Linda Perlman Gordon, clinical social worker, family therapist, Trained mediator and Susan Morris Shaffer, Deputy Director, Mid-Atlantic Equity Center, Executive Director of Parents as Essential Partners (PEP). Co-authors, Mom, Can I Move Back in With You? A Survival Guide For Parents of Twentysomethings
Archive for March, 2007
322. Effects of Domestic Abuse on Children
Barbara Zakheim, Founder, President, Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (JCADA)
RESOURCES
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) www.ndvh.org
Child Welfare Information Gateway
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence
Hopeline
Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (JCADA)
Patricia Evans, The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond, Second Edition
Tamar E. Chansky, Freeing Your Child from Anxiety
321. Mentoring for Moms
Alyssa Sanders, manager, Mothers Offering Maternal Support Program (MOMS)
RESOURCES
The MOMS Program of the Families Foremost Center at the Mental Health Association
1000 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20851
301-424-0656
Fax 301-738-1030
www.mhamc.org
320. Children of Short Stature
Paul Kaplowitz, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman, Department of Endocrinology, Children’s National Medical Center; author, The Short Child: A Parents’ Guide to the Causes, Consequences, and Treatment of Growth Problems
RESOURCES
Paul Kaplowitz, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Baron, M.D., The Short Child: A Parents’ Guide to the Causes, Consequences, and Treatment of Growth Problems
Stephen S. Hall, Size Matters: How Height Affects the Health, Happiness, and Success of Boys – and the Men They Become
319. Returning Troops
David, S. Riggs, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, director, Center for Deployment Psychology, Uniformed Services University.
RESOURCES
Military OneSource, a comprehensive resource for military families
318. Importance of Play (II)
David Elkind, Ph.D., professor, child development, Tufts University; author, The Hurried Child, All Grown Up and No Place to Go, and The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children.