Hillside Family Forum

Identifying Kids At Risk For Aggressive Or Violent Behavior

Talking With Kids About Tough Issues 1212 Broadway, 5th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 USA Tel 510/763-2444 Email talk@talkingwithkids.org Fax 510/763-1974 Web http://www.talkingwithkids.org

"Talking With Kids About Violence" tips at:

http://www.talkingwithkids.org/violence.html
The National Campaign Against Youth Violence

http://www.noviolence.net
Million Mom March - Mothers' Day 2000

http://www.waveamerica.com
Center For The Prevention of School Violence

http://www.waveamerica.com
CDC - Youth Violence and Suicide Prevention

http://www.handguncontrol.org
About Talking With Kids and The Partners

How To Talk To Your Kids About Sex

P² - a place where you can find games, talk, and answers about stuff that could effect your life

Helping Kids Succeed In School

To learn more about how the HW-SC Model can improve education outcomes at your school, contact Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection at (585) 262-8256, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday. Ask for Annette Gantt, Executive Director.

What Does Johnny Want to Be When He Grows Up?

Career Planning Links

When Children Can't Live at Home

"Is Foster Parenting Right For You?", a free self-assessment checklist to help you determine whether foster parenting is right for you.

Whose Child is this Anyway?

Riding the Magic Carpet: Helping Kids Deal with Change

If Only I Had Known

Crestwood's Mobile Crisis Team; part of the county-wide Youth Emergency Services program
www.yesprogram.com
Several excellent articles on depression, suicide and suicide prevention
http://kidshealth.org
Advice on how to talk with/help a suicidal person
http://spyc.sanpedro.com/danger.htm
National Mental Health Association
www.nmha.org
Good things to say to a suicidal person
www.metanoia.org/suicide/best.htm

The Power of Getting Involved

For a list of volunteer opportunities by zip code:
www.volunteermatch.org
Search for volunteer opportunities at:
www.idealist.org/is/org_search.html www.volunteermatch.org www.servenet.org
The website listed below is devoted to helping families, children, and organizations find meaningful opportunities to help others. It also lists great ideas for family volunteer projects.
www.familycares.org
The Buffalo United Way site has a downloadable Student Volunteer Opportunities guide at:
http://uwbuffnet.com
Youth Service America offers a newsletter with ideas for volunteering at:
www.ysa.org
Information on National Make a Difference Day is listed at:
http://usaweekend.com
For additional information on volunteering check the following sites:
www.americaspromise.org www.unitedway.org
www.grc-arc.org