www.readingrockets.org,
grab your favorite book, your favorite friend, and these activities
and enjoy some time filled with reading adventures. It's all here
on Reading Rockets, the super stellar reading web site for parents
and educators.
www.buildingchoice.org,
a virtual toolkit created to support public school choice efforts
around the country. Designed for school administrators and others
involved with education management, this online toolkit offers
an array of tools taken from real life experiences and used by
districts and schools that have succeeded in implementing public
school choice programs.
Indiana Parent
Information Network is an organization
of parents and professionals that was founded in Indianapolis
in March, 1987 by two parents and two professionals. The mission
of IPIN is:"Supporting children with special needs and their
families by providing information, peer support, and education,
and building partnerships with professionals and communities."
SES
in Action: A Toolkit for Parents and Community is
a new, free resource available to help parents and community leaders
build excitement about and understanding of SES in their communities.
The SES in Action Toolkit offers community leaders tips, tools,
and strategies for helping parents learn about SES, navigate the
school system to sign up for services, and pick a quality SES
provider for their children.
Schoolmatters.com
a revolutionary tool to access information and
analysis about our nation's public schools.
National
SpankOut Day, USA was initiated in 1998 to give widespread
attention to the need to end corporal punishment of children and
to promote non-violent ways of teaching children appropriate behavior.
EPOCH-USA (End Physical Punishment of Children) sponsors SpankOut
Day USA on April 30th of each year.
No
Child Left Behind puts the focus on
instruction and methods that have been proven to work. It makes
a billion-dollar annual investment to ensure every child learns
to read by third grade. And it provides the resources for reform
and unprecedented flexibility so states and local communities
can get the job done.
National
Safe Kids Web Site provides answers
to frequently asked child safety questions, a family safety checklist,
and links to many web sites that offer child health and safety
information.
Injury Control
Resource Information Network, a comprehensive injury information
site, provides child injury statistics, research results, and
information about drownings, poisonings, child abuse, product
safety, and recreational injuries.
Just
In Time Parenting Information from the University of Delaware.
Great Beginnings helps you learn about your baby from newborn
to thirty-six months.
National Child Care Information
Center includes information on the Healthy Child Care America
Campaign, the National Health and Safety Performance Standards
for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs, and how to throw a "baby
safety" shower.
National Resource Center for
Health and Safety in Child Care promotes health and safety
in out-of-home child care facilities throughout the nation.
Information on this site includes the National Standards, state
regulations (including Indiana), an extensive set of information
links on child safety topics, practical childcare safety tips,
and a search engine.
Community Resources
Purdue University offers many
resources included continuing education classes for professionals
as well as youth programs.
Environmental Safety
Protecting
Our Children (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) contains
a report on Environmental Health Threats to Children; information
resources on air and water quality, toxins and poisons, and
protection from the sun; and some tips to reduce the effects
of these environmental hazards on children.
Health
American Academy of Pediatrics
provides information on The Injury Prevention Program, car safety,
sudden infant death syndrome, and immunizations. Users may access
these and other topics by clicking on "You and Your Family".
Child
Passenger Safety (NHTSA) includes a set of information resources
and recommendations for safely transporting children in cars.
It provides a listing of recalled child safety seats.
Why Child
Safety Seats? (National Safety Council) outlines the rationale
for using child safety seats and provides useful information
for parents, including frequently asked questions on child passenger
safety.
Booster Seat Safety safety
quick check, where to find child passenger safety inspection
site locations and other booster seat safety information.
National Lead Information
Center is a site that contains a newsletter, an Indiana
point of contact, extensive sources of information and links
on lead poisoning, a virtual library, and various alerts.
Product Safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
offers extensive child product safety information, including
product recalls, and features a special site for children to
learn about product safety.
Recreational Safety
National Program for
Playground Safety furnishes revealing injury statistics,
a parent's "quick checklist", and other safety information resources,
including the National Action Plan.
School Safety
Indiana School
Safety Specialist Academy This site contains a wealth of
Indiana-based school safety resources, including school safety
and the law, history, and program development resources.
Keeping
Children SafeWays
to protect children from predators.
The
dangers are everywhere. Internet chat rooms, friends, strangers,
relatives, teachers, coaches, neighbors . . . the list goes on
and on because anyone could be a perpetrator of these crimes.
Substance Abuse
Indiana Prevention Resource Center
contains statistical information about substance abuse, legislative
summaries and news, information about prevention services, and
a variety of publications and reference materials.
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