Behavioral and Psychosocial Issues

  • Alcohol Abuse  ( Audio file)

  • Alcohol: Your Child and Drugs  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Behavioral Challenges  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Discussing the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) With Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Early Intervention Services  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Emergency Information Form For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)  (Excel)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Financial Assistance and Related Programs for Families  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Gastrointestinal Problems  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Guardianship  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Health Care Transition: Moving From Adolescence to Adulthood  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Inclusion: Elementary School  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Inclusion: Middle and High School  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Intervention Approaches Used for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Introduction to Complementary and Alternative Medicine  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Lab Tests  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Medications and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Nutrition and Eating Problems  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—School-based Services  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Seizures and Epilepsy  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Sibling Issues  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Sleep Problems  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Talking About Sexuality for Parents of Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorders  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Teaching Social Skills  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—The Medical Home for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Toilet Training  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Vaccines  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Visiting the Doctor  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • ASDs Family Handout—Wandering Off (Elopement)  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Bedwetting  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Bipolar and Mood Disorders  ( Audio file)

  • Bullying  ( Audio file)

  • Bullying: It's Not OK  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Child Sexual Abuse  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Choosing Quality Child Care: What's Best for Your Family?  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Cocaine: What You Need to Know  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Cyberbullies  ( Audio file)

  • Dealing with Toddler Aggression  ( Audio file)

  • Deciding to Wait  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Depression in Children  ( Audio file)

  • Discipline and Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Discipline Techniques-Extinction  ( Audio file)

  • Divorce and Children  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Drug Abuse Prevention Starts with Parents  (  PDF: English)

  • Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Environmental Management of ADHD  ( Audio file)

  • Everybody Gets Mad: Helping Your Child Cope with Conflict  (  PDF: English)

  • Expect Respect: Healthy Relationships  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Feeding Kids Right Isn't Always Easy: Tips for Preventing Food Hassles  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • For Today's Teens: A Message From Your Pediatrician  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Gambling: Not a Safe Thrill  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Teens: Facts for Teens and Their Parents  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Parents: Information for Children and Parents  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Health Care for College Students: What Your Pediatrician Wants You to Know  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Healthy Communication With Your Child  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Help Stop Teenage Suicide  (  PDF: English)

  • Helping Your Child Cope With Death  (  PDF: English)

  • Helping Your Child Cope With Life  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Inhalant Abuse  ( Audio file)

  • Inhalants: What You Need to Know  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Kids and Stress  ( Audio file)

  • Know the Facts About HIV and AIDS  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Learning Disabilities: What Parents Need to Know  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Making Healthy Decisions About Sex  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Marijuana: What You Need to Know  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Media History  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Medicine and the Media: How to Make Sense of the Messages  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Medicines for ADHD: Questions From Teens Who Have ADHD  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Puberty—Ready or Not Expect Some Big Changes  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Ratings Game, The: Choosing Your Child's Entertainment  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Responding to Children's Emotional Needs During Times of Crisis: Information for Parents  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Risks of Tobacco Use, The  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Sibling Relationships  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Single Parenting  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Sleep Problems in Children  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Smokeless Tobacco: What You Need to Know  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Staying Cool When Things Heat Up  (  PDF: English)

  • Stealing  ( Audio file)

  • Steroids: Play Safe, Play Fair  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Stressed? Read This.  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Substance Abuse Prevention  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Talking With Your Teen About Sex  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Talking With Your Teen: Tips for Parents  (  PDF: English)

  • Talking With Your Young Child About Sex  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Teaching Good Behavior: Tips on How to Discipline  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Teen Dating Violence: Tips for Parents  (  PDF: English)

  • Teen Suicide and Guns  (  PDF: English)

  • Teen Suicide, Mood Disorder, and Depression  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Teens and Anxiety  ( Audio file)

  • Teens and Depression  ( Audio file)

  • Television and Your Family  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Temper Tantrums  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Temper Tantrums: A Normal Part of Growing Up  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Testing Your Teen for Illicit Drugs: Information for Parents  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Thumbs, Fingers, and Pacifiers  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Tips for Parents of Adolescents  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Tobacco: Straight Talk for Teens  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Toilet Training  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Understanding ADHD: Information for Parents About Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs): An Introduction  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Understanding Irritability in Children  ( Audio file)

  • Understanding the Impact of Media on Children and Teens  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Using the Home Environment to Manage ADHD  ( Audio file)

  • What is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician?  (  PDF: English)

  • What Is ADHD?  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • What is ADHD? Questions from Teens  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • What Is Your One-Year-Old Telling You?  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • What to Do for ADHD  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Your Child's Growth: Developmental Milestones  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Your Child's Mental Health: When to Seek Help and Where to Get Help  (  PDF: English | Spanish)

  • Your Family's Mental Health: 10 Ways to Improve Mood Naturally  (  PDF: English | Spanish)



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