Futures
Sponsored by Georgetown University information to proomote and improve health and wellbeing of infants, children & ado
Bureau of Justice Statistics Abstracts of many special justice related information, with links for full text. Includes drug, violence stats.
Centre for Rural/Social Research Charles Sturt University of Australia, topics broken out by headings. Publications, conferences, people, good links.
Child Care Resource Service From Extension at University of Illinois,full text articles on child care issues.
Children Youth and Family Consortium Minnesota Extension offers this full text, searchable site. Has specific information on many topics including violence.
Child and Youth Development Minnesota Extension full text bulletins.
Child/Adolescent Nutrition & Health From the International Food Information Council, full text articles.
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.
Consumer Information Catalog - Children From Pueblo, the Human Dev part of the Consumer Information Catalog. Full text of many bulletins, can also order them.
Consumer and Family From Colorado State University, full text documents, in Adobe Acrobat format.
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.
Dreamcatcher, Wyoming Family Life From University of Wyoming Extension, this offers full text articles on issues of support to family life.
ERIC Information and Materials on Parenting Great link for full text of projects, papers, bibliographies etc. Topics relate to children, community, education.
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.
Environmental Education Link on the Internet Sponsored by the EPA, this is a good reference for links and textual information on environmental issues. Youth curriculu
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 Life Education Resource Center From Ohio State University, Human Ecology offers ths site with newletters, and full text information on human growth.
Family and Child Development University of Alabama, full text articles on family life and child development.
Family Publications From University of Maryland Extension, full text articles, in Adobe Acrobat, page down.
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.
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.
Health School Meals Resource System From the USDA and many affiliated state programs, full text of research, recipe ideas, training materials, etc.
Juvenile Justice From the Justice Information Center, full text articles on research and stats on juvenile justice.
NNFR Parenting Education From the National Network for Family Resiliency, this is on Parenting education issues. Full text, some curriculum.
National 4H Council The National 4H Council offers information on 4H, special projects for youth & links to groups working on youth issues
National Decisions for Health Network Sponsored by CSREES, full text and links on health care and curriculum for health care for youth.
National Network for Child Care Sponsored by CSREES, full text and links on child care issues, and curriculum. All ages of youth.
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.
Rural Clearinghouse for Lifelong Ed & Development Kansas State University offers excellent links to other rural sources, publications, special projects, etc.
Science 4 Kids! Sponsored by the National Ag Research Service, this has many activities and items for kids about science.
Terrorism and Children From Purdue University full text and links about terrorism and how to talk with children.
The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues From North Carolina Extension: newsletters, articles and links on issues related to family life.
The Family Education Network A commercial site with references from NEA, and other groups who work with parenting and child development
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.
Wisdom Gopher Server at University of Wisconsin, listing of items for ordering on family issues.
Young Children Minnesota Extension offers this full text, searchable site. Topics include full text and links for young children.
Youth Development From Wisconsin Extension, full text articles on many current topics.