Western New York Teacher Center

 

Contact the Center for Children & Families 829-2244 or http://ccf.buffalo.edu and click on "clinical" (top bar) for information about the following programs:

    For parents and adolescents grades 7 - 12: "Parent-Teen Negotiations" x182

    For parent of children ages 5 - 12: "Coping for Parents" x149

   

Parenting articles offers hundreds of simple articles on every issue for every age.

Love and Logic: click on "articles" on left sidebar for further reading.

 

Joan A. Male Family Support Center (716) 892-2172 offers free 24/7 phone support as well as crisis management, in-home support services and daycare.

EPIC (Every Person Influences Children) 332-4100 is the local phone number of an organization that supports parents, teachers and schools by promoting important qualities of character and leadership in children.  Helpful articles that are brief and pointed offer advice and ideas.  Use the age-filter for specific ages.   

 

Responding to a child or teenager who has become a victim of bullying is not an easy task. Stopping the individuals who are bullying as well as helping the child who is bullying is important. Helping a teen find his or her own strength along with the courage and wisdom in order to change the situation, is a helpful step. Parents may also find that many schools have prevention programs and active systems created to deal with bullying; schools are not necessarily limited to addressing behavior that occurs only while in school. Questions about the relationship between bullying and suicide have emerged, not just in the United States but in other countries as well. "Bullycide" refers to suicide caused from the effects of bullying.   

In recent years, cyberbulling has become rampant. Using technologies such as cell phones and computers has spawned an entire new wave of challenging problems for parents, families, schools and friends. A website called "Stop Cyberbullying" informs parents and educators. An organization that studies, teaches, researches and publishes on this topic is the Family Online Safety Institute.

 

Parent to Parent is responsive to parents with special-needs children, particularly addressing health care needs and education. 

Special Child is a resource for parents of children with special needs and disabilities. This webpage lists some basic tips for parents of children with special needs.

 

Many local groups are provide general information and support about learning disabilities as well offer groups for specific disabilities such as traumatic brain injury, autism, mental health, Asperger's, Down's Syndrome, Spina Bifida, PKU, Apraxia, Dispraxia and ADHD. 

Parents Helping Parents is a forum sponsored by the federal government but does necessarily reflect the views of the government.  

Although no longer funded, the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities continues to offer a webpage for special needs children and adolescents with a wealth of information. Despite the reality that the digest and resource page is somewhat dated, much of the basic background remains useful.

 

Parents Anonymous of Buffalo and Erie County 892-2172 is part of Joan A. Male Family Support Center and encourages positive parenting strategies.  Parents involved with Child Protection Services, domestic violence, correctional programs or substance abuse programs may also attend weekly meetings and find support. 

 

Kinship Preventative Services  (716) 896-4236 for relatives or family members in parental role; websites also provides information about other related services. 

 

Many local school districts offer free family and/or individual counseling through family support centers.  To inquire, call your district office. Schools also often offer a variety of counseling services from a support staff of school counselors, school social workers and school psychologists. 

 

Books are a wonderful resource for helping children with a variety of issues, including death, divorce, bullying and many other topics that may otherwise be difficult to address.  

 

   PINS Diversion Program 858-8349

   Family Court 858-8192

   Office of Child Support 858-7355

 

Also refer to "Learning Disabilities and ADHD" page for more parent support information.