Children's Resources
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Quote From - Kids' Power, Too!
Words to Grow By |
Related
Links
These
links are to other websites that provide information or services
related to alcoholism and other drug dependency. The Betty
Ford Center provides these sites for your convenience only
and is not responsible for the content of these sites or the
programs, agencies, or businesses they describe. The Betty
Ford Center does not guarantee that these sites will meet
you particular purposes.
Kids (5-12 Years of Age)
National Association for
Children of Alcoholics
(888) 554-COAS (2627)
www.nacoa.org
NACoA is the national nonprofit organization working on
behalf of children of alcohol and drug dependent parents.
The website has important information for parents and a
special link for kids!
Rainbow Days, Inc.
(214) 887-0726
www.rdikids.org
Rainbow Days Inc.'s curriculum-based support groups are
for children, youth, and parents who are concerned about
the risks of growing up in today's world. The purpose is
to teach them the skills they need to success and stay drug
free.
Teens (12-17 Years of Age)
Alateen
(888) 425-2666
www.alateen.org
A fellowship of young Al-Anon members whose lives have been
affected by someone else's drinking.
Free Vibe
www.freevibe.com
Gives kids many opportunities to share their experiences
with one another, to learn how to make good choices about
the future, and resist pressures to use drugs.
National Association for
Children of Alcoholics
(888) 554-COAS (2627)
www.nacoa.org
NACoA is the national nonprofit organization working on
behalf of children of alcohol and drug dependent parents.
The website has important information for parents and a
special link for kids!
National Drug Abuse Hotline
(800) 662-4357
Provides information and referrals for substance abuse issues.
Youth Crisis Line
(800) 448-4663
Offers support to children and teens in crisis.
Parents
Al-Anon Information Services
(888) 425-2666
www.al-anon.alateen.org
Posts meeting lists and maps to area Al-Anon, Alateen, and
Pre-teen meetings.
All information available in Spanish.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Dallas: (214) 363-0461
Fort Worth: (817) 332-3533 or (214) 887-6699
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Provides information about AA and gives contact information
for local meetings.
Betty Ford Center Children's
Program
Rancho Mirage: (800) 854-9211
Dallas: (972) 753-0552
www.bettyfordcenter.org
Website provides resources for COA's and addicts. Children's
program offers intensive prevention and education groups
for children between the ages of 7 and 12 yearswhose lives
have been impacted by a loved ones addiction to alcohol
or other drugs.
Community Resources
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Hotline provides information about social service resources
in Texas
National Association for
Children of Alcoholics
(888) 554-COAS (2627)
www.nacoa.org
NACoA is the national nonprofit organization working on
behalf of children of alcohol and drug dependent parents.
The website has important information for parents and a
special link for kids!
Narcotics Anonymous
(888) 629-6757
www.na.org
Provides literature and information on recovery and local
meetings.
National Drug Abuse Hotline
(800) 662-4357
Rainbow Days, Inc.
(214) 887-0726
www.rdikids.org
Rainbow Days Inc.'s curriculum-based support groups are
for children, youth, and parents who are concerned about
the risks of growing up in today's world. The purpose is
to teach them the skills they need to success and stay drug
free.
Books
| Title |
Author |
 |
| Emmy's Question |
Jeannine Auth |
Buy
Now! |
| My Dad Loves Me, My
Dad Has a Disease. (Revised) MAC Publishing, Bainbridge
Island, WA, 1996. |
Black, Claudia |
Buy
Now! |
| Kids' Power Too! Words
To Grow By. Imagin Works, Dallas, TX, 1996. |
Brown, Cathey; LaPorte,
Elizabeth and Jerry Moe |
Buy
Now! |
| My Dad's Definitely
Not a Drunk. Waterfront, Burlington, VT, 1992. |
Carbone, Ellsa Lynn |
Buy
Now! |
| Dear Kids of Alcoholics.
Gurze Books, Carlsbad, CA, 1988. |
Hall, Lindsey and
Leigh Cohn |
Buy
Now! |
| My Mom Doesn't Look
Like an Alcoholic. Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield
Beach, Fl, 1984. |
Hammond, Mary and
Lynnann Chestnut |
Not On Amazon |
| Children Can Cope-
Series of 6, Woodland Press, Minneapolis, Mn, 1991. |
Heegard, Marge |
Not On Amazon |
| Up and Down the Mountain.
Small horizons. Liberty Corner, NJ, 1995. |
Higgins, Pamela Leib |
Buy
Now! |
| Welcome Home: A Child's
View of Alcoholism. Charles Franklin press, Edmonds, WA,
1986. |
Jance, Judith A. |
Buy
Now! |
| Sometimes My Mom Drinks
Too much. Raintree Children's Books, Milwaukee, WI, 1980. |
Kenny, Kevin and Helen
Krull |
Out of Print |
| Think of wind. One
Big Press, Rochester,NY, 1996. |
Mercury, Catherine |
Not On Amazon |
| The Mouse, the Monster
and me; Assertiveness for Young People. Impact Publishers,
San Luis Obispo, CA, 1977. |
Palmer, Pat |
Out of Print |
| Alcohol: What It Is,
What It Does. Greenwillow Books, New York, NY, 1979. |
Seixas, Judith S. |
Buy
Now! |
| Drugs, What They Are,
What They Do. Greenwillow Books, New York, NY, 1987. |
Seixas, Judith S. |
Out of Print |
| I Can Talk About What
Hurts. Hazelden Publishing, Center City, MN, 1993. |
Sinberg, Janet and
Dennis Daley |
Buy
Now! |
| Don't Hurt Me, Mamma.
Albert Whitmen and Co., Niles, IL, 1983. |
Stanek, Uriel |
Not On Amazon |
| Daddy Doesn't Have
To Be a Giant Anymore. Clarion Books, New York, NY, 1996. |
Thomas, Jane Resh |
Out of Print |
| I Wish Daddy Didn't
Drink So Much. Albert Whitman and Co., Niles, IL, 1988.
(Paperback) |
Vigna, Judith |
Buy
Now! |
| I Wish Daddy Didn't
Drink So Much. Albert Whitman and Co., Niles, IL, 1988.
(Hard Cover) |
Vigna, Judith |
Buy
Now! |
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