Parent Library
I am excited to announce that there is a library of books in my office that parents may borrow. These books are great resources to help parents and their child through a difficult time. I hope to add to this limited collection over time, so if you have read a book that you found helpful, please let me know and I'll see if I can add it to the collection. Below is a list of books available. I hope that you will come by and check these books out for yourselves - no appointment necessary, just drop by.
Illness and Death
My Mommy Has Breast Cancer Gentle Willow: A Story For Children About Dying
Children Mourning, Mourning Children
Divorce Was It the Chocolate Pudding? A Story for Little Kids About Divorce
When Mom and Dad Divorce
ADD/ADHD
The ADD & ADHD Answer Book
The Survival Guide for Kids with ADD
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with ADD - this is an audio book
Bullying
Protect Your Child From Bullying
Chrissa Stands Strong - this is a DVD to watch with your child
Anxiety/Relaxation
The Anxiety Cure for Kids: A Guide for Parents
What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
Indigo Dreams: Relaxation - this is an audio book
Asperger Syndrome and Bipolar
Children and Youth with Asperger Syndrome
Asperger's Syndrome
The Bipolar Child
The Explosive Child
Miscellaneous
It's Not the Stork
Ready, Set, Grow
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help you Child Make Friends
The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World are Inspiring Greatness One Child at a Time
When I Feel Scared
The Family Book: All Families are Special
And Tango Makes Three (alternative lifestyles)
Please Touch - How to stimulate your child's creative development through movement, music, art and play
Websites
While I cannot endorse a certain agency or counselor, I would like to make you aware that there is help available to you in our community. Some options as well as other useful links are listed below.
Community Storehouse
(817) 431-3340
Counseling Center of Denton
(940) 382-5329 or (800) 897-7068
Counseling Center of Decatur
2304 S FM 51
Decatur, TX 76234
940-627-5328
No-charge "Family Connection" program is funded by the State of Texas.
They also provide services for screening for ADHD.
Youth and Family Counseling
972-724-2005
Individual, group and play therapy, and family counseling.
(817) 332-6348
Family Counseling Center Association
817-534-2189
Metropolitan Center For Counseling and Psychotherapy
Fort Worth, TX
817-535-6300
The WARM Place
Support services for children grieving the loss of a loved one.
(817) 534-3293
Texas Women's University
Individual and group counseling
(940) 898-2600
Denton County Friends of the Family
Child and adolescent programs, outreach, advocacy for child safety, crisis line, sexual assault or abuse, safe shelter, and violence recovery
Metro: 940-387-5131
Crisis Line: 940-382-7273
University of North Texas- Counseling and Human Development Center
Individual and group counseling, individual and group play therapy,
couples counseling.
(940) 565-2970
University of North Texas- Child and Family Resource Clinic
940-565-2066
Cook's Children's Behavioral Unit
682-885-4000
Center For Creative Living
817-534-2818
Shorline, Inc. - Chemical Dependancey/Family Recovery
1-800-628-3265
Betty Ford Center
Families with drug and alcohol problems
972-751-0363
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Read articles, publications, order books about kidnapping, sexual exploitation, and other dangers to your children
National Suicide Hotline
1-800- SUICIDE
National Self-Injury Hotline
1-800-366-8288
National Domestic Violence/Abuse Hotline
1-800-799- SAFE
National Runaway Hotline
1-888-580-HELP
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