Links
Disclaimer: All information provided in these links is general in nature. Please remember that information alone cannot take the place of professional services or evaluation. While these web sites do contain plenty of useful, valid material, Dr. Bertin cannot guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of every page. As with any use of the Internet, always remember to check the source of what you read.
General Medical Information…
- Mayo Clinic
- Healthfinder.gov: Government reviewed medical sites
- National Library of Medicine
General Child Development
- Healthychildren.org (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Educating preschoolers (article)
- Social emotional skills research summary
- Tools of the Mind: Research-based information regarding the importance of free play for child development, with tips for parents
Media and children
- Common Sense Media: Evidence based media advice, parent handouts and age-related ratings of movies, games and books
- Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood
- Science News: Articles on media and child development
- American Academy of Pediatrics media guidelines
Information About ADHD …
- CHADD: Children And Adults With ADHD
- National Resource Center for ADHD
- Additude Magazine
- National Institute of Mental Health
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- International Consensus Statement on ADHD
For information about Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorders…
- American Academy of Pediatrics site for parents: Various resources including clinical practice guidelines
- US Department of Health and Human Services: Guide to Interventions
- Autism and PDD Support Network for parents
- Geneclinics: A detailed medical summary of autism for health care professionals
- Educating Children with Autism: National Academies Press online book
- National Institutes of Health site: Research networks dedicated to understanding and treating autism
- Autism Science Foundation: Supports research and supplies evidence-based information for families
For information about reading instruction and learning disabilities…
- International Dyslexia Association
- Learning Disabilities Online
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- National Institute for Literacy: Current, comprehensive literacy research, practice, and policy, making scientifically-based reading research available to educators, administrators, and families.
- National Reading Panel: Evidence-based reading instruction
- National Mathematics Advisory Panel: Evidence-based math instruction
New York State Parent Guide for the Special Education process
New York State List of Approved Special Education schools
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research …