General Health Resources

Growth and Development

Recommended Reading

General Health

Your Child’s Health, by Barton Schmitt

Infancy

Childhood

How to Talk so Kids Will Listen, & Listen so Kids Will Talk, by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
Raising Your Spirited Child, by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children, by Wendy Mogel

Puberty

It’s So Amazing!: A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies and Families, by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley (Illustrator)
It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health, by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley (Illustrator)
Period: A Girls’ Guide, by JoAnn Loulan and Bonnie Worthen. Illustrated by Chris Wold Dyrud
Boys Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up You, by Kelli Dunham, Steve Bjorkman (Illustrator)
The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls, by Valorie Lee Schaefer and Norm Bendell (Illustrator)
My Little Red Book, by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff

Adolescence

Sleep

Nutrition

Mental Health Resources

Behavioral Health Toolkits
through MyChart Patient Portal

Recommended Reading

General

Gender & Cultural Diversity

ADHD

Anxiety

Autism

Depression

Divorce

Emotional Management

Recommended Parent Support Groups

To Join the ADHD Support Group, a place for resources and support, email valleyadhdfamilies@gmail.com

ADHD Support Group flyer (PDF)

Suicide and Substance Abuse

Community Resources

Community Action Pioneer Valley
Mass211 Resources Resources in Franklin, Hampshire and North Quabbin Regions
Hampshire County Resource and Referral Guide for Emotional Experience of Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
Local Resources with free kids clothes and gear, pregnancy/nursing clothes, etc.