Counseling

Family Resource Packs

The Pupil Services staff has developed family resource packs to provide guidance to parents to address developmental challenges. The packs address common childhood issues in a simple, practical, and fun format. The packs are available for check out from the school counselors, psychologist, and social worker. You can call or email to request that a pack be sent home on Fridays. We ask that they be returned in 2 weeks. The packs available now are:

Family Resource Packs

2012

Adoption

Anger

Anxiety

Anxiety (primary)

Anxiety (upper elementary)

Attendance

ADHD

ASD

Bed wetting

Bullying

Changing Families (primary)

Changing Families (upper elementary)

Children and Sleep

Deployment

Diversity

Family member with Cancer

Feeling different

Friendships

Girls’ Empowerment

Girls Friendship Issues (primary)

Girls Friendship Issues (upper elementary)

Grief

Habits

Homework Hassles

Honesty vs. Lying and Stealing

Incarceration

Internet Safety

Mom with cancer

Moving

Optimism

New baby

New to Nottingham

Parenting

Parenting - boys

Parenting - girls

Personal safety

Preparation for middle school – girl

Preparation for middle school – general

Puberty – boy

Puberty – girl

Ready for kindergarten?

Self-esteem

Separation anxiety

Serious illness (child)

Sibling rivalry

Sleep issues (nightmares, etc.)

Teasing

Unemployment

Titles in italics are in process of being developed

Before you return at Pack we ask you and your student to complete a very brief evaluation of the materials to help with ongoing development of these resources. If you have questions, please contact Dr. McCormac (703-228-2302 or mary.mccormac@apsva.us). A summary of each topic is also available on the Nottingham Community Blackboard site. More packs are in development so check back for additional titles. If you would like to suggest a topic, please contact any of the Nottingham Student Services staff.

Links for Parents/Guardians

Academics

http://ldsuccess.org/parent_guide.html

http://parentingtweens.suite101.com/article.cfm/starting_middle_school

Career

http://www.vaview.vt.edu/

http://www.acrnetwork.org/parents.aspx

Personal/Social

http://www.cfchildren.org/

http://www.csn.org

http://www.familynightlessons.com/

http://www.nasponline.org/families/index.aspx

http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?pl=327&sl=130&contentid=130

http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp?area=main

http://www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/

http://www.nea.org/tools/12973.htm

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Students.html

http://www.tolerance.org/parents/index.jsp

Teen Brain:

http://wamu.org/programs/kn/09/03/23.php#25420

http://dukebrainworks.com/about_pubs.html

Adoption:

http://www.adoptionsupport.org/

Military children:

http://www.militaryonesource.com

http://deploymentkids.com

Sexual Abuse Prevention:

http://www.stopitnow.org/

Internet and Electronic Safety:

http://www.ikeepsafe.org/iksc_kids/

http://www.symantec.com/norton/familyresources/index.jsp

Last Modified on August 10, 2012