The Glass Castle

Selected Web Resources

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Alcoholism

• National Association for Children of Alcoholics
• College Alcohol Study – Harvard School of Public Health
• Children of Alcoholics Foundation
• Higher Education Center for Alcohol and other Drug Abuse
• Atlantic Cape Drug and Alcohol Education – Counseling for students
• Alcohol: Problems & Solutions
• Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies – UNC
• NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Best of the Web - Alcoholism
  

Child Development

• CDC – Child Development
• Tuft’s University Child and Family Web Guide
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• Child Trends – Social Science Research
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
• PBS Parents
• Developmental Milestones – University of Michigan Health Systems
• Department of Children and Families – State of NJ
• Atlantic County - Children’s Health
• Cape May County – Human Services
  

Child Maltreatment

• Child Maltreatment Prevention – CDC
• Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect
• Recognizing, Reporting and Responding for Educators
• Child Maltreatment 2006 – Statistics and Research
• Child Maltreatment – World Health Organization
• LONGSCAN: Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect
• Introduction: Child Maltreatment: Merck Manual
• Child Maltreatment in the United States – Pediatrics study
• Understanding Child Maltreatment and Juvenile Delinquency - CWLA

Dysfunctional families

• Why Dysfunctional Families Stay That Way – Psych Central  
• Dysfunctional Family Patterns – Texas State University
• Recognizing and Overcoming their Effects
• Resources for Families – American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Ten Commandments of Dysfunctional Families – Ministry Health
• Boundaries and Dysfunctional Family Systems – Mental Health.net
• Co-dependency Factsheet – Mental Health America

Homelessness

• Homeless Information: New Jersey HUD
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
• National Center on Family Homelessness
• Homelessness Resource Center
• The Homeless Guy – a blogspot
• The Shopping Bag Lady – Academic Film Archive of North America
• Google Directory - Homelessness

Mental Illness

• SAMHSA - Understanding Mental Illness – Coping with a Traumatic Event
• Psych Central
• Mental Health Disorders – Merck Manual
• Encyclopedia of Psychology
• Internet Mental Health
• NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness
• Mental Illness – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Science Daily – Online article: Students with Symptoms of Mental Illness often don’t seek help

Parenting

• Parenting – APA online
• Child Welfare Information Gateway
• Nurturing Parent Programs
• What is Child Abuse and Neglect?
• Families and Health – American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• Kids Health
• Raising Teens – Harvard Parenting Project
• The Role of the Mass Media in Parenting Education – Harvard Parenting Project

Poverty

• Community Food Bank of New Jersey – Southern Branch
• Poverty in America: One Nation, Pulling Apart – features a Living Wage Calculator
• Poverty in New Jersey – Poverty Research Institute
• Fighting Hunger in New Jersey
• Children in Poverty
• NPR: Fighting Poverty in America

Siblings

• The Forgotten Siblings
• The Role of Siblings Relationships… Clemson University research article
• Sibling Studies: The good, the bad, and the contradictory
• FCA: Family Caregiver Alliance
• Study Links Early Friendships… - Science News
• The Joys and Complexities of Sibling Relationships – Online article
• Are brothers and sisters a good source of support? – Data Trends
  

Urban Development - NYC

• Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
• Selling the Lower East Side
• Squatters’ Rights vs. City Rights – NY Times article
• NYC – Department of Housing Preservation & Development
• Inner City Homesteading

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