Tonya M. Coty, Parent Education Specialist

PARENT RESOURCES AND SAFE & DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS

989-631-5892, ext. 131 FAX 989-839-7655

E-mail: tcoty@mcesa.k12.mi.us

Website: www.mcesa.k12.mi.us

TOPIC FILES - ARTICLES and PAMPHLETS

*Available to all Midland County Parents, School and Agency Staff

(Current Status Maintained-within the last 3-5 years)

A

0-3

Abstinence

Abuse and Neglect

Academics - Specific

Art - Music

History - Language Arts

Mathematics - Science - Technology

Academic Success

Acknowledging Feelings

ADD-ADHD

Adoption

Advocacy for Children & Youth

After School Programs

Aggressive / Bully Behavior

Aging

Alcohol

Anger / Aggression Management

Anxiety - Fears / Phobias / Separation

Asset Building

At Risk Families / Children

Attachment Disorders

Autonomy / Independence / Letting Go

B

Back to School & Transitions

Balancing Work and Family

Bedtime / Sleep Behavior

Before / After School Programs

BILY (Because I Love You - “Tough Love” Alternative)

Birth Order

Blended Families

Brain

C

Change

Character / Moral Development

Child Care

Classroom Discipline

Class Size

College / Technical School

Communication Skills

Community ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs) Standards

Community-School Collaboration

Computers and Kids

Conflict Resolution

Cooperation

Crafts / Family Activities

Creativity

D

Decision-Making

Depression

Developmental Stages

DFS (Drug Free Schools) Curriculum

Infusion

Discipline

Diversity

Divorce

Domestic Violence

Drugs - General

Drugs - Specific

Anabolic Steroids

Club Drugs

GHB - Gamma Hydroxy Butyric Acid

Marijuana

Prescription Drugs

E

Early Intervention

Eating Behavior

Education Reform

Elementary Years Early

Elementary Years - Middle

Emotional Abuse

Emotional Development

Ethnicity

F

Family Literacy

Family Meetings

Family Policy Issues

Family Relations

Family Strengths

Family Traditions

Fathers

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Foster Children / Parents

G

Gambling

Games / Competition

Gangs

Gender Issues

Goals 2000

Grand-parenting

Grief / Death Loss

Group Leadership

H

Health

HIV / AIDS

Holidays

Home Schooling

Home / School Partnership

Homework / Study Skills

Hot Topics

Humor / Laughter

I-K

Imagination

Infancy

Inhalants

Internet Safety

Journaling

"KEEPERS”

Kindergarten Readiness

Kinetic Development (Motor Dev.)

Kinship Caregiving

L

Language Development

Learning Different

Learning Styles

Legal Issues – ATOD

Listening

Local Safe & Drug Free Schools Efforts

Love and Logic

Lying

M-O

Media - TV / Movies/ Video

Money Issues

Mothers

Motivation

Nature/Nurture (Heredity/Envt.)

Only Child

Overindulgence

Overscheduled

P

Parent Ed and Safe & Drug Free Schools

Speakers

Parent Education

Parenting - General

Parenting Styles

Parent Involvement

Parent Involvement - ATOD (Alcohol,

Tobacco and Other Drugs)

Parent Involvement...in Student Learning

Parent Pledges

Parent - Teacher Conference

Peer Mediation

Peer Pressure

Physical Development

Play

Power Struggles & Children

Power Struggles – Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

Praise

Pre-Adolescence / Middle School Years

Preschoolers

Prevention Curricula

Problem Solving

Protective Factors

Q-R

Reading

Resiliency

Responsibility

Rewards

Risky Behaviors / Youth

Roles

Runaways / Delinquency

S

Safety

School To Career

Self-Esteem

Sensory Development

Separation

Setting Limits

Sex Education

Sexual Harassment

Sibling Relationships

Single Parenting

Social Development

Spanking Debate

Spirited Child

Spiritual Development

Stories to Tell

Stress

Student Assistance

Substance Abuse

Suicide

Summer

T

Talent Development

Teen Parents / Crisis Pregnancy

Teen Topics

Teen Years

Temperament

Time Out / Time In

Tobacco

Toddlers

TOUGH LOVE

Toys

Trends - National Statistics

U-Z

Violence / Crime

Violence / Dating, Family, etc.

War

Websites

Youth Development

Resource Library Procedures

*Over 300 Resources (Books, Video and Audio tapes) Available for Parents, Teachers, Caregivers and organizations.

1. Visit the Instructional Services Department Library, 3^rd Floor of the Midland County ESA.
2. Fill in the check out date, your name and phone number on the card provided with the book or video/audio tape.
3. Leave the completed card in the library card box.
4. If checking out a topic file, fill out form in the file area or see Instructional Services Staff for assistance.
5. Most materials may be checked out for two weeks and renewable, as needed.
6. Return the materials in person to the department or label them Attn: Cindy or Tonya and drop off to the receptionist.

If you have any questions please call 989/631-5892, ext. 129 (Cindy) or ext. 131 (Tonya).