Parent/Student Resources and Services

Parent Resources

Bullying

No Room for Bullies:  From the classroom to cyberspace.

Editors:  Jose Bolton, Sr., and Stan Graeve

Mom, They're Teasing Me:  Helping your child solve social problems.

By:  Michael Thompson

Easing the Teasing:  Helping your child cope with name calling, ridicule, and verbal bullying.

By:  Judy Freedman

Girl Wars:  12 strategies that will end female bullying.

By:  Cheryl Dellasega and Charisse Nixon

Parenting

Helping Your Struggling Teenager:  A parenting handbook on thirty-six common problems.

By:  Dr. Les Parrott III

Don't Give Me That Attitude!  24 rude, selfish, insensitive things kids do and how to stop them.

By:  Michele Borba

Connect 5:  Finding the caring adults you may not realize your teen needs.

By:  Kathleen Kimball-Baker

Parents Do Make a Difference:  How to raise kids with solid character, strong minds, and caring hearts.

By: Michele Borba

Mental Health

Helping Your Depressed Child:  A step by step guide for parents.

By:  Martha Underwood Barnard

Raising a Moody Child:  How to cope with depression and bipolar disorder.

By:  Mary Fristad and Jill Goldberg Arnold

Asperger Syndrome and Your Child:  A parent's guide.

By:  Michael D. Powers and Janet Poland

The Explosive Child

By:  Ross Greene

Student Resources

Explore

The EXPLORE assessment will be given to all 8th grade students this year.  The Minnesota Department of Education will be funding this assessment and have invited schools across the state to participate in this testing.  This assessment has been developed by the ACT testing organization to assist parents and students with educational planning.  The EXPLORE test identifies career and educational options, establishes goals, determines courses needed to fulfill plans, and evaluate educational progress.  The EXPLORE will be given to eighth graders in November, and takes about two and one-half hours to administer.

We look forward to offering this valuable information to our students and families.  It will provide a guide early in their high school years to determine their educational needs.  For more information, check out these websites:

http://www.act.org/explore/index/html

www.explorestudent.org