Parent Resource Library

Development, Parenting and Trusted Adults

Articles and Websites

• Adolescent Contentedness - CDC

• Youth.gov - includes information on all the topics listed below.

• Why Teenagers Reject Parents’ Solutions to Their Problems, New York Times

Videos

• Communication and the Teenage Brain

• Dan Siegel – animated 4 minute video about the adolescent brain

• Inside The Teenage Brain - PBS Documentary

• Rethinking Challenging Kids

Books

LGBTQ+ Resources

Articles and Websites

• Defining LGBTQ Words for Children

• It Gets Better Project

• LGBTQ+ Glossary

• TSER - Trans Student Educational Resources

  • TSER Gender Unicorn

Videos

Books

Mental Health

Articles and Websites

• www.need2text.com - Teen Crisis Text Line, Text TALK to 38255

• Sources of Strength - Peer-Lead strength-based suicide, bullying, and substance abuse prevention program

• Social Connection

Videos

Books

Sex and Healthy Relationships

Articles and Websites

• Cindy Pierce - Sex Educator - Resource Guide

• Scarlet Teen - Website for youth to get accurate information on sex and healthy relationships.

• Shafia Zaloom - Sex Educator - Resource Guide

Videos

Books

• Sexploitation : Helping Kids Develop Healthy Sexuality in a Porn-Driven World, by Cindy Pierce

• Sex, College, and Social Media: A Commonsense Guide to Navigating the Hookup Culture, by Cindy Pierce

• Sex, Teens, and Everything in Between: The New and Necessary Conversations Today's Teenagers Need to Have about Consent, Sexual Harassment, Healthy Relationships, Love, and More, by Shafia Zaloom

Social Media

Articles and Websites

Videos

Books

Substance Use

Articles and Websites

• www.speaknowcolorado.org

• My child tried drugs. What should I do?

• Nicotine/Vaping/Cigarettes/Chew

  • www.tobaccofreeco.org

  • CDC - Electronic Cigarettes

  • Tobacco Prevention Toolkit - Stanford Medicine

  • Truth Initiative - Inspiring Tobacco Free Lives

  • Colorado Quite Line

  • Smoke Free Teen

Videos

• Risky Drinking Documentary

Books

Trauma/Toxic Stress

Articles and Websites

• Center on the Developing Child - Harvard University

Videos

• Ted Talk: How Childhood Trauma Effects Health Across the Lifetime, Nadine Burke Harris

Books

• The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity, by Nadine Burke Harris

Local Resources

• Center for Mental Health

• Gunnison County Health and Human Services

• Gunnison County Juvenile Services

• Gunnison Recreation Center

• Gunnison Valley Wellness Guide

• Gunnison Valley Health

• Project Hope