Sites & Resources
Quality Sites for Mental Health Info
Autism Spectrum
- ASCEND — The Asperger Syndrome Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
- Parenting Your Asperger Child: Individualized Solutions for Teaching Your Child Practical Skills by Alan Sohn, PhD & Cathy Grayson, MA
- A Parent’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome & High Functioning Autism: How to Meet the Challenges and Help your Child Thrive by Sally Ozonoff, PhD
- The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome by Tony Attwood
- TalkAbility: People Skills for Verbal Children on the Autism Spectrum — A Guide for Parents by Fern Sussman
- Early Signs of Autism
- Center for Autism Research (CAR) at CHOP
ADHD
- ADDitude - ADD Magazine
- Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents by Russell Barkley, PhD
- ADD and the College Students: A Guide for High School and College Students with Attention Deficit Disorder by Patricia Quinn, MD
- Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood by Edward Hallowell, MD & John Ratey, MD
- Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward Hallowell, MD & John Ratey, MD
- Putting on the Brakes: Understanding and Taking Control of Your ADD or ADHD by Patricia Quinn, MD & Judith Stern, MA
- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD support groups)
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson EdD & Richard Guare PhD
- Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential by Richard Guare, PhD; Peg Dawson, EdD; & Colin Guare MA
Behavior Challenges
- 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children by Thomas Phelan, PhD
- What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems with Anger by Dawn Huebner, PhD
- Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach by Howard Glasser, MA & Jennifer Easley, MA
- Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic by Mary Kurcinka, MA
- The Explosive Child by Ross Greene, PhD
Anxiety
- What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner, PhD
- When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life by David Burns, MD
- Freeing your Child from Anxiety by Tamar Chansky, PhD
- The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety by Forsyth & Eifert
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Stop Obsessing: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions by Edna Foa, PhD & Reid Wilson, PhD
- What to Do When Your Brain gets Stuck: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD by Dawn Huebner, PhD
- Freeing your Child from OCD by Tamar Chansky, PhD
- The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing: The Experience & Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Judith Rapoport, MD
Middle School / High School
- Growing Up Too Fast: The Rimm report on the Secret World of America’s Middle Schoolers by Sylvia Rimm, PhD
- Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher, PhD
- The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents by Lisa Damour PhD
Parent-Child Relationship
- Parenting by heart: How to be in charge, stay connected, and instill your values, when it feels like you’ve got only 15 minutes a day by Ron Taffel, Ph.D.
- How to talk so Kids will Listen & Listen so Kids will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
- Get Out of My Life but First Can You Take Me and Cheryl to the Mall?: A Parent’s Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony Wolf, PhD
- The Scaffold Effect: Raising Resilient, Self-Reliant, and Secure Kids in an Age of Anxiety by Harold Koplewicz
Sibling Relations
- Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlis
Child Mood Disorders
- Raising a Moody Child: How to Cope with Depression and Bipolar Disorder by Mary Fristad, PhD & Jill Goldberg Arnold, PhD
- What to Do When You Grumble Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Negativity by Dawn Huebner, PhD
- The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience by Martin Seligman, PhDs
Adult Mood Disorders
- Learned Optimism: How to Change your Mind and Your Life by Martin Seligman, Ph.D.
- The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living by Russ Harris
- Feeling Good by David Burns, MD
- Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel By Changing the Way You Think by Greenberger & Padesky
- Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
LGBTQ+
- Mazzoni Center (Philadelphia)
- The Trevor Project
Pediatric Psychiatric Medications
- Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids by Timothy Wilens, MD
Nonverbal Learning Disability
- The Source for Nonverbal Learning Disorders by Sue Thompson
Marriage
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert by John Gottman, Ph.D.
- Reconcilable Differences by Christensen, Doss & Jacobsen
Divorce
- I Don’t Want to Talk about It by Jeanie Ransom & Kathryn Finney
- 24 of the Best Divorce Books to Help You Heal at Every Stage of the Process (Oprah list)
- 7 of the Best Children's books about Divorce and Separation
- Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids by Christina McGhee
Loss & Bereavement
Talking About Race and Culture
- The non-profit EmbraceRace has lots of resources/tips/videos.
- Talking to Children about Racial Bias (at the Healthy Children website of the American Academy of Pediatrics). The site includes a video on Teaching Children Cultural and Racial Pride.
Special Education Law
- Educational Law Center (Philadelphia, PA)
- Wrightslaw: IDEA 2004 by Peter Wright, Esq. & Pamela Wright
- Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide by Peter Wright, Esq. & Pamela Wright
- Wrights Law Special Education Advocacy Center
The Journey of Therapy
- Maybe You Should talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb.
- The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck, MD