Adoption:
Center for Adoption and Support (CASA)
ADHD / ADD and Learning Disabilities
Children & Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorder Association of America
Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Association
Autism
Borderline Personality Disorder
Robert Friedel, MD's BPD Demystified
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy research by Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D
National Educational Alliance for BPD/Borderline Personality Disorder (NEABPD)
Co-Dependence
Co-Dependents Anonymous (CODA)
Depression/Bi-Polar Disorder
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
Families for Depression Awareness
Eating Disorders
The Academy for Eating Disorders
The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
National Eating Disorders Association
Gender Issues
Mental Health Associations And Advocacy Groups
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
American Residential Treatment Association
Compeer (voluntary support for persons with psychiatric problems)
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
Mental Health Matters (articles, sources of support, volunteer opportunities)
National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI)
National Council for Behavioral Healthcare
National Council on Disability
National Empowerment Center (practical information about the recovery model and psychiatric difficulties)
National Institute of Mental Health
Open Minds Open Doors (a progressive anti-stigma campaign that educates the public - and employers - about mental illness and legal rights)
Psychiatry Online (Priory Online Medical Journals)
SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs & Practices (research)
Sex Addiction
Special Education Law
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy
Substance Abuse
Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA)
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Families Anonymous (FA)
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
National Alliance for Recovery Residences (NARR)
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA research)
Trauma
David Baldwin's Trauma Info Pages
Gateway to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Information
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
Professional Associations / Affilations
Exceptional Schools for Exceptional Children
National Association of Private Schools for Exceptional Children
National Association of Therapeutic Schools & Programs (Professional Member)
National Association of Private Special Education Center
International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE)
International Schools Association (ISA)
Small Boarding School Association (SBSA)
These are all free resources. Please Contact Us if you have additional questions.