Anxiety & Depression
ADHD
- ADDitude
- How to ADHD (Youtube Channel)
- Smart by Scattered by Peg Dawson, EdD & Richard Guare, PhD
- Taking Charge of ADHD by Russell Barkely, PhD
Autism
- The Awesome Autistic Go-To Guide: A Practical Handbook for Autistic Teens and Tweens by Yenn Purkins & Tanya Masterman
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
- Neuroclastic
- Start Here: A Guide for Parents of Autistic Kids (ASAN)
- Uniquely Human by Barry Prizant, PhD
Child/Play Therapy
- Association for Play Therapy
- Center for Play Therapy at UNT
- Evidence-Based Child Therapy
- Texas Association for Play Therapy
- Why Play Therapy? Resource
General Mental Health
- Mental Health America of Texas
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Institute of Mental Health
Grief/Loss
- The Dougy Center
- National Alliance for Grieving Children
- Finding the Right Words: Guidelines on How to Talk to Grieving Children About Death
Parenting
- Beyond Behaviors by Mona Delahooke, PhD
- Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel J. Siegel, MD (book)
- CDC: Child Development Resources
- Child-Parent Relationship Therapy
- Collaborative & Proactive Solutions
- The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children by Ross W. Greene, PhD (book)
- The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them by Elaine N. Aron, PhD (book)
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (book)
- How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (book)
- No-Drama Discipline: by Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson, PhD (book)
- The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson, PhD (book)
- Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (book)
- Unruffled by Janet Lansbury (podcast)
Professional Organizations
- American Counseling Association
- Association for Play Therapy
- Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors
Trauma
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel A. van der Kolk, MD (book)
- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Emergency Contacts
- Highland Village Emergency Services
9-1-1 - Children’s Advocacy Center for North Texas (Lewisville)
(972) 317-2818 - Dallas Rape Crisis Center
Hotline: 972-641-7273 - National Domestic Violence Hotline
Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) - National Parent Helpline
Hotline: 1-855-4A-PARENT (27-2736) - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) - Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas
Hotline: 214-828-1000 - Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Abuse Hotline: 1-800-252-5400 - Texas Youth Helpline for Youth/Families in Crisis
Hotline: 1-800-989-6884