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Hope Early Learning Program
Hope Enterprises, Inc. Early Learning Program centers in Williamsport and Jersey Shore offer an array of learning experiences to promote the development of the young child. The early learning program provides a safe and nurturing environment, which is essential to foster the educational process for children to grow through hands-on activities. .

Lycoming County Health Improvement Coalition Inc.

is a voluntary collaboration of 37 board members and over 50 task force team volunteers that represent various sectors of the community. Their website contains a comprehensive list of human service providers in Lycoming County. The categories include such services as child care, dental care, counseling services, education and home health care.

Pennsylvania Department of Health
Promotes good health and healthy communities, and strives to prevent disease and injury, by working collaboratively with public and private partners in our communities. Free services include, but are not limited to immunization, communicable disease and animal bites / rabies control, HIV/AIDS counseling and testing, STD testing, health teaching and counseling, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and child lead poisoning prevention, tuberculosis, and international travel validation.

The Special Kids Network
Making Connections for Pennsylvania's Children with Special Needs. From the Pennsylvania Department of Health. A free statewide network for families, like yours, with children who have special needs or disabilities.

Lycoming/Clinton MH/HR
The gateway to the full range of services needed to address the needs of families in the two counties who are experiencing the challenge of mental health problems or the challenges of disabilities related to the diagnosis of mental retardation.
e-mail - lycomingcountyei@joinder.org

Music for Children

The pure joy of experiencing music with your child is invaluable, and there is no better way to achieve this than through Kindermusik. As the world's most respected name in early musical learning, Kindermusik provides developmentally appropriate classes which encourage your child's musical instincts, foster a life-long love of learning, and provide the whole family with special memories for years to come. For more information on classes form birth to 5 years, contact Robert M. Sides at 570-326-2094

Guides for Parents and Caregivers
to find information such as choosing books, playing with stories, helping your child's language grow, and how to read to your child. The site lists information by age, starting with birth- 5 years old.

National Network for Child Care
provides an Internet source of over 1000 publications and resources related to child care. Publications are research-based and reviewed. There are two excellent sections on child development for infants and toddlers and literacy and language

Parents as Teachers
(PAT) is an international early childhood parent education and family support program serving families throughout pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten, usually age 5. There are wonderful sections on a month-by-month approach to developing a child's social-emotional development.

Read Me a Story
This site by the American Academy of Pediatrics includes a checklist to help parents and caregivers to evaluate children’s progress in various stages of their literacy development from birth up to the stage of independent reading.

Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
A great site for parents to find information regarding promoting literacy development for their child. The site offers many practical, fun activities to use with your child from preschool through their school years to help them to learn to love reading.

Zero to Three is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated solely to advancing the healthy development of babies and young children There are excellent sections on the web page regarding Brain Development (under Brain Wonders), early literacy, helping young children and families cope during uncertain times, and the importance of music in a young child's life.

Grandparents Parenting Their Grandchildren

AARP Grandparent Information Center
The Grandparent Information Center houses a database of support groups across the United States and is resource for additional information, materials and contacts for grandparents and other relatives raising children.

GrandsPlace
At this site we hope to provide a safe and accepting environment where caregivers can join together and give each other the support and comfort we need.

Penn State Intergenerational Program
Web site includes an interactive database of resources for GRG (grandparents raising grandchildren) families across the state of Pennsylvania.

Child Development Institute
this site includes information on child development, parenting, learning, and health as well as childhood disabilities such as attention deficit, autism and dyslexia, from birth through the teenage years.

Child Health ALERT
an organization committed to the health and well-being of all kids, by helping parents, teachers and health professionals understand and make sense of health news which affects children.

Children's Health
from the American Academy of Pediatrics, All credentialed medical information about Children's Health on the web site is brought to you directly from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the nation's other leading medical societies.

Kids Health -
From the medical experts of The Nemours Foundation. Various articles written in simple language and designed to be read by kids and teens. Factual answers to kids and their parents questions about growing up.

Sleep Foundation -
This website of the National Sleep foundation provides helpful suggestions for parents on solving their children's sleep problems.

Child Care Aware
Resources to help parents to find information on obtaining quality childcare, including checklists, tips and publications can be found on this website.

Child and Family Web guide - from Tufts University

This web guide is a directory which provides links to 100's of sites concerning infants, children and teens as well as topics that range from family issues, parenting, learning disabilities to typical child development.

Children's Defense Fund The Children's Defense Fund provides information about the needs of children in the national initiative to "Leave no Child Behind." It offers links to current research on children's health issues and programs available for those without health insurance, programs such as TANF, as well as childcare programs, after school programs , child abuse, foster care and violence against children and families. Their mission to to help all children have a healthy, fair, safe and head start on life.

Facts for Families
Very helpful and informative 1 to 2 page fact sheets on topical issues for families. The Facts for Families© series is developed and distributed by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), covering various issues of childhood and adolescence. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) represents over 6900 child and adolescent psychiatrists who are physicians with at least five years of additional training beyond medical school in general (adult) and child and adolescent psychiatry.

F amily Education.com
This Learning Network site is geared towards parents of kids from 0-18.
A very complete list of topics ranges from homework helpers to discipline to tips on dealing with your special needs child.

National Center for Fathering
Provides insights, information and training to help you to become a better father.

Parent's Guide for Disaster Preparedness

The Parent Report
The Parent Report provides resources for parents as well as "objective and useful information from leading child care specialists in the field." It's goal is to make parenting which is "life's most important job, just a little easier!" The site addresses issues that parents may encounter with their children from ages birth through teen years.

Scholastic - Families
A site devoted to encouraging a love of learning in your child. Experts provide answers to questions regarding your child's learning, behavior and so much more, for children ages birth-5 and grades K-8.

Single Rose.com
For single mothers to network and learn how to overcome the unique challenges presented by single motherhood

Talking With Kids About Everything
This "guide can help you develop effective ways to communicate with your children of all age groups. From the Public Broadcasting System (PBS Parents).

Working's Mom Refuge
A website for "all of you who live the manic life of juggling." This site includes sections on single moms, careers, family, telecommuting and even food recipes!

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