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Information:
ACCESS – Expat Support and Resource ServicesRotterdam Expats Desk – Expat Resources for Rotterdam
IAmSterdam Expat Desk – Expat Resources for Amsterdam
Den Haag Expat Desk – Expat Resources of the Hague
Stichting International Onderwijs – Foundation for international education in the Netherlands
Support Groups:
Delft MaMa – Delft Maternity and Motherhood Assistance
The Delfians – Expats in the Delft region
AAOF (NL) – Autism Association for Overseas Families in the Netherlands
Intouch – English Speaking Mom and Toddler group in Rotterdam & Tots Group
Pickwick Women's Club of Rotterdam – Social meeting place for women of all ages and backgrounds with English as a common denominator
MOPS – Mothers of Preschoolers
Playgroups and daycare – Several english playgroups serving the international community
Parent Resources:
Greater Good Parents – Science for raising happy kids by University of California, Berkeley
Schwab Learning Parents – Information on learning difficulties
Attachment Parenting International
The Family Nurturing Centre Inc.
School and Education with Alfie Kohn
Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory
Children Resources:
Dana Foundation BrainyKids Link
Kinderyoga De Vlinder – Childrens yoga
Dutch Resources:
MEE Rotterdam Rijnmond – Rotterdam Handicapped and Disabled Service
Balans – Balans is a national association for parents of children with developmental disorders, learning and/or behavior, including ADHD, dyslexia and PDD-NOS
Centrum Autisme – Information, study and treatment centre
HCO – Partners for education
De Strandwacht – Dutch special need school
Additional Resources:
International Health Center The Hague – International medical services
Stichting Smiles – Organizes activities and events for sick and handicapped children in the NetherlandsLittlest Heroes Project – Capturing miracles, picturing cures. Complementary photo session for children suffering from serious illness or a life altering disability (Approved Photographer Natalie Carstens, Tigs Creations Photography)
Articles:
Emotion coaching by Christine Carter Ph.D.
Brazelton, T. B. (1992). Touchpoints: Your child's emotional and behavioral development. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing.
Brazelton, T. B. & Greenspan, S. (2000). The irreducible needs of children: What every child must have to grow, learn, and flourish. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing.
Davis, P. (1999). The Power of touch: The basis for survival, health, intimacy, and emotional well-being. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House.
Goleman, D. (1994). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ. New York, NY: Bantam Books.
Granju, K. & Kennedy, B. (1999). Attachment parenting: Instinctive care for your baby and young child. New York, NY: Pocket Books.
Hart, A. (1992). Stress and your child. Dallas, TX: Word Publishing.
Kohn, Alfie (2006). Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason New York, NY: Atria Books
Post, B. (2005). How to heal the attachment challenged, angry and defiant child. (DVD Recording). Oklahoma City, OK: Post Institute for Family Centered Therapy. (www.postinstitute.com)
Post, B. (2004). The great behavior breakdown (Audio CD Recording). Oklahoma City, OK: Post Institute for Family Centered Therapy. (www.postinstitute.com)
Siegel, D. & Hartzell, M. (2003). Parenting from the inside-out: How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. New York, NY: Jeremy P. Tarcher/ Putnam.
Additional Resources for Professionals:
Bowlby, J. (1988). A secure base: Parent-child attachment and healthy human development. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Bremner, J. (2002). Does Stress Damage the Brain?: Understanding Trauma-Related Disorders from a Mind-Body Perspective. New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company.
DeGangi, Georgia. (2000). Pediatric disorders of regulation in affect and behavior. New York, NY: Academic Press.
Frattaroli, E. (2001). Healing the soul in the age of the brain. New York, NY: Penguin Books.
Greenspan, S., and Cunningham, A. (1993, August 22,). Where do violent kids come from? Charlotte Observer, reprinted in the Washington Post.
LeDoux, J. (1996). The emotional brain: The mysterious underpinnings of emotional Life. New York, NY: Touchstone.
Levine, P. A. (1999). Healing trauma: Restoring the wisdom of the body (Audio Cassette Recording). Louisville, CO: Sounds True, Inc.
McEwen, B. (1999). Development of the cerebral cortex XIII: Stress and brain development-II. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38, 101-103.
Montagu, A. (1986). Touching: The human significance of the skin. New York, NY: Harper and Row.
National Center for Clinical Infant Programs (2005). Diagnostic classification of mental health and developmental disorders of infancy and early childhood. Arlington, VA: Zero to Three.
Perry, B. D. (in press). Neurodevelopmental aspects of childhood anxiety disorders: Neurobiological responses to threat. In C.C. Coffey & R. A. Brumback (Eds), Textbook of pediatric neuropsychiatry. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press.
Perry, B. D. (1996). Neurodevelopmental adaptations to violence: How children survive the intergenerational vortex of violence, Violence and Childhood Trauma: Understanding and Responding to the Effects of Violence on Young Children, Gund Foundation, Cleveland.
Perry, B. D., Pollard, R.A., Blakely, T.L. Baker, W.L., & Vigilante, D. (1995). Childhood trauma, the neurobiology of adaptation, and " use-dependent " development of the brain: How states become traits. Infant Mental Health Journal, 16 271-291.
Perry, B. D. (Spring 1993). Neurodevelopment and the neurophysiology of trauma: Conceptual considerations for clinical work with maltreated children. The Advisor, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 6:1.
Schore, A.N. (1994). Affect regulation and the origin of the self. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
Shapiro, F. & Forrest, M. (1998). EMDR: The breakthrough therapy for overcoming anxiety, stress, and trauma. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Siegel, D.J. (1999). The developing mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Sroufe, L.A. (1996). Emotional development: The organization of emotional life in the early years. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Disclaimer: The selected links are provided as informational resources only and do not serve as an endorsement of the organization or content there in.
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