Links and Resources

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Resources for Abuse:

• Heitritter, Lynn & J. Vought - Helping Victims of Sexual Abuse.  A Sensitive, Biblical Guide for Counselors, Victims & Families.
• Allender, Dan - The Wounded Heart.

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Resources for Adoption:

• Brodzinsky, David - Being Adopted:  The Lifelong Search for Self.
• Crook, Marion - The Face in the Mirror:  Teenagers and Adoption.
• Eldridge, S.  Twenty Things Adopted Kids wish their Adoptive Parents Knew.
• Krementz, J.  How it feels to be Adopted.
• Melina, Lois.  Raising Adopted Children.
• Silber, K & P. Speedlin.  Dear Birthmother.
• Wolff, Jana.  Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother.
• www.tapestrybooks.com

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Resources for AD/HD:

• www.additudemag.com  (magazine)
• www.chadd.org (website, magazine, online resources, support groups)
• www.addresources.org
• www.adult-adhd.com
• www.brainplace.com  (website for Dr. Daniel Amen; Includes research on brain imaging and strategies for optimizing brain function).
• www.helpforadd.com
• www.addwarehouse.com (numerous resources on ADHD interventions).
• www.addinschool.com  (numerous articles and ideas by and for educators).
• www.trytotalfocus.com  (a program by Dr. Robert Myer—includes workbook; DVD; satisfaction guarantee trial period)
• Alexander Roberts, Colleen.  AD/HD Parenting Handbook.
• Hallowell, Edward & John Ratey.  Driven to Distraction.
• Lehmjuki, D & D. Cotter Lamping.  Organizing for the Creative Person.
• Nadeau, Kathleen.  Learning to Slow Down & Pay Attention.
• Quinn, Patricia.  Understanding Girls with ADHD.
• Quinn, Patricia.  Putting on the Brakes.
• Quinn, Patricia.  The Best of Brakes.Compliments of Cellteach Pharmaceuticals.
• Solden, Sari.  Women with ADD.
• Stein, M.  Organizing from the Inside Out.

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Resources for Anxiety in Children:

• Dacey, John & Fiore, Lisa.  Your Anxious Child. 
• Penn, Audrey.  The Kissing Hand.(deals with Separation Anxiety)
• Swedo, S.A. & Leonard, H.L.  Is it just a Phase?
• Wagner, Aureen Pinto.  Worried No More:  Help and Hope for Anxious Children. 
• Wagner, Aureen Pinto.  Up and Down the Worry Hill:  A Children’s Book about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
• Wagner, Aureen Pinto.  What to do When Your Child has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Strategies and Solutions.
• Walker, John & Stein, Murray.  Triumph Over Shyness: Conquering Shyness and Social Anxiety.
• www.adaa.org - Anxiety Disorders Association of America
• www.anxieties.com
• www.ocfoundation.org - Obsessive Compulsive Foundation

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Resources for Asperger Syndrome:

• Attwood, T.  Asperger syndrome:  A Guide for Parents and Professionals.

• Baker, Jed E.  The Social Skills Picture Book.

• Bolick, T.  Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence:  Helping Preteens and Teens get Ready for the Real World. 

• McAfee, Jeanette L, M.D.   Navigating the Social World: A curriculum for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome, High Functioning Autism and Related Disorders. 

• Myles, B.S & Simpson, R.  Asperger Syndrome:  a Guide for Educators and Parents.

• Myles, B.S & Adreon, D.   Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence:  Practical Solutions for School Success. 

• Myles, B.S. & Simpson, R.L.  Asperger Syndrome:  A Guide for Educators and Parents.

• National Research Council.  Educating Children with Autism.Washington, D.C: National Academy Press.  www.nap.edu/catalog/10017.html.

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Resources for Depression:

• Biebel, David & Harold Koenig. New Light on Depression: Help, Hope & Answers for the Depressed and Those who Love Them.
• Piper, John.  When Darkness will not Lift.

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Resources for Eating Disorders:

• www.edap.org - Eating Disorder Awareness and Prevention.
• www.nationaleatingdisorders.org - National Eating Disorder Association.
• www.eatingdisordersanonymous.com
• www.findingbalance.com
• www.girlshealth.gov
• www.mentalhealthscreening.org - National eating disorders screening program, provides tools for screening instruments
• Alcorn, Nancy.  Mercy for Eating Disorders.
• Fitzpatrick, Elyse.  Hate to Eat, Love to Eat.
• Jantz, Gregory, M.D.  Hope, Help, and Healing for Eating Disorders:  A New Approach to Treating Anorexia, Bulimia, & Overeating.
• Menzie, Morgan.  Diary of an Anorexic Girl (based on a true story)
• Siegel, Michelle.  Surviving an Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family and Friends.

