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AOK
Children's Mental Health
Directory
You'll find the link to the
directory at bottom of the AID
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ELF
(Early Learning Fun) Activities
West Aurora School District 129,
through the Project ELF Task
Force, has created kits of
developmentally appropriate
activities for parents and their
children.
The activities in the "ELF Kit"
are divided into sections. |
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KCHAIN
provides links to hospitals and
community organizations that
offer a variety of family
education classes and support
groups focusing on pregnancy,
childbirth, and parenting. |
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AOK
Children's Mental Health
Directory
You'll find the link to the
directory at bottom of the AID
page |
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Child care information for
parents and providers is
available at this site for
YWCA
Metropolitan Chicago.
This agency serves Kane and
DuPage counties and their
website contains many resources
and links, including child care
information for parents and
resources for child care
providers. |
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Agencies providing Developmental
Screenings /
Agencias que proveen evaluaciones del
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| STATE and NATIONAL SERVICES
FOR PARENTS |
 Charter
for Illinois Children
A clear and comprehensive statement of our
vision for the children of our state, and of the
responsibilities we share in helping them thrive
and succeed. |
 HealthyChildren.org
is the only parenting Web site backed by 60,000
pediatricians committed to the attainment of
optimal physical, mental, and social health and
well-being for all infants, children,
adolescents, and young adults. Whether you're
looking for general information related to child
health or for more specific guidance on
parenting issues, you've come to the right
place. Here, you'll find information regarding
the American Academy of Pediatrics many programs
and activities, our policies and guidelines, our
publications and other child health resources,
as well as much, much more. Best of all, you can
rest assured that the information comes from the
nation's leading child health experts and that
we have scientific research supporting our
recommendations. |
 Illinois
Early Childhood Intervention Clearinghouse Provides
library and information services on early
intervention issues, health, educational,
disability and developmental concerns of infants
and young children.
Illinois Early Childhood
Intervention Clearinghouse: Growth & Development
Parenting a child can be a challenge. There is
a fine balance between hopes and dreams and ups
and downs. Beginning early to enhance your
child's development has benefits for you, your
child, your family and your community. It is
estimated that 2% of all children born each year
will have a disabling condition. Many of these
children will have speech and or language delays
and disorders that may have a significant effect
on personal, social, academic, or vocational
life. Although some children will develop normal
skills without treatment by the time they enter
school, it is important to identify those who
will not. Early identification of a disability
or developmental delay increases the chances for
improving communication, learning and other
important skills. |
 March
of Dimes National Website:
marchofdimes.com
March of Dimes Illinois
Chapter: marchofdimesillinois.org
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 Parent
Portal by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), an encyclopedic website
with links to information from all areas of CDC.
"The portal is a source for credible, accurate
information in helping parents raise healthy
kids and provide a safe home and community,"
according to the CDC.
Some of the many sections hold information about
pregnancy, children's topics by age range, and
issues of concern to parents arranged in
alphabetical order. The widely varied topics
include autism signs, body piercing, lice,
school violence, and travel vaccinations.
Another section has information on topics
targeted to health-care professionals and
researchers, including subjects such as child
abuse prevention, a brain injury toolkit for
physicians, a parent training guide, and
information on the effects of childhood stress.
Quick links go to developmental milestones and
safety in the home, among other subjects. Other
resources list product recalls, market
withdrawals, and safety alerts. Users can
subscribe to receive email updates and RSS
feeds. Podcasts are also accessible. |
 Say
it out loud launched in May 2008, and is
sponsored by the Illinois Children’s Mental
Health Partnership and the Illinois Department
of Human Services, Division of Mental Health.
This project promotes Mental Health through the
following key messages:
1) Mental health is a vital component of our
overall health and well-being.
2) Everything we do to promote good mental
health in ourselves and our children contributes
to healthier, happier, more productive lives.
3) Treatment can be effective and help is
available when you need it. |
 Strengthening
Families Illinois is a collaboration among
more than 40 partners who are:
• Increasing awareness that supporting families
so that can keep themselves strong is central to
quality childcare
• Increasing the number of early childhood
centers in Illinois that are working effectively
with families to build
protective factors around children
• Improving working relationships among early
childhood professionals, child welfare agencies,
and child abuse prevention programs and
initiatives
• Infusing Strengthening Families ideas and
practices in state-level decision-making on
early childhood, child welfare and child abuse
prevention Through Strengthening Families
Illinois, early childhood centers are working
with
families to keep children safe.
Supporting Parents
The world is changing, and the job of parenting
is more complicated. There’s always new
information about how to keep children healthy
and safe and help them grow up to be healthy and
successful adults. The truth is that families
take work, but for every ounce of energy you
invest in your family, the results will be
amazing.
Parents need support from other parents. With
its parent-led Love Is Not Enough to Keep Your
Family Strong Parent Cafés, parents have the
opportunity to talk with other parents about
doing the difficult and rewarding job of
parenting.
 Café
Talk is a game for 2 to 8 people that
brings the experience of Parent Cafés to your
home, any time that works for you. For parents
that have attended Parent Cafés, it offers the
opportunity to continue the conversations. For
parents who have not had the opportunity to
attend a Parent Café, it provided the structure
to begin meaningful thought provoking
conversations-to sort out the good things you do
as a parent from all the uncertainty and build
on build on the good for the future.
The card game is available for sale at the Café
Talk link. |
 Voices
for Illinois Children A statewide,
non-profit, non-partisan group of child
advocates who champion the full development of
every child in Illinois to assure the future
well-being of the people of the state. We work
with families, communities and policy makers to
ensure that all children grow up healthy,
nurtured, safe and well educated. |
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Washington
Learning Systems On the Website's home page, click
on the tab for "Literacy Resources." There are a variety
of free materials for home and community activities for
adults and children birth to three that encourage early
language and literacy development.
Zero
to Three The nation's leading resource on the
first three years of life. We are a national non-profit
charitable organization whose aim is to strengthen and
support families, practitioners and communities to
promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers.
