Child Development Links

Emotions and Behavior
Resources for understanding your child's behavior, feelings and emotions. Some topics covered include: bullying, helping a child through death & divorce, separation anxiety and sportsmanship.

Growth and Development
Provides information on how to understand and deal with your child's changing body and mind from infancy through the teen years. Topics include: sleep, senses, movement, medical care, learning & play, growth, feeding & eating and growing up

Adjusting to Preschool
The site provides families information about helping your preschool child adjust to preschool and their new environment.

Sleep & Your Preschooler
This site provides information on establishing good sleeping habits, bedtime routines, naps and sleeping problems.

Story Time for Preschoolers
Provides information on when and how to read to your child, the best books to buy and strategies to encourage reading.

Talking to Your Child’s Preschool Teacher
Establishing and maintaining an open, clear channel of communication with your child's preschool teacher can lessen many parental concerns.

Motivating Your Preschooler to be Active
This site provides strategies to promote physical activity such as play, free time, limited television time and the parent's role in encouraging activity.

List of Children's Books dealing with Counseling topics

Learning Disabilities Association of America
Provides information on understanding learning disabilities such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.