ADHD

• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

• Attention Deficit Disorder Association

• Failing at Normal: An ADHD Success Story - a 17-minute Ted Talk by Jessica McCabe

Autism

• Asperger/Autism Network an organization founded in MA with local and online resources

• Autism Discussion Page hosted by Bill Nason on Facebook

• What I Wish I’d Been Made Aware of When My Daughter Was Diagnosed With Autism at the Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism

• "Copy & Paste’ - Hidden Asperger’s-- Girls with Aspergers - a 10-minute Ted talk by Niamh McCann

Anxiety & Trauma

• Resources for kids and parents at WorryWiseKids

• Understanding Trauma: Learning Brain vs Survival Brain - 5-minute video on how anxiety and trauma affects learning

• How Parents Can Help With Child Anxiety - 5-minute video from psychologists at the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support (CARES)

• Resources for adults at Anxiety Canada

Learning

• Resources for families of children with learning disabilities and ADHD at Understood

• Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity  

• “What is dyslexia?” - a five minute video found on YouTube

Parenting

• Yale-based course called Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing available online

• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish 

• Five Games to Teach Self-Regulation with children ages 3 to 10 (8-minute video)

Behavior change for adults

• Seven Minute Workout - brief, interval workout that can be completed at home

• Tiny Habits - website and book about changing habits using small changes applied consistently

• Finding Your Way to Change: How the Power of Motivational Interviewing Can Reveal What You Want and Help You Get There by Allan Zuckoff, PhD

Mindfulness and meditation

• 10% Happier - app, podcast, and book created by Dan Harris, an ABC newscaster who discovered meditation after having a panic attack while live on national television

• Calm, Headspace, or Insight Timer meditation apps - the first two are excellent quality and have some free resources with daily content available by subscription while Insight Timer has many free resources (quality varies) and some paid content

• Stop, Breathe, and Think - app and resources for children and adolescents

• Why Mindfulness Is a Superpower: An Animation - a 3-minute animated video (for adults) about mindfulness

• Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation in 4 Minutes - a 4-minute video about what happens in the brain during meditation

Local

• Pediatric occupational therapy in Leicester with Cater2Kids

• Psychotherapy and medication management in Sturbridge at Massachusetts Psychiatric Services

• Center for Mindfulness at UMass Medical Center