Health Care Resources for Youth
Resources for preventing childhood obesity and for improving care of children who are overweight.
The resources in this toolkit are designed to help primary care practice teams provide coordinated, integrated and multidisciplinary services to both prevent obesity and improve care for children who are already overweight or at risk for becoming overweight. Includes tools for prevention, assessment and diagnosis, management and treatment and community resources.
Occupational therapists and trauma-informed teachers weigh in on how to create sensory tools and spaces with what you have at home.
Mindheart has created this short book to support and reassure children, under the age of 7, regarding the COVID-19. This book is an invitation for families to discuss the full range of emotions arising from the current situation.
An interactive site for teens that addresses teen dating, relationships, and sex. Teens can create their own videos to post on the site about how they stay a teen. The site also contains a comprehensive list of resources for teens about pregnancy and sexual health.
Activities/games for teens that include: SAT preparation, Math, Language Arts, History, and hands-on projects.
USNews provides a most comprehensive site on choosing a college – from local community colleges to major universities. A “grade point average calculator” lets you calculate the grades you’ll need to get into the college you want. A college personality quiz will help you define who you are and what college is best.
Youngmenshealthsite.org (YMH) is a website produced by the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston. The purpose of the website is to provide carefully researched health information to teenage boys and young men.
This website is centered on teen health and motivation. They aspire to keep teens on a healthy lifestyle track.
This page is all about teens living with cancer and how to cope with that as well as fundraisers and news updates.
Teen Ink is a website full of magazines, website content, and books written by teens for teens. They also provide resources to teens, here are some regarding teen health.
The NEW Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers—the award-winning, critically acclaimed online resource—provides middle school and high school students with nonjudgmental, straightforward, standards-aligned, curricular and self-help support.
Teen Health Issues provides a directory of contacts for issues ranging from alcohol and drugs to shoplifting.