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Divorce Education Classes--Minnesota law now requires parents to go through Co-Parenting classes when family court cases are filed. This site has the classes for Co-Parenting, Co-Kids and L.E.A.D at various locations. Click to view the options and register. [Index]
Children's
Rights Council--"The
Best Parent Is Both Parents" can be ordered
for $10 plus $2 shipping and handling from The Children's Rights
Council, 220 Eye St. N.E., Suite 140, Washington, D.D. 20002-4362.
[Index]
Chrysalis,
a Center for Women--2650
Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55048, Phone (612) 871-0118,
FAX (612) 870-2403, TTY (612) 871-3652. The Chrysalis LAW Program
provides Divorce Information Sessions and Attorney Referral services.
Other services include mental health and chemical dependency
counseling and information/referral assistance. [Index]
Elder Law
and Estate Planning--Questions
and answers about finding an Elder Law Attorney, www.naela.com/naela/questions.htm. Links to sites concerned with elder law and
estate planning, www.estateplanninglinks.com/. [Index]
End-of-Life
Care--Living wills and
durable powers of attorney are two ways to help specify your
wishes for end-of-life care. Call the Senior Linkage Line at
1-800-333-2433 for more information and to order forms.
The Minnesota Hospice Organization has a free booklet "Choosing
Hospice: A Consumer's Guide. Call (612) 659-0423.
The Allina Foundation, sponsor of Project Decide has directed
a great deal of study on health care at life's end. Call (612)
992-2444 for their findings.
Here is a short reading list on death:
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter, by Sherwin
B. Nuland, M.D.
A Midwife Through the Dying Process: Stories of Healing &
Hard Choices at the End of Life, by Timothy E. Quill, M.D.
Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life,
by Ira Byock, M.D.
Wrong Medicine: Doctors, Patients and Futile Treatment,
by Lawrence J. Schneiderman, M.D., and Nancy Jecker, Ph.D.
Intimate Death: How the Dying Teach Us How to Live,
by Marie de Hennezel. [Index]
Legal Steps is the 2003 edition of the Kinship Caregiver Resource Manual. It provides basic information on how to get the legal authority to make decisions for a child, how to get legal custody of a child and the benefits and services available to help care for a child. It is intended as a practical guide for social workers, attorneys, advocates, and others who work with kinship caregivers or kin who are considering taking a child into their care. Kinship caregivers will find it useful as well. Legal Steps should not be used as a substitute for legal counsel. Available as a free PDF download or hardcopy here.
A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer
Poverty: A Framework for Understanding and Working with Students
and Adults from Poverty by Dr. Ruby Payne
The Book of David, How Preserving Families Can Cost Children's
Lives by Richard J. Gelles
Complex Issues in Child Custody Evaluations by Philip
M. Stahl [Index]
Legal
Forms--Minnesota Supreme Court
site has many basic practice forms at http://www.courts.state.mn.us/ctforms/. Hamline University School of Law's Web site
also links to several sites for legal forms at http://www.hamline.edu/law/library/legalresearch/legalforms/index.htm. Here one will find paths to both Minnesota
forms and those of other jurisdictions around the country.
Minnesota Law Moose--http://lawmoose.com The best site for information on Minnesota and Eighth Circuit Law. The Moose is an excellent one-stop site for links to forms, state law, opinions, legal newspapers, judges and other useful information. One of its best features in its translation service that allows documents to be translated from English to several other languages, including Spanish, and back to English.Moose also contains a link to Minnesota's legal periodicals index at the Minnesota State Law Library.
Statutes, Rules and Laws--Ramsey County can be found at http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/county.cfm?id=27123. The rest of the Minnesota counties can be found at http://www.naco.org/counties/counties/state.cfm. In fact this link will allow access to county s around the nation. The City of St. Paul's can be found at http://www.ci.saint-paul.mn.us/. Othere good sites for local s around the country can be found at http://municipals.lexisnexis.com and http://www.spl.org/selectedsites/muni.html.
Tax
Forms and Publications--You
can download any IRS tax form and instructions from the IRS web
site at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs. This site also has links to most state tax
services where you can download state tax forms. [Index]
Teen
Advice Online-- A web site
for teenagers, run by teenagers, http://www.teenadvice.org offers counseling, advice on dating, chat with
other teens and links to a number of Internet resources. The
links include physical/sexual abuse, AIDS/HIV, disabilities,
disorders, drugs/alcohol, health, pregnancy/abortion/adoption,
sexuality and others. [Index]
Useful
Web Sites--This list is
not an endorsement of any organization or individual.
Administration for Children and Families, www.acf.dhhs.gov
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, www.abanet.org/child/
Child Welfare League of America, www.cwla.org
Childhelp USA, www.childhelp.usa.org
Children's Bureau, www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/
Children's Defense Fund, www.childrensdefense.org
of Ethics for Psychologists, www.apa.org/ethics/.html
Family Attachment and Counseling Center of Minnesota, www.familyattachment.com
Kids Campaign, www.kidscampaign.org
Minnesota State Legislature, www.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Court System, www.courts.state.mn.us
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, www.calib.com/naic
National CASA Association, www.casanet.org
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, www.health.org
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect: ww.calib.com/nccanch
National Indian Child Welfare Association, www.nicwa.org
Northstar--Minnesota State Government online, www.state.mn.us [Index]
Resources for Talking with Children
About Tragedies
These resources were published after the 9/11 tragedy, but apply
to most tragedies/disasters such as 9/11, Challenger, Columbia,
Columbine, airplane crashes etc.
The Parent Center: www.parentcenter.com/general/34754.html
American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/disastercomm.htm
American Psychological Association: http://helping.apa.org/therapy/traumaticstress.html#children
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: http://www.aacap.org/
Some general advice from the experts includes:
1. Continuously reassure your children that you will help to keep them safe.
2. Turn off the TV. Overexposure to the media can be traumatizing. If your older children are watching the news, be sure to watch with them.
3. Be aware that your child's age will affect his or her response.
Adolescents in particular may be hard hit by these
kinds of events. Obtaining counseling for a child or adolescent
soon after a disaster may reduce long-term effects.
4. Calmly express your emotions, but remember that a composed demeanor will provide a greater sense of security for your child.
5. Give your children extra time and attention and plan to spend more time with your children in the following months.
6. Let your children ask questions, talk about what happened, and express their feelings.
7. Play with children who can't talk yet to help them work out their fears and respond to the atmosphere around them.
8. Keep regular schedules for activities such as eating, playing and going to bed to help restore a sense of security and normalcy.
9. Consider how you and your child can help. Children are better able to regain their sense of power and security if they feel they can help in some way.
Grasstops, A Multi-Services Advocacy Organization--Grasstops is a multi-service advocacy organization whose motto is "Ensuring all voices are heard". This organization can help community, non-profit and other groups affect public policy in their area of interest. Check out their services on their web site at www.grasstops.org.
Spanish Organizations With Domestic Abuse And
Parenting Classes:
www.clues.org in Minneapolis and St.
Paul.
www.oportunidad.org Both domestic
abuse and parenting classes.
www.chrysaliswomen.org Offers
some services in Spanish though their client base is women only.
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