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Find articles about common issues in adolescence such as health and safety, drugs and alcohol, development and helping your child succeed. Included are parenting resources and tips for raising your teen from some of the world’s most respected experts.
Boarding Schools Directory 
The Boarding Schools Info Directory has all the information you need about boarding schools for children of all ages. Here parents can learn about schools for troubled teenagers or adolescents with special needs including emotional or behavioral problems. Find the perfect program for your son or daughter in specialty schools that cater to kids who are having difficulty in a traditional public school setting. Locate a residential treatment center with academic programs to help teens struggling with motivation and low self-esteem. In the structured, emotional growth boarding school environment, students get the tools they need to get back on the right path. Traditional academic and specialized programs for boys and girls are also included and are listed by state and region. The directory lists just about every kind of boarding school - you’ll find religious schools, military schools, junior, and pre-professional arts elementary and secondary schools, and specialty programs for students with ADD, ADHD, or other learning disabilities. Find a girls only, boys only or co-ed, college preparatory high school with campuses in the United States, Canada, Europe or Asia. Educate yourself with articles on ways to pay for private education including loan programs and scholarships; trends in education like character education, multiple intelligences, distance learning and single sex classroom; what to look for when picking a school; and the latest news about teaching and learning styles. Learn more about the No Child Left Behind Act and what it means in getting the best education for your children.
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12 Steps from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
Treatment for alcoholism or drug addiction that is based on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous can provide adolescents with a life-long program by which to maintain their sobriety and achieve a balanced and healthy emotional and spiritual life.
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Artilcles About Adolescence for Parents
The National Parenting Center provides the most comprehensive and responsible parenting advice to parents everywhere. The advice provided is furnished by some of the world's most respected authorities in the field of child rearing and development.
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Children, Youth and Family Resources
CYFERnet's Web site brings together the best, children, youth and family resources of all the public land-grant universities in the country. Materials are carefully reviewed by college and university faculty.
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Common Adolescent Problems
Keepkidshealthy.com gives parents a place to go for accurate information on children's health from pediatricians who closely follow the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Connect with Kids
Connect with Kids are powerful true stories all about kids, in video and on DVD. Before now, you might not have thought about using a DVD as an educational resource for parenting tips. But studies show that kids relate to television and video more than books, magazines or the Internet. You'll have an easier time communicating with kids and improving your parenting skills when you watch these shows together.
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National Parent Teacher Association
National PTA is an association of parents, educators, students, and other citizens active in their schools and communities, PTA is a leader in reminding our nation of its obligations to children by providing information for parents on topics such as health and safety, drugs and alcohol, and helping their child succeed.
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Starfish Family Services
Starfish Family Services has a 40-year history of helping to strengthen families. They work with families to help them break the cycles of poverty and low educational achievement, creating brighter futures for their children. They are nationally accredited by the Council of Accreditation of Services for Families and Children. Last year alone, Starfish served 8,252 children and their families as clients and thousands of other individuals on a one-time or intermittent basis. Starfish Family Services is committed to helping families create sustainable success. Rather than simply trying to assist families in crisis, Starfish helps families redirect their lives into a positive course that helps prevent problems from escalating.
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The William Gladden Foundation Library
This nonprofit organization website hosts a library of free publications about parenting teens on topics such as juvenile delinquency, behavior disorders, child development, adolescence, substance abuse, emotional disorders, teen pregnancy, truancy and much more.
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Tips for Parenting Teens
The National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY) is part of a coordinated Federal response to the growing need to link youth service professionals, policymakers, and the general public in their efforts to help families and youth.
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COPPER CANYON ACADMEY is an all girls school in Rimrock, Arizona. COPPER CANYON ACADEMY offers an extremely comprehensive therapeutic program for girls and their families through individual, group, and animal therapy. There are also parent seminars and family workshops. All of the therapists who work with the teenage girls and their families at COPPER CANYON ACADEMY are licensed by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Services.
EXCEL ACADEMY has a Junior High School, a College Prep High School, and a College program, enabling us to help preteens, teens, and young adults. EXCEL ACADEMY boasts a compelling history of success with students who have had previous school or therapeutic failures. EXCEL ACADEMY offers an intensely effective milieu without the look and feel of traditional programs and places a heavy emphasis on ensuring that all students feel safe and part of "the family" regardless of past environment, behavior, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or history of abuse or trauma.
