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Child Development Information
- www.preventiveoz.org
The Preventive Ounce (Poz) is a nonprofit, preventive mental health organization, incorporated in California in 1984, with offices in Oakland, California and Madison, Wisconsin. Since 1984, The Preventive Ounce has worked with health maintenance organizations (HMOs), developing programs that helped more than 20,000 parents see more clearly their child's emerging temperament and manage the issues that are normal for their child's temperament.
- www.ldaca.org
The Learning Disabilities Association of California, LDA-CA is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit volunteer organization of parents, professionals, and adults with learning disabilities. Its purpose is to promote and support the education and general welfare of children and adults of potentially normal intelligence who manifest learning, perceptual, and/or behavioral handicaps.
- www.safe2play.org
The Safe Playgrounds Project - a project of the Center for Environmental Health
Parenting Resources, Bay Area
- www.in-housestaffing.com
Aunt Ann's In House Staffing - The Bay Area?s premier nanny agency, helping families since 1958.
- http://users.lmi.net
If you've had a baby in Berkeley during the past two decades, you've probably heard of Sherry Reinhardt. Sherry's website has links to parenting organizations and support throughout the Bay Area.
- www.parenthoodweb.com
Parenthood.Com is a nationally-based web resource for parents and parenting. There is a separate section for Northern California parent resources. Also links to Bay Area Parent Magazine, published by Parenthood.com
- Family Resources
Family Resources is a community-based program that strengthens our community by increasing
awareness of existing services that meet family needs, a prerequisite to resource
utilization, and by building personal connections across the community's diverse
constituents. For more information about Family Resources, click here.
- UC Berkeley
Resources for parents at UC Berkeley.
- www.neighbor.com
Neighbor.com is a resource for parents and can help them make decisions about the products and services they buy for their children, their families, and their homes. They capture and organize local wisdom in the form of reviews, questions, and answers, and make it accessible to everyone. Their Q&A format showcases the special "attributes" that people naturally use in conversation when discussing services, so that others can find the businesses that meet their particular needs more easily.
Crisis and Low-Cost/Free Services
- www.bacr.org
Bay Area Community Resources (for pregnant or new mothers with concerns about substance abuse). Reach them directly at 415-924-8500.
Fathers' Organizations
- www.bamin.org
The Bay Area Male Involvement Network (BAMIN) is a partnership of several Bay Area child service agencies who are working to increase the involvement of fathers and other significant men in the lives of children here in the Bay Area.
- www.fathersforum.com
Developed by Dr. Bruce Linton, Fathers Forum provides services and information for Bay Area dads as well as Fathers Forum Online ?a virtual community for expectant and new fathers.
Parenting Classes and Family Support/Family Advocacy Organizations
- www.parentingsafekids.com
PMT Consultants, headed by Parents Place group and workshop leader Pnina Tobin, provides programs and materials for children and their families around the issues of self-esteem, socialization skills, sexual abuse prevention, and more..
- www.bacr.org
Bay Area Community Resources provides services and programs to serve youth and adults in seven Bay Area counties and numerous communities and neighborhoods.
- www.bbbsmarin-napa.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marin has worked to improve the lives and futures of thousands ofat-risk children. And with the addition ofNapa County in 1999, impact in the local community continues to grow. Studies have shown that the single most important factor contributing to the future success of a child is positive adult role models. When that influence is missing from a child's life, the Big Brother Big Sister Program helps fill that void.
- www.coordinatedyouth.com
The Coordinated Youth Services Council is a collaboration of 28 public and private non-profit agencies that serve families with children. This collaboration also includes a "Parent Advisory Council" which is comprised of current and former CYSC-served parents. The primary aim of the CYSC member organizations is to create streamlined provisions of services, eliminate fragmentation and reduce duplication for families involved with two or more systems of care.
- www.nurturingourfamilies.com
Nurturing Our Spirited Children provides articles, references and community resources for parents raising spirited, high-need, strong-willed, active alert or difficult children. This link provides a list of parenting classes in your area.
- www.wholefamily.com
WholeFamily.com provides parent resources (articles, books, organizations and online resources).
- www.parentservices.org
Founded in 1980, Parent Services Project (PSP) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to integrating family support into early childhood programs through training, technical assistance and education.
- www.ccppns.org
California Council of Parent Participation Nursery Schools A community of parents and educators committed to teaching and inspiring families through parent involvement and mutual support
- www.talklineforparents.org
TALK Line A range of early intervention services designed to reduce parental stress, enhance parenting skills, and provide ongoing support to famiilies.
Other Children and Family Links
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