The Parenting Clinic

University of Washington
Information for Parents

Parents Bulletin Board
This is for parents who have attended our parenting program in our current grant (2006-2010). Parents and group leaders can share ideas that have worked or resources they have found helpful with their children.

Helping Your Child Series
The Helping Your Child publication series aims to provide parents with the tools and information necessary to help their children succeed in school and life. These booklets feature practical lessons and activities to help their school aged and preschool children master reading, understand the value of homework and develop the skills necessary to achieve.

Parents' Guide for Talking to their Children about War, from the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (at the Yale Child Study Center)

Seattle School District Autism Programs
The Seattle School District has a number of different Special Education programs, ranging from basic resource support to various self-contained programs. They also have inclusion programs that provide students opportunities to receive most of their instruction within the general classroom, but still have support from an instructional assistant in the classroom and direct instruction in their area of need by the SpEd teacher. All buildings have resource support, but the more specialized programs are interspersed throughout the district. Current list of Special Ed programs.

The Autism Inclusion Program at Lafayette Elementary, for instance, has 18 students in the program. Two Instructional Assistants work with the students in their general ed classrooms (in and out throughout the day) and the students then have time for their specially designed instruction. The following elementary schools have Autism Inclusion Programs:

Bagley (Greenlake)
Graham Hill (South Seattle)
John Hay (Queen Anne)
Lafayette (West Seattle)
North Beach (Ballard)
John Rogers (Lake City)
Broadview-Thomson (Greenwood)

For students who require more intense services and need a self-contained program, the following schools have Self-Contained Autism Programs:

AE#2
Cooper
Dunlap
Marshall

Students will likely be assigned to the school closest to them and if there are spaces available.

Other Resources in the Area

Child Development Center (UW Dept of Pediatrics 206-598-9346/9330)
Good Samaritan Child Dev Clinic (Tacoma) 253-697-5200
Mary Bridge Children's Hosp (Tacoma) 253-403-1465
Steve Becker & Assoc 425-643-3760
UW LEARN Clinic 206-543-6511
Mariam Araujo, Ph.D. 206-226-9689

Papers about Parenting

Webster-Stratton, C. (1990). Parents and children together. Parent Connection 1(3), 5.

Webster-Stratton, C. (1994). Don't be afraid to praise. Parenting Insights, Premiere Issue.

Webster-Stratton, C. (1995). Lying. Parenting Insights, Issue 4.

Webster-Stratton, C. (1996). Emotional regulation parts 1 and 2. Parenting Insights, Issue 11.

Webster-Stratton, C. (1997). Nobody Likes Me. Parenting Insights, Issue 21.

Webster-Stratton, C. Coping with peer problems and teaching friendship skills.

Webster-Stratton, C. Helping children learn to regulate their emotions.

ADD/ADHD Resources:

Attention Deficit Disorder Association - ADDA

Attention Deficit Disorder Resources