We have compiled a
list of resources that we hope will help psychologists
with a variety of topics:
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individualized recommendations.
For Assessment
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The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and
Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder
By Demitri Papolos & Janice Papolos
Considered one of the most helpful
clinical books recently published, this book includes helpful checklists
and background information for both the seasoned and beginning
professional.
ASSESSMENT OF
CHILDREN:COGNITIVE APPLICATIONS
Fourth Edition
ASSESSMENT OF
CHILDREN: BEHAVIORAL AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Fourth Edition
By Jerome Sattler
Sattler’s 2-volume revision and expansion
of his classic text on child assessment is chock full of helpful charts
and graphs. If you have the older version or feel that your
clinical/behavioral training was lacking, the Behavioral text is an
excellent resource.
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AGS Publishing
http://www.agsnet.com/
Riverside Publishing
http://www.riverpub.com/
The Psychological
Corporation
http://www.psychcorp.com/
Child and Adolescent
Bipolar Foundation
The CABF educates families, professionals,
and the public about early-onset bipolar disorders, supports families, and
advocates for increased services and research
http://bpkids.org/
Learning Disability and
Learning Information
The official Web site of the National
Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), an effective, easy-to-use
resource for people seeking authoritative information on learning
disabilities.
http://ncld.org/
LD Online
The leading Web site on learning
disabilities for parents, teachers, and other professionals
http://ldonline.org/
Multiple Intelligences
Offers descriptions based on Dr. Howard
Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences, with exercises for exploring
them in yourself, and links to other sites on intelligence.
http://www.multi-intell.com/index.htm
WrightsLaw
Parents, advocates, educators, and
attorneys come to WrightsLaw for accurate, up-to-date information about
advocacy for children with disabilities.
http://wrightslaw.com/
For Intervention
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Intervention
Taming Your Inner Brat: A Guide for
Transforming Self-Defeating Behavior
By Pauline Wallin
Funny, direct and readable book that helps
reader confront negative habits and behaviors.
Understanding Children's Drawings
by Cathy A.
Malchiodi
This practical and
easy to read book includes examples of children’s drawings, tips on how to
assist children, even resistant artists, when drawing, as well as what
questions to ask and when.
Everybody Wins! 100 Games Children Should
Play
By Dianne Schilling & Terri Akin
Great resource for classic and modern
games options for groups as small as two players. Categories include:
Action Games, Ball Games, Brain Games, Communication Games, Cooperative
Games, Get-Acquainted Games, Imagination Games, Number Games, Sidewalk
Games, Tag Games and Word Games.
Psychology For Kids: 40 Fun Tests That
Help You Learn About Yourself
By Jonni Kincher
Psychology for Kids II: 40 Fun Experiments
That Help You Learn About Others
By Jonni Kincher
The first of the two is an excellent resource book
for helping children to investigate their own attitudes and thinking,
social, learning, and creative styles. The second promotes a
quasi-scientific approach to learning about experiments as well as the
attitudes and perceptions of other people; this volume allows the child to
explore opinions and judgments, gender differences, and group behavior.
Both books are easily modified for younger students, or the child can read
and explore on their own. I’ve found them to be very useful in group
situations, particularly relating to promoting tolerance and motivating
children to think outside their own experience.
Jump Starters: Quick Classroom Activities
That Develop Self-Esteem, Creativity, and Cooperation
By Linda Nason McElherne
This book is filled with thematic
activities that work wonderfully in a continuing group context. The
topics are well-suited to students in the upper Elementary years, and the
book includes reproducible materials.
Put Your Mother On The Ceiling: Children’s
Imagination Games
By Richard de Mille
A good alternative to some of your “tired”
imagery activities, this book provides scenarios relating to many social
situations and relationships children experience: games and parties, home
and family, school and expressive scenarios.
104 Activities That Build: Self-Esteem,
Teamwork, Communication, Anger Management, Self-Discovery, and Coping
Skills
By Alanna Jones
This book offers activities designed for groups of at least
2 members, with objectives and target populations listed for each ask.
The discussion questions following each activity are generally
comprehensive, and variations are often included for replicating favorite
activities or specializing to your group.
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Free Spirit Publishing
Publisher of books and other
learning materials for children and teens, parents, educators, counselors,
and everyone else who cares about kids.
http://www.freespirit.com
The Self Esteem Shop
Source for mental health resources
http://www.selfesteemshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv
Books and Games by Dr.
Richard Gardner
Dr. Gardner offers a variety of creative
bibliotherapy tools, games, and diagnostic instruments with an emphasis on
children’s personal growth, divorce and sexual abuse issues. He also
offers therapeutic and professional services and resources.
http://www.rgardner.com/pages/ctcat.html
School Psychology Resources
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School Psychology
Resources Online
Resources for Psychologists, Parents and
Educators
http://www.schoolpsychology.net/
Global School Psychology
Network
An innovative Internet community for
school psychologists that is dedicated to professional development, peer
support, problem-solving assistance, and research.
http://www.dac.neu.edu/cp/consult/
The WWW School
Psychology Homepage
Today's Resources for Tomorrow's School
Psychologists
http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~ortizs/spwww.html
School-Psychologist.com
A site designed to educate prospective
students about the profession, be a resource to parents and teachers, and
serve as a resource to School Psychologist's by providing professional
content, employment classifieds, as well as web-hosting and design.
http://school-psychologist.com/
The School
Psychologists' Home Page
The purpose of this web site is to
increase the awareness of and interest in the field of school psychology,
with valuable information and resources for teachers, parents, students,
and the entire community.
http://www.bartow.k12.ga.us/psych/psych.html
Psychologist Jokes
Take a break and enjoy a laugh
http://www.cairns.net.au/~sharon/psychjok.htm
Associations and
Regulatory Boards
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Teaching and Technical Assistance Centers (T/TACs)
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Teaching and Technical
Assistance Centers (T/TACs) are available throughout the state.
They have the mission of
enhancing the educational experiences of children and youth with
disabilities or those who are at-risk for school failure through training
workshops, extensive
lending libraries and
other services.
