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Elkhart, IN 46517
574-295-2277
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| Prevent Child Abuse America | Since 1972, Prevent Child Abuse America has led the way in building awareness, providing education and inspiring hope to everyone involved in the effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation's children. Working with our chapters, we provide leadership to promote and implement prevention efforts at both the national and local levels. With the help of our state chapters and concerned individuals like you we're valuing children, strengthening families and engaging communities nationwide. |
| Prevent Child Abuse Indiana | Prevent Child Abuse Indiana works with community, state, and national groups to expand and disseminate information about child abuse prevention. Further, Prevent Child Abuse Indiana translates that information into action through the development of sound child and family oriented policies, community-based prevention activities, public awareness, and educational initiatives. |
| National Exchange Club Foundation | The National Exchange Club Foundation is committed to making a difference in the lives of children, families and our communities through its national project, the prevention of child abuse. The NEC Foundation's most successful method of countering abuse is by working directly with parents through the parent aide program. The NEC Foundation coordinates a nationwide network of nearly 100 Exchange Club Child Abuse Prevention Centers who utilize the parent aide program and provide support to families at-risk for abuse. |
| Supervised Visit Network | This site is an SVN tool.
It provides information to its members, to other professionals,
and to the general public including parents and children who
may need supervised visitation or related services.
Whether parents are living together or apart, they have a shared responsibility for their children. Most often, children benefit from regular contact with both parents, regardless of the parents' relationship with each other. |
| United Way | The United Way strives to improve the quality of life throughout Elkhart County by bringing together individual members of our community to develop priority social needs through consensus, generate and facilitate solutions to meet those needs, and efficiently recognize, raise and allocate resources to meet those identified needs. |
| Early Childhood Meeting Place | The Early Childhood Meeting Place provides access to county-specific and statewide resource information around the areas of community resources and financial assistance, child care and early education, health and safety, and parenting and families. |
| iVillage Parenting | This web site contains LOTS of great parenting tips from parent educators, as well as other parents. The Ages and Stages section features articles for parents of children from birth to teens. There is also a message board for parents to interact with other parents. |
| Kids Source | Divided into categories (newborns, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-aged), this site offers a variety of articles, products and services related to each specific age category, as well as links to other sites. Articles, which are grouped by health, education, recreation, and parenting, use a five-star rating system. Very good information! |
| Parenthood Web | Parents can subscribe to this free weekly electronic newsletter offered to subscribers. This newsletter allows you to select a topic and read articles on this topic by experts in the field. Parents are invited to add their comments and read other parents' comments in the "forum." In addition, parents can access articles, surveys, and chat with other parents during live and scheduled chats. This site is easily navigable also! |
| Parent's Guide to the Internet | This Department of Education web page contains a pamphlet to assist and encourage parents to learn the internet so they may help their children develop these same skills. Includes very helpful, step by step information for parents including: a history of the internet, basic computer terms, how to use the internet, and practice examples. There is also a section related to child "safe-surfin" issues. Contains LOTS of links into family fun sites also! |
| Zero to Three | Zero to Three's web site has both parent and professional sections. In the parent section, there are articles adapted from their bi-monthly bulletin, weekly messages to parents, a guide to helping parents whose child is going through a developmental assessment, information on developmental milestones and more. |
| Common Sense Parenting | Boys Town and Common Sense Parenting sponsor this web site. The site includes articles for parents, a question and answer section covering a variety of topics, and a link to Boys Town Press to view resources. |
| Family Education | This site contains general parenting information, as well as, educational topics and activities for parents. It also features message boards for parent questions and newsletters to which parents can subscribe. |
| Parent's Resource Center | Parents can find fun activities to do with their children on this web site. Activities are available for multiple age groups. This site also lists recipes, links to kid-related sites, and parenting tips for various ages and stages of development. In addition, the site also features a missing children segment which displays photos of missing children. |
| The National Parenting Center | Parenting authorities (doctors, psychologists, and parenting experts/authors) offer advice for parents. The articles are based on age-specific groups, which offer a variety of advice for children in each stage of development. |
| Sesame Street Parents | This page is produced by Sesame Street, and contains good articles for parents on behavior/discipline, education, family & community, heath, and safety issues. It also has a child development section that allows parents to pick topics related to their child's age range. In addition, it features activities for parents and kids, and a listing of child related product reviews. |
| Parents as Teachers | This web site serves to provide the information, support and encouragement parents need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life. |
| Civitas | Using the latest research in early childhood development, Civitas produces and distributes practical, easy-to-use tools that assist adults in making the best possible decisions on behalf of children. Equipped with these resources and an enhanced understanding, we can all shape the experiences of children, and therefore our future. |
| Born Learning | Everyday life is a learning experience for children. Born Learning is a public engagement campaign that helps parents, grandparents, and caregivers explore ways to turn everyday moments into fun learning opportunities. |
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