General Internet Connections for Adolescence


http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html

Adolescence Directory On-Line

Provided by the Center for Adolescent Studies at the U. of Indiana, this web site includes links to resources about many aspects of adolescent development, including mental health, violence, health, and other topics.

http://www.advocatesforyouth.org

Advocates for Youth

This website has information about a wide range of youth topics and has a teen scene feature in which adolescents can chat with other adolescents or peer educators.

http://www.apa.org

American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association (APA) web site has information about a wide range of topics in psychology. You can access information about research journals and articles, read selected articles from the APA Monitor, a monthly publication, and study about careers in psychology.

http://www.aypf.org

American Youth Policy Forum

This nonpartisan organization is devoted to working on youth issues at the local, state, and national levels. This web site describes a number of forum briefs on topics such as improving education and academic performance, preparation for careers, and youth and community development.

http://www.askeric.org

AskERIC

Provides extensive connections to information about a wide range of adolescent education topics.

http://www.aacap.org/web/aacap

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Explore adolescent problems and disorders; includes research and links to other related sites.

http://www.acys.utas.edu.au

http://www.utas.edu.au/docs/ahugo/NCYS

Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies

Focused mainly on Australian youth but also including information about youth in other countries, this web site includes information about research studies, youth organizations, a monthly newsletter, and links to other web sites.

http://www.cdc.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Examine information about such areas of adolescent health and well-being as reproductive health, school health, teen pregnancy, working adolescents, smoking, adolescent injury, and other topics.

http://www.cyfc.umn.edu

Children, Youth, and Family Consortium

At this site you will have access to a wide range of information about adolescents, including general resources, organizations, violence, health, chemical dependency, disabilities, gay and lesbian adolescents, and other topics.

http://www.cyfernet.mes.umn.edu

Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network

Practical, research-based information is provided in many areas of adolescent development. Includes links to extensive resources on adolescence.

http://www.childrenyouthfamilydir.com

Children, Youth, and Family Services

Explore a wide range of resources and services for adolescents; topics include at-risk youth, advocacy, families/parenting, mentoring, urban ministries, associations, groups, and others.

http://www.childrennow.org/links.html

Child and Adolescent Issues

A great web site for information about a wide range of issues pertaining to children and adolescents. At last count, there were more than 300 links to resources in such areas as advocacy, education, health, parenting, statistics, the media, government, volunteering, and children and youth around the world.

http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/journal.html

Electronic Journals and Periodicals

On-line links to information about a large number of psychology and psychology-related journals and periodicals.

http://www.futureofchildren.org

The Future of Children

The Packard foundation has published in-depth examinations of specific topics and issues since 1992. By going to this web site you can access the full texts of all issues of The Future of Children, which include exploration of children and poverty, critical health issues for children and youth, school-linked services, and many other topics.

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

Institute for Social Research

This institute at the U. of Michigan conducts a number of studies related to adolescent development. Go to this site and type in the words "adolescent development" and you will be able to access many articles about diverse aspects of adolescent development.

http://nces.ed.gov

National Center for Education Statistics

This government web site has statistical information about many aspects of adolescent education.

http://www.nichd.nih.gov

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Read about research studies and media releases pertaining to a variety of topics on child and adolescent development. A number of articles can be accessed on-line.

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/Bars97/1997yrbss.ppt

National Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Describes this recent national survey of youth risk behavior, including data reports from recent years.

http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric

Search ERIC Database

When you go to this site, you can type in one or more keywords about the topic you want information about and you will be able to access a number of articles related to the topic. For example, by typing in the words adolescent development you will be able to scan abstracts of many articles on diverse topics in adolescent development. The ERIC site especially focuses on information about the education of children and adolescents.

http://www.search-institute.org

The Search Institute

The Search Institute is one of America’s best resources for information about research and practical information about adolescent development. They have many pamphlets and books available and publish a newsletter, Assets.

http://www.teenadvice.org/

Teen Advice On-Line

Counselors provide advice for adolescents. Parents also can access information about adolescents at this site.

http://www.chatspot.net/TeenChat

Teen Chat

This web site includes teen chat rooms and Teen Today, an on-line magazine for teenagers. Connect to this web site and you can explore what adolescents today are talking about.

http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/teen.html

Teens Only!

An opportunity to see what interests adolescents. This web site has many links to Teen Zines (fiction and non-fiction written by and about teens). Hangout (places to have fun on the web), Organizations, and Real World (for helping adolescents survive in school and the real world).

http://www.teenvoices.com/about_donors.html

Teen Voices On-Line

An on-line magazine for adolescent girls. Includes these departments: Dear Teen Voices, Letter from the Editor, Girl Talk, Say What, and Love Poems, plus a number of articles relevant to the interests of adolescent girls.

http://www.ed.gov

United States Department of Education

Includes extensive information about the education of children and adolescents with many recent up-dates of programs, research, and policy recommendations.

http://www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/fcs/upsdowns

The Ups & Downs of Adolescence

This is a newsletter for and about adolescents, parents, and concerned adults published by the U. of Nebraska. You can read recent issues son-line at this web site.

http://www.urban.org

The Urban Institute

Investigate social and economic problems of adolescents growing up in urban poverty. Includes up-to-date reports, press releases, research, and viewpoints.

http://www.unicef.org/voy

Voices of Youth

Where adolescents can share ideas about issues that are important to them, where adolescents can find activities to do and problems to solve, and where teachers (and others) can discuss education and online learning.

http://www.os.dhhs.gov

Youth Information Directory

Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this web site has extensive connections to many web sites with information about adolescence. This is one of the best general web sites for exploring diverse topics on adolescent development.

http://www.hoby.org/

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