Family Life Education–
General
- Family Anatomy — Website developed by two therapists. Deal with a variety of family related issues. Listen to the podcasts and provide some feedback about these.
- MissouriFamilies.org
- Forever Families: http://foreverfamilies.byu.edu/Default.aspx
Sexuality Education
- Teen Talk http://www.plannedparenthood.org/teen-talk/index.htm
- Sex, etc. (see comics) — http://www.sexetc.org/comic/3879
- Girls Health: http://www.girlshealth.gov/index.cfm
- AIDS — http://aids.gov/
- StayTeen — http://www.stayteen.org/
Relationship Education
- Relationship Reality TV– http://www.alabamamarriage.org/network/realitytv.php
- Stop Cyberbullying — http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/index2.html
- Stop Bullying Now — http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/adults/default.aspx
- Skills for Stepfamilies — http://stepfamily.orcasinc.com/
- Forever Families: http://foreverfamilies.byu.edu/Default.aspx
- Real Teen Relationships — http://www.realteenrelationships.com/
- Two of Us — http://twoofus.org/index.aspx
- That’s Not Cool — http://www.thatsnotcool.com/
- Girls Health — http://www.girlshealth.gov/index.cfm
- Marriage — http://ocw.usu.edu/Family__Consumer____Human_Development/Marriage___Family_Relationships
- Marriage Moments: http://www.marriagemoments.org/
- Relate Institute: Note: this site costs money, but has some interesting features. http://www.relate-institute.org/
Parent Education
- Just In Time Parenting– eNewsletters and podcasts.
- Parenting your unique child — http://parenting.uwex.edu/parenting-your-unique-child/
- Responsive Discipline (new version 2010 – present) — http://www.k-state.edu/wwparent/courses/rd/index.html
- Responsive Discipline (previous version 2003-2010 — http://www.k-state.edu/wwparent/courses/rd-old/
- Text4Baby– http://www.text4baby.org/index.html
- For more information about the content of this program, I have provided sample text messages from this program.
- For more information about the content of this program, I have provided sample text messages from this program.
- Parenting 24/7 — http://parenting247.org/
- Infant Health — http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/infant-and-toddler-health/MY00362/TAB=indepth
- Maybe Baby: A Short Course on becoming a Father — http://www.k-state.edu/wwparent/courses/maybebaby/index.html
- Parenting Counts — http://www.parentingcounts.org/index.html (I don’t know quite what to make of this website.)
- About Dads — http://www.k-state.edu/wwparent/aboutdads/Welcome.html
- Parenting Wisely — http://www.familyworksinc.com/parentingwisely/index.php
- Parent Road– http://www.parentroad.org/free-online-classes.html Free-version online parenting class– both a basic and anger management– requires signing in.
- Science of Parenting– http://blogs.extension.iastate.edu/scienceofparenting/ Podcasts by Iowa State faculty on parenting.
Parent Education– Children with Special Needs
- NICHCY (parents and families)– http://www.nichcy.org/FamiliesAndCommunity/Pages/Default.aspx
- IL Early Intervention Newsletter: http://www.eiclearinghouse.org/newsletter.html
- Parents Know — http://parentsknow.state.mn.us/parentsknow/index.html
- Autism Modules– http://www.autisminternetmodules.org/
- Autism Web — http://www.autismweb.com/
Family Transition/Stressful Life Events Education
- Skills for Stepfamilies — http://stepfamily.orcasinc.com/
- New Parent — http://www.newparent.com/
- Maybe Baby: A Short Course on becoming a Father — http://www.k-state.edu/wwparent/courses/maybebaby/index.html
Divorce Education
- Focus on Kids http://focusonkids.missouri.edu/
- Utah Divorce Orientation: http://divorce.usu.edu/
- High Conflict Divorce — http://www.highconflict.net/free-online-parenting-course There is a free e-course. You have to enroll and you get links via email.
Family-based Risky Behavior Education
- Alcohol Use on Campus: http://www.cehd.umn.edu/fsos/Centers/Alcohol/
- Parents—The Antidrug: http://www.theantidrug.com/
- NIDA for Teens (parent section)– http://teens.drugabuse.gov/parents/index.php
- Real Teen Relationships — http://www.realteenrelationships.com/
- Two of Us — http://twoofus.org/index.aspx
- That’s Not Cool — http://www.thatsnotcool.com/
- Girls Health — http://www.girlshealth.gov/index.cfm
- Parenting Wisely — http://www.familyworksinc.com/parentingwisely/index.php
- Project Catch-It — http://catchit-public.bsd.uchicago.edu/index.html For adolescents to prevent depression. Public site, but requires log in.
- YooMagazine — http://www.yoomagazine.net/ — this is a website for teens on mental health issues. Need to get access for review.
- Dear Gabe— Interesting video (50 minutes) by Alexandra Juhasz. The author writes, “Queer and straight, black, white and in-between, Jewish and uncertain, bio- and adoptive-moms all, these six stories demonstrate the remarkable changes and challenges that define contemporary family.”
- Naming Prairie — Short (6 minute) video by Alexandra Juhasz.about naming children.
- Online Peer Helping Training — This is a website that was created in 1998 to train teens and other young people in peer helping skills. I have copied it to this web site so that it is possible to see how it was constructed. At present it is not active. This was one of my first attempts to create an educational structure based solely on the use of questions.
- Family Business– Resource Inventory. http://agecon.uwyo.edu/eruralfamilies/Courses/ResourceInventory/htmls/index.htm
- Project Catch-IT — http://catchit-public.bsd.uchicago.edu/index.html For adolescents to prevent depression. Public site, but requires log in.
Multimedia Examples of Ways to Present Science and Real Life
- Radiolab–A radio program produced at WNYC. Listen to this example that is called Mischel’s Marshmellows.
- Science Friday— NPR’s premier radio science program. These programs are rarely about behavioral science, but could these same techniques be used to explore new developments in child and family related scientific developments?
- Reality Radio— Book and website that provides a greater understanding of how radio documentaries are made.