Hi Parents, Students, and Friends of Nativity Mission Center!

 

* Para leer la pagina en español à Pagina de Ms. Laguarda en español

 

On this website, you’ll find:

1.       Information about upcoming events

2.       Power point presentations from parent seminars

3.       Recommended resources

 

 

Notes from Ms. Laguarda’s Parent Seminars…

Nutrition and Exercise

 

Internet Safety Seminar *special thanks to Lourdes Torres for her hard work in assembling this presentation

 

Managing Stress Around the Holidays

 

The Adolescent Brain

 

Fostering Resilience in Adolescents

 

Talking to Your Children About Growing Up

 

 

Here are some recommended resources for parents and kids…

These websites have information geared towards parents, teenagers, and children about practically any health-related topic:

http://kidshealth.org/index.html

or in Spanish: http://kidshealth.org/parent/en_espanol/index.html

 

http://www.cdc.gov/

or in Spanish: http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/

 

These are websites for teens about drug and alcohol abuse:

http://teens.drugabuse.gov/index.asp

http://www.nacoa.net National Association for Children of Alcoholics
http://www.asam.org American Society of Addiciton Medicine
http://www.nida.nih.gov National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://teens.drugabuse.gov National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens

http://www.theantidrug.com/ How to talk to your child about drugs, information.

 

           

This is a website for teens about sexual health and development:

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/teens/guide-teens-families-4318.htm

 

This is a website about mental health; it includes information about treatment:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/childmenu.cfm

or in Spanish: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/pubListing.cfm?pubType=Spanish

 

These are websites about internet safety:

http://www.nasponline.org/publications/cq/cq342internetsafety_ho.aspx

http://www.netsmartz.org/netparents.htm

www.Netsmartz411.org

www.Safekids.com

 

These are websites about nutrition, exercise, and obesity:

http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_children_teens.htm#adolescents

            http://metrowestkids.org/foryou/parents.php (website by Ms. Laguarda’s mom!)

          http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/index.htm

 

A fact sheet about youth violence in the U.S.

http://www.cdc.gov/print.do?url=http%3A//www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/yvfacts.htm

 

 

Books:

American Academy of Pediatrics: Caring For Your Teenager by Philip Bashe

 

Changing Bodies, Changing Lives. by Ruth Bell with members of the Teen Book Project.

 

The Teen Health Book: A Parents' Guide to Adolescent Health and Well-Being
by Ralph I., M.D. Lopez

 

What Every 21st Century Parent Needs to Know by Debra W. Haffner

 

 

Services:

Roberto Clemente Family Guidance Center

212-387-7419     call and leave a message, a social worker will return your call

 

NYU Child Study Center

The NYU Child Study Center is currently offering groups for overly shy and socially anxious teens. Call 212 263 0661 if you are interested in signing up for the group or if you would like an evaluation of your child.

 

Henry Street Settlement

212-471-2400

Services available include crisis counseling, screening for health insurance, parent resource center.