Websites
for Parents of Adolescents
The counseling staff at Finn Hill Jr. High has compiled a number of interesting
and useful web sites for parents of adolescents in the following categories: |
| Helping
Teenagers with Stress |
Focus
Adolescent Services
Teenagers, like adults, may experience stress everyday and can benefit
from learning stress management skills. |
Parenting
After Divorce
If you are a parent going through a divorce, you will want to learn more
about custody evaluations and some of the issues affecting families and
children. |
| Mental
Health |
National
Mental Health Association
The National Mental Health Association is the country's oldest and largest
nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental
illness. With more than 340 affiliates nationwide, NMHA works to improve
the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million people with
mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and service. |
Talking
With Kids About Tough Issues
Raising a child is probably the most gratifying job any of us will ever
have -- and one of the toughest. We live in an increasingly complex world
that challenges us every day with a wide range of disturbing issues that
are difficult for children to understand and for adults to explain. We
believe this Web site can helpby offering practical, concrete tips and
techniques for talking easily and openly with young children ages 8 to
12 about some very tough issues: sex, HIV/AIDS, violence, drugs and alcohol. |
Parenting
Is Prevention
This site is for parents who want to keep their children
drug-free. |
Parents.
The Anti-Drug.
Working with the nation's leading experts in the fields of parenting and
substance abuse prevention, TheAntiDrug.com serves as a drug prevention
information center, and a supportive community for parents to interact
and learn from each other. |
IDEA-Prevención
Specialized System on drug abuse prevention. |
Links
To Valuable Resources |
| College
Information |
College
Board
The College Board is a national nonprofit membership association whose
mission is to prepare, inspire, and connect students to college and opportunity. |
College
Planning Network (CPN)
Seattle-based, nonprofit organization, assisting people seeking educational
opportunities, and serving the Pacific Northwest. |
| Yahoo |
Hobson’s
College View
Your career, college, and financial aid solution. |
National
Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
An organization of 8,000 professionals from around the world dedicated
to serving students as they make choices about pursuing postsecondary education. |
Mapping
Your Future
Mapping Your Future's mission is to counsel students and
families about college, career, and financial aid choices through
a state-of-the-art, public service web site. |
| Getting
Ready: Taking the right courses for College starts in Middle
School |
|
| Financial
Aid for College |
FinAid
The Smart Student’s Guide to Financial Aid |
National
Collegiate Athletic Association
Information about Scholarships, Internships, Education Programs, Grants,
and Research |
| Scholarships |
FastWeb
FastWeb can help you find money for college, get expert tips
on financial aid, find your dream school, and get recruited by
colleges. |
College
Planning Network (CPN)
Seattle-based, nonprofit organization, assisting people seeking educational
opportunities, and serving the Pacific Northwest. |
FreSch!
FreSch! has a database of over 2,000 organizations and foundations
that offer scholarships, representing approximately 169,000
awards. |
College
Net
The Mach25 database contains over 600,000 awards totaling
over $1.6 billion. |
Gates
Millennium Scholars (GMS)
Funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
GMS was established in 1999 to provide outstanding African
American, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific
Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with
an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education,
in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those
students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering,
education, or library science. |
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