THERAPEUTIC / BOARDING SCHOOL / LD RESOURCES

Online

A number of professional associations offer useful online information about academic and therapeutic settings for adolescents.

For information about boarding schools, please see www.schools.com, the website of The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS).

Regarding therapeutic options, the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) offers a variety of information as well as a directory of member programs. NATSAP now publishes a journal that includes research on therapeutic programs. Please see www.natsap.org.

The Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) provides information about the practice of educational consulting and an online directory. The address is www.educationalconsulting.org.

For research on the effects of various media on children and the family, see www.mediafamily.org.

Suggested readings

To learn more about adolescent development, effective parenting, the influence of popular culture, and challenges that other families have faced, you may find the following helpful. Inclusion on the list does not imply endorsement of the book's content or advice.

Brodzinsky, David M., Schechter, Marshall D., and Henig, Robin Marantz (1992). Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self. New York: Anchor Books.

Clinton, Hillary Rodham (1996). It Takes a Village. New York: Simon and Schuster.

De Graaf, John, Wann, David, and Naylor, Thomas H. (2005). Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (2/ed). San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

Evans, Robert (2004). Family Matters: How Schools Can Cope with the Crisis in Childrearing. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Faber, Adele and Mazlish, Elaine (2005). How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk. New York: Harper Collins.

Ferguson, Gary (1999). Shouting at the Sky: Troubled Teens and the Promise of the Wild. New York: St. Martin's.

Fowler, Mary (2001). Maybe You Know My Teen: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Adolescent with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. New York: Broadway Books.

Kindlon, Dan, and Thompson, Michael (1999). Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. New York: Ballantine.

Marcus, David L.(2005). What It Takes to Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble and How Four of Them Got Out. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Pipher, Mary (1994). Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. New York: Penguin.

Pipher, Mary (1997). The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families. New York: Ballantine.

Pollack, William (1998). Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood. New York: Random House.

Robbins, Alexandra (2006). The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids. New York: Hyperion.

Walsh, David (2004). Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen. New York: Free Press.

Following is a list of recent research and articles that is periodically updated.

NYTimes - Bipolar Illness Soars as a Diagnosis for the Young

Forbes - Excessive TV Spurs Attention Trouble in Kids. 2007.

Family Dinners Give Kids a Message to Chew On, Too

Retraining Brain Waves