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Links on Communication Issues

For More Information on Communication:

If you have suggestions for other organizations or references, please let us know.

bulletYour local library, university, college, family resource centers, or self-help and support groups
bulletFind a therapist or counselor who can help you work out unresolved issues and communication difficulties
bullet What Were You Taught as a Child? - did you learn unhealthy lessons that interfere with your ability to parent and/or to be happy?
bullet Our Thoughts on What Children Need to Grow Up Happy and Confident
bullet What We Think Every Young Adult Should Know
bulletCheck out book stores. Find out what's holding your family back. Here are just a few potential resources:
bulletHow to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish and Kimberly Ann Coe (Illustrator)
bulletI Only Say This Because I Love You: Talking to Your Parents, Partner, Sibs, and Kids When You're All Adults - Dr. Deborah Tannen
bulletThat's Not What I Meant! - Dr. Deborah Tannen
bulletYou Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation -- all by Dr. Deborah Tannen
bulletThe Anger Habit: Proven Principles To Calm The Stormy Mind by Carl Semmelroth and Donald E.P. Smith
bulletThe Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner
bulletWhen You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends: Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of Your Life - by Victoria Secunda.
bulletToxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life by Dr. Susan Forward
bulletWhat to Say When You Talk to Your Self by Dr. Shad Helmstetter
bulletIf You Had Controlling Parents: How to Make Peace with Your Past and Take Your Place in the World
bulletRunning on Empty: Meditations for Indispensable Women (Ellen Sue Stern)
bullet

A Relentless Hope: Surviving the Storm of Teen Depression - Gary E. Nelson

bullet Medem - do a search under "Communication: Building Healthy Family Communication"
bullet Medem - do  search under "Your Family Rituals"
bullet Medem - do a search under "communication"
bullet American Academy of Pediatrics - "Communication With Your Adolescent"
bullet KidsHealth - (Written for children) "Dealing With Feelings"
bullet KidsHealth - (written for children) - "Talking About Your Feelings"
bullet WordsCanHeal.org - Expert Voice excerpts on learning to speak gently and thoughtfully
bullet Talking With Kids About Tough Issues
bullet KidsHealth -- suggestions for talking with children about various difficult topics
bullet Center for Screen-Time Awareness (formerly TV-Turnoff - encourages children and adults to watch less television
bullet Childswork ChildsPlay - (commercial) -- sells resources, games and books "to address the social and emotional needs of children and adolescents"
bulletAmerican Communication Association
bulletInternational Communication Association
bulletNational Communication Association
bulletCommunication Institute for Online Scholarship
bullet Raymond Friedman, educator - conducted analysis of e-mail's limitations and pitfalls
bullet The Rachel Foundation - helps parents and children reform bonds broken by abduction or alienation
bullet Center for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection - conducts research on issues surrounding parental acceptance and rejection

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Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Mediation:

If you have suggestions for other organizations or references, please let us know.

bullet U.S. Department of Justice - contains links to various conflict management/resolution programs
bullet Community Relations Service (U.S. Department of Justice)
bullet Conflict Resolution Network
bullet Conflict Research Consortium
bullet Conflict Resolution Information Source
bullet Association for Conflict Resolution
bullet National Association for Community Mediation
bullet Mediate.com
bullet Conflict Resolution, Research and Resource Institute
bullet Western Justice Center
bullet Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation
bullet Justice Institute of B.C. (Canada)
bullet Peacemakers Trust (Canada) -- (has extensive bibliography on conflict and mediation)
bullet Safer Child page on School Violence & Bullies - suggestions and helpful links on dealing with bullies and on avoiding school violence
bullet INCORE - "a global centre for the study and resolution of conflict"

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Stuttering, Deafness, Dyslexia:

If you have suggestions for other organizations or references, please let us know.

bullet MEDLINE: Speech and Communication Disorders
bulletNet Connections for Communication Disorders and Sciences - including stuttering, hearing and speech problems, and therapy
bulletStuttering Foundation of America
bulletNational Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
bulletAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association - 1-800-498-2071 - also includes information in Spanish
bullet American Academy of Audiology - includes information on "auditory processing disorder," sometimes called the hearing version of dyslexia.
bullet National Center for Learning Disabilities
bullet International Dyslexia Association
 

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