Resources
Crisis & Helplines
• Emergency: Call 911 or go to your nearest Emergency Room
• Alameda County Crisis Support: 1-800-309-2131 or text SAFE to 20121
• Contra Costa County Crisis Support: 211 or 800-833-2900 or text HOPE to 20121
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: text or call 1-800-799-7233
• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988
• SAMHSA—Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
• Trevor Project, a national 24-hour, toll-free confidential suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth: 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678
• Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline: 1-800-272-3900
• Friendship Line, Institute on Aging, crisis intervention & warm line for adults with disabilities and people over 60: 1-800-971-0016
Resources for Parents and Caregivers
• The TALK Line, 24-hour parental stress support: 415-441-KIDS (5437)
• Parenting Stress Helpline, Family Paths, Alameda County: 1-800-829-3777
Websites and Organizations
Aging
Berkeley Age Friendly Continuum
Practical Information About Alzheimer’s
Learning Disabilities, Differences & Supports
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
Center for Independent Living (CIL)
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD)
Community Alliance for Special Education (CASE)
Disabilities Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
International Society for Autism
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
Regional Center of the East Bay (RCEB): Advocates for children and adults with developmental disabilities
Depression
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Suicide Prevention & Crisis Support
Tools for Growth & Change
Breathing & Guided Imagery
Breathing and Meditation for Beginners by Yoga Teacher Jessamyn Stanley (YouTube Video, 10 minutes)
Guided Imagery by Martin Rossman, M.D. (YouTube Video)
EMDR
How EMDR Works? (YouTube Video)
Neuroscience
Flipping Your Lid & Regaining Your Calm (YouTube Video)
Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
Based at UC Berkeley, Greater Good reports on groundbreaking research into the roots of compassion, happiness, and altruism
Growth Mindset: The capacity to learn, grow and develop intelligence
Free Resources from Mindset Works
Rewiring Your Brain (YouTube Video)
Books and Magazines
ADHD
Additude: Inside the ADHD Mind. Magazine offering several newsletters regarding ADHD & LD including school, learning disabilities, adults with ADHD, women with ADHD and more
A Radical Guide for Women With ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers by Sari Solden, MS and Michelle Frank, PsyD
Aging
Aging for Beginners by Ezra Bayda
Autism Spectrum
Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison
Perfect Targets: Asperger Syndrome and Bullying - Practical Solutions for Surviving the Social World by Rebekah Heinrichs
The Sixth Sense II by Carol Gray
The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed by Temple Grandin
Children & Adolescents
Children of Color by Jewelle Taylor Gibbs & Larke Nahme Huang
The Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia F. Lieberman
Helping Children Cope with Separation and Loss by Claudia Jewett Jarratt
Incredible 5 Point Scale: Assisting Students in Understanding Social Interactions and Controlling their Emotional Responses by Kari Dunn Buron
Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
Smart but Scattered Teens: The “Executive Skills” Program for Helping Teens
Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Kranowitz, M.A.
Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, 3rd Edition: Revised by Ellen Notbohm
The Healing Power of Play: Working with Abused Children by Eliana Gil
Dyslexia
The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain by Brock L. Eide, M.D., M. A. and Fernette F. Eide, M.D.
Neurodiversity
NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman
Self-Help
After the Diagnosis: From Crisis to Personal Renewal for Patients with Chronic Illness by Joann LeMaistre
Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family by Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse
Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple Ways to Change Your Life by Bill O'Hanlon
Guided Imagery for Self-Healing by Martin L. Rossman, M.D.
A Time to Heal: The Road to Recovery for Adult Children of Alcoholics by Timmen L. Cermak
Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by PJ Fogg, PhD
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman, M.D.
The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time by Alex Korb, PhD
Women’s Growth in Connection: Writings from the Stone Center by Judith V.Jordan
You Can Heal Yourself by Julie Silver
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