General Health Resources
Growth and Development
Recommended Reading
General Health
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
Mental Health Resources
Recommended Reading
General
- How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
- Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children, by Wendy Mogel
- The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
- Touchpoints from Birth to 3: Your Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Development by Dr. Berry Brazelton and Joshua D Sparrow
- What To Do Books: by Dawn Huebner and Bonnie Matthews
- Get Out of My Life – But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall, by Anthony Wolf
Gender & Cultural Diversity
- Teaching Diversity: A place to Begin by Janet Gonzalez-Mena and Dora Pulido-Tobiassen
- 30+ Books to Educate Kids and Teens About Race
- National LGBYQIA+ Health Education Center
- Fenway Health
- My Pronouns
- Gender Spectrum
- Trans Lifeline
- National LGBTQ Task Force
- GLADD Media
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- The Trevor Project
- PFLAG
ADHD
- What your ADHD Child Wishes you Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life by Sharon Saline
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
- ADDitude Magazine – Inside the ADHD mind
- Valley ADHD – An online resource center for individual and families living with ADHD in the Pioneer Valley
- ADDitude-ADHD Experts Podcast
Anxiety
- Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cycle and Raise Courageous and Independent Children by Lynn Lyons and Reid Wilson
- Playing with Anxiety: Casey’s Guide for Teens and Kids by Reid Wilson
- What to do When Your Brain Gets Stuck
- What to do When Fear Interferes
- Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents, by Ronald Rapee, Susan Spense, Vanessa Cobham, and Ann Wignall
- What to Do When You Worry too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety, by Dawn Huebner
- Flusterclux with Lynn Lyons LICSW and Robin Hutson Podcast
- GoZen Anxiety Relief for Kids with Renee Jain
- Your Anxious Child with Ted Plimpton, PhD : Needle Phobia with Jody Thomas, PhD Founder and Director of the Meg Foundation on Apple Podcasts
Emotional Management
- Raising your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- Explosive Child, The: A New Approach For Understanding And Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children By Ross W Greene PhD
- Understood – Dedicated to shaping a word where millions of people who learn and think differently can thrive at home, at school and at work
- Lives in the Balance – Fostering Collaboration, Transforming Lives, Inspiring Change
Recommended Parent Support Groups
To Join the ADHD Support Group, a place for resources and support, email valleyadhdfamilies@gmail.com
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