Resources for Delaware Families

Services for Delaware Families - Resources

  1. Child Traumatic Stress and Treatment
    *  NCCTS Questions and Answers about Child Sexual Abuse Treatment
    *  Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
    *  Delaware Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Roster
    *  Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
    *  Delaware Trauma-Focused Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Roster
  2. Family Voices http://www.familyvoices.org/states?id=0057
  3. Contact Lifeline http://contactlifeline.org/contact.html
  4. Parent Information Center of Delaware, Inc. http://www.picofdel.org
  5. Autism Information http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer
  6. SIDS Back to Sleep Campaign http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids/
  7. Directory of Human Services in Delaware http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dssc/
  8. Asperger’s Network in Delaware http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/suppDE.html
  9. Autism Delaware http://www.delautism.org/
  10. Lower Delaware Autism Foundation http://www.autismlink.com/listing/lower_delaware_autism_foundation
  11. Nemours http://www.nemours.org/service/support.html & http://kidshealth.org/parent/
  12. Delaware Assistive Technology http://www.dati.org/
  13. Resource & Referral
    Delaware Helpline http://www.delawarehelpline.org/helpline/index.jsp
    Children & Families First http://cffde.org/Services/FamilyResources/index.aspx
    Cooperative Extension http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/Help.htm
  14. Delaware Association for Education of Young Children (DAEYC) http://www.daeyc.org/
  15. Parent Information Center of Delaware http://picofdel.org/
  16. UD Cooperative Extension, Families Matter! http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/FM/index.htm
  17. UD Cooperative Extension, Great Beginnings http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/gb/gb-list.htm
  18. UD Cooperative Extension, Finding Help and Resources for Grandparents and Mentors http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/Help.htm
  19. UD Cooperative Extension, The Family Well-Being Across the Lifespan Extension Cord http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/index.htm
  20. UD Cooperative Extension, Child Care and Out-of-School School Care http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/professionalresources/ed/childcare.htm
  21. UD Cooperative Extension, Resources for Professionals http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/professionalresources/index.htm
  22. Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu
  23. Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative (ECAP) http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu/
  24. Governor’s Advisory Council for Exceptional Children (GACEC) http://gacec.delaware.gov/
  25. Children’s Beach House http://www.cbhinc.org/index.html
  26. Child Care Exchange http://www.childcareexchange.com
  27. Early Childhood Research and Practice (ECRP) http://www.ecrp.uiuc.edu
  28. U.S. Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
  29. UD Cooperative Extension, Just in Time Parenting http://www.extension.org/parenting
  30. Family Communications http://www.fci.org
  31. The Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute http://www.fpg.unc.edu
  32. Kid Writing http://www.kidwriting.com
  33. National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) http://www.naeyc.org
  34. Nursery-Kindergarten Association of Delaware (NKAD) http://www.nkad.org
  35. Positive Behavior Support Teachers http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
  36. Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel
  37. Zero to Three http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer
  38. Children and Families First - Child Care Capacity - Building Program http://www.familyandworkplace.org/providers/provider.capacity.asp
  39. Connecting Generation http://www.connecting-generations.org
  40. Creative Mentoring http://www.creativementoring.org
  41. Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative (ECAP) http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu/
  42. Delaware Lifespan Respite Care Network http://www.delrespite.org/
  43. National Center for Learning Disabilities http://www.ncld.org/
  44. DE Child Mental Health Website Links for Families http://kids.delaware.gov/cmhs/cmhs_families_links.shtml
  45. Resources for Families http://ag.udel.edu/extension/fam/index.htm
  46. Healthy Children http://www.healthychildren.org
  47. text4baby http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/04/new-mothers-get-digital-helper-right-their-phones
  48. Social and Emptional Support http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/resources/family.html
  49. Birth Defects  http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/index.html
  50. Report injuries or hazards posed by consumer products.  U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission   http://www.saferproducts.gov/
  51. "Learn the Signs, Act Early" program to improve early identification of children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
    1. Track Your Child's Developmental Milestones 
      English - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/TrackChildsDevMilestonesEng.pdf
      Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/TrackChildsDevMilestonesSpanish.pdf
    2. Milestone Moments   http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html

Toll-Free Crisis Hotline Numbers - Related Organizations List

Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway Year Published: 2009

Child Abuse

Childhelp®
Phone: 800.4.A.CHILD (800.422.4453)
Whom They Help: Child abuse victims, parents, concerned individuals

Child Sexual Abuse

Darkness to Light
Phone: 866.FOR.LIGHT (866.367.5444)
Whom They Help: Children and adults needing local information or resources about sexual abuse

Crime Victims

National Center for Victims of Crime
Phone: 800.FYI.CALL (800.394.2255)
Whom They Help: All victims of crime

Family Violence

National Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 800.799.SAFE (800.799.7233)
Whom They Help: Children, parents, friends, offenders

Human Trafficking

National Human Trafficking Hotline
Phone: 888.373.7888
Whom They Help: Victims of human trafficking and those reporting potential trafficking situations

Mental Illness

National Alliance on Mental Illness
Phone: 800.950.NAMI (800.950.6264)
Whom They Help: Individuals, families, professionals

Missing/Abducted Children

Child Find of America
Phone: 800.I.AM.LOST (800.426.5678)
Whom They Help: Parents reporting lost or abducted children, including parental abductions

Child Find of America—Mediation
Phone: 800.A.WAY.OUT (800.292.9688)
Whom They Help: Parents (abduction, prevention, child custody issues)

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Phone: 800.THE.LOST (800.843.5678)
Whom They Help: Families and professionals (social services, law enforcement)

Rape/Incest

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
Phone: 800.656.HOPE, Ext. 1 (800.656.4673, Ext. 1)
Whom They Help: Rape and incest victims, media, policymakers, concerned individuals

Substance Abuse

National Alcohol and Substance Abuse Information Center
Phone: 800.784.6776
Whom They Help: Families, professionals, media, policymakers, concerned individuals

Suicide Prevention

National Suicide Hopeline
Phone: 800.784.2433
Whom They Help: Families, concerned individuals

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Phone: 800.273.8255
Whom They Help: Families, concerned individuals

Youth in Trouble/Runaways

National Runaway Switchboard
Phone: 800.RUNAWAY (800.786.2929)
Whom They Help: Runaway and homeless youth, families

Delaware State Agencies and Related Resources