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Resources for Marriage/Relationships:

• Chapman, Gary.  The Five Love Languages.
• Crabb, Larry.  The Marriage Builder.
• Cloud, Henry & J. Townsend.  Boundaries:  How to Say No and Take Control of Your Life.
  Cloud, Henry & J. Townsend.  Safe People.
• Eggerichs, Emerson.  Love and Respect.
• Resources for Parenting:
• Blankenhorn.  Fatherless America.
• Kimmel, Tim.  Grace Based Parenting.
• Levine, S.  Father Courage.
• Shaw, Robert, M.D.  The Epidemic:  The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and Resultant Plague of Joyless Children
• Tripp, Paul.  The Age of Opportunity.

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Resources for Parenting/Adolescent Culture:

• Bluestein, J.  Parents, teens, and boundaries:  How to draw the Line. 
• Giannetti, Charlene & M. Sagarese.  The Rollercoaster Years:  Raising your Child through the Maddening yet magical middle school years.
• Gunene, M.  The Wonder of Girls.
• Perlstein.  Not Much, Just Chillin’:  The Hidden Lives of Middleschoolers.
• Pipher, Mary.  Reviving Ophelia:  Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. 
• Schandler, Sara.  Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls write about their Search for Self.
• Snyderman, Nancy.  Girl in the Mirror.
• Tracy, L. Felton.  Grounded for Life-Stop Blowing your Fuse and start Communicating with your teenager.
• US News & World Report.  Mysteries of the Teen Years.  April, 2004.
• Wiseman, Rosalind.  Queen Bees and Wannabees:  Helping your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and other Realities of Adolescence.
• Wolf, Anthony.  Get Out of my Life, but first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall?” 
• Berndt, J.  Praying the Scriptures for Your Children.

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Resources for Personal/Spiritual Growth:

• Bridges, Jerry.  Discipline of Grace.
• Gillham, Bill.  Lifetime Guarantee.
• McGee, Robert.  Search for Significance.
• Warren, Rick.  Purpose Driven Life.
• Carter, Les & Frank Minirth. Choosing to Forgive Workbook.
• Clark, Jerusha. Every Thought Captive: Battling the Toxic Beliefs that Separate Us from the Life we Crave.
  

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Resources for Relational Aggression:

• www.opheliaproject.org - Research, educational materials, resources, online training course.
• www.kidspeace.org/bully.htm - includes Bully Tips for Parents
• www.girlshealth.gov
• Simmons, Rachel.  Odd Girl Out:  The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. 
• Cheryl Dellasega & Charise Nixon.  Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying.

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Resources for Self-Injury:

• www.christianparentingtoday.com - has teen section — article on cutting-“The Razor’s Edge” by T. Suzanne Eller.
• www.selfinjury.com - 1-800 Dont cut; provides resources, information.
• Alderman, T. The scarred soul: Understanding & ending self-inflicted violence.
• Levenkron, S.  Cutting:  Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation. 
• Strong, Marilee.  A Bright Red Scream:  Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain.
• Miller, Dusty, Ph.D.  Women Who Harm Themselves.

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Resources for Teen Girls:

• Courtney, Vicki.  More Than Just Talk.
• George, Elizabeth.  A Young Woman after God’s Heart.
• Gresh, Dannah.  Secret Keeper: The Delicate Power of Modesty.
• Ryan, Lisa.  Generation Esther.
• Shellenberger, Susie.  How to Help Your Hurting Friend.
• Shellenberger, Susie.  Secret Power for Girls.
• Wilson, Nancy.  In Pursuit of the Ideal.
  
• www.virtuousreality.com - An online magazine for junior high, senior high, and college age girls.
• www.purefreedom.org - Articles on purity, modesty, and pressures.
• www.truelovewaits.com  - abstinence and purity.
• www.girlshealth.gov

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Resources for Women:

• Dillow, Linda.  Calm my Anxious Heart.
• Dillow, Linda & Lorraine Pintus.  Intimate Issues:  21 Questions Christian Women ask about Sex. 
• Moore, Beth.  Breaking Free.
• Moore, Beth.  Praying God’s Word.
• Newman, Deborah.  A Woman’s Search for Worth:  Finding Fulfillment as the Woman God intended you to be.
• Newman, Deborah.  Loving Your Body.
• Omaritan, Stormie.  The Power of a Praying Wife series .
• Stephens, Steve, M.D. & A. Gray.  The Worn Out Woman.

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