Parent Resources
Parents &
Guardians Stay in Touch -- Stay involved ! Join the
MHS Cluster Family Connection
Helping Your Child to Succeed Academically
- Special needs
- Learning disabilities online - a guide for parents and teachers
- Council for Exceptional Children - clearinghouse on disabilities and gifted education; fact sheets, data bases, digest
- Promoting literacy
- American Academy of Pediatrics - reading literacy links
- Education reform
- Every Child: Reinventing Albuquerque's Public Schools - download a copy of the Chamber of Commerces' education reform plan, or check the current status.
- Life beyond high school
- ACT parent resources - education planning, careers
- New Mexico Education Assistance Foundation and
- New Mexico Student Loan Guarantee Corporation - scholarship & student loans for NM students
Health Issues
- Medical
- American Medical Association - Adolescent Health Online
- Health Risks for Adolescents
- New MexiKids - health coverage for children under 19 in homes where the household income is less that 235% of Federal Poverty Guidelines. It pays for pays doctor and dental visits, hospital care, prescriptions, glasses and hearing and vision exams. You can contact them through their web page, by phone (toll-free 1-888-997-2583) or by e-mail at: hsd.mad@state.nm.us
- Emotional
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - see especially Facts for Families
- Substance abuse
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Social Issues
- Character education & religion
- Religion and public schools - guidelines from the US Department of Education on religious expression
- Character Education Partnership
- Medial literacy
- Media Matters - from the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Plugged-in Media Review - family friendly reviews of movies, music and TV
- Grading the Movies
- Is today's music killing our kids? - from Phil Chalmers
- There is also an extensive list of links on the Teacher resource page
Parenting - The Most Important Job
- Family sites
- ParentSoup.com - has a special teen section
- Family.com - from Disney
- FamilyEducation.com - learning topics, message boards, more
Parents &
Guardians Stay in Touch -- Stay involved ! Join the
MHS Cluster Family Connection
last updated Sept 3, 2008