Links to Useful Web Sites

General Information

• Thunder Bay Public Library

Adult Mental Health

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Anxiety

• AnxietyBC
• Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada
• Fema Ready Kids
• WorryWiseKids.org
• National Weather Service Lightning Safety

ADHD

• addadhdadvances
• CH.A.D.D. Canada Inc.

Autism

• Autism Speaks
• AutismOntario

Body Image, Self Esteem for Girls

• Dove Self-Esteem Resources

Body Image, Self Esteem for Teen Girls

• Operation Beautiful

Bullying

• Bully Beware
• StopBullying.gov
• Bullying.org
• Cipb.ca

Child and Family Information

• KidsHealth

Children 0 to 3

• Zero to Three

Children 0 t0 6

• Fair Start
• George Jeffrey Children's Centre
• Communities Together for Children
• Autism Ontario
• Starfall
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit
• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
• Handbook of Language and Literacy Development

Family Violence and Children

• Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
• Faye Peterson Transition House

Gambling

Ontario Problem Gambling Helpline

Games for Children and Youth That Teach Specific Skills

• Learning Works for Kids
• www.cccoe.net/social/SAdirectory.htm

Health and Sexuality

Sexuality and U

Internet Safety

• Wired Safety

Mental Health

• Canadian Mental Health Organization
• Children's Mental Health Ontario
• Ontario Mental Health Helpline

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• OCDOntario.org
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• MIM Obsessive Compulsive Information Centre (OCIC)
• International OCD Foundation
• OCD Online

Parenting

• about.com - Age Appropriate Chore Charts
• Parenting.com

Resources for People Working With Youth

• mindyourmindpro.ca

Selective Mutism

• SMG - Selective Mutism Group - Childhood Anxiety Network
• Selective Mutism Anxiety Research and Treatment Center
• Selective Mutism Foundation
• The Selectively Silent Child

Sensory Processing Disorder

• SPD Canada
• The Sensory Processing Disorder Resource Center

Seperation and Divorce

• Center for Divorce Education
• Legal Aid Ontario
• flew Family Law Education for Women
• Department of Justice Canada - Supporting Families Experiencing Seperation and Divorce Initiative

Social Anxiety

• SocialAnxietyDisorder.net/
• Social Anxiety Support and Social Phobia Support
• SAI The Social Anxiety Institute
  

Speech and Language

• Handbook of Language and Literacy Developmkent - A Roadmap from 0 to 60 Months
• Best Start - Ontario's Maternal, Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre
• The Hanen Centre - Speech and Language Development for Children
• Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
• The Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
• The Ontario Association for Families of Children with Communication Disorders
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Substance Abuse

Ontario Drug and Alcohol Helpline

Suicide Prevention

• Here's The Deal - Thunder Bay Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force

Tourette Syndrome

• The Tourette Syndrome Association of Ontario
• tsa-usa national Tourette Syndrome Association
• Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada
• Tourette Syndrome "Plus"

Trichotillomania

• Trichotillomania Learning Centre