Parent Resources

College Application Week 2020

Introducing Students to College!!

Parent Websites

  • ParenTalk   www.tnpc.com/parentalk/index.html

  • Celebrating Children   www.celebratingchildren.com

  • Parenthood Web  www.parenthoodweb.com 

  • ParentSoup  www.parentsoup.com

  • American Library Association  www.ala.org  

  • National Parent Information Network www.npin.org

  • Talking with Kids about Tough Issues  www.talkingwithkids.org 

  • YWCA of the U.S.A.   www.ywca.org

Parent Books

  • Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever  by: Mem Fox

  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk  by: Adele Faber

  • How to Talk So Kids Can Learn--At Home and in School  by: Adele Faber

  • Kids are Worth It!: Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline  by: Barbara Coloroso

Community Resources

  • Insurance: All Kids (health insurance/children and teens)

      1-888-373-KIDS (5437)  www.adph.org/all kids

  • Grief Counseling: The Amelia Center (children/teens and families)

                    1513 Fourth Avenue South   Birmingham, AL 35233   205-638-7481    www.ameliacenter.org

  • General Counseling: Family Guidance (teen/adults) 

                    234 Aquarius Drive  Suite 5437  Birmingham, Al 35209  205-945-6000  www.familyguidancecenter.org                                                                                         

Impact Family Counseling   

1000 24th St South   Birmingham,AL 35205    205-916-0123

Crisis Response Counseling:  Crisis Center Hotline 205-323-7777       

Teen Link 205-328-5465                                                                                                                                Suicide Prevention Hotline  1-800-273-TALK    

Non-Emergency Housing: Family Promise of Birmingham

 1016 19th Street South  Birmingham, Al 35205    205-918-0246    www.familypromisebham.org                                                         

Other Community Agencies

Catholic Family Services: 1515 12th Avenue South  Birmingham,Al 35205  205-324-6561

Gateway: 1401 20th Street Birmingham,Al 35205   205-510-2755

Alabama Childhood Food Solutions www.alabamachildhoodfood.com

Manna Ministries 205-910-4098