Useful Organizations and Websites

Organizations/Websites
By OSD Staff

The following are additional organizations/websites that may be of interest to you as an educator of military children:
Official Department of Defense/Military Family Support Sites:
AF Crossroads: www.afcrossroads.com
Air Force: www.af.mil
Army: www.army.mil
Army Community Service: www.armycommunityservice.org
Army Teen Panel: www.armyteenpanel.army.mil/
Defenselink: www.defenselink.mil
MAP Central: dod.mil/mapcentral/
Mapsite: dod.mil/mapsite
Marine Corp: www.usmc.mil/
Marine Corps Community Service: www.usmc-mccs.org
Military Children and Youth: mfrc.calib.com/mcy
Military Family Resource Center: mfrc.calib.com
Navy: www.navy.mil
Navy Lifelines: www.lifelines.navy.mil
Reserve Affairs: www.defenselink.mil/ra
TRICARE: www.tricare.osd.mil
United Service Organization: www.uso.org
National Organizations and Other Resources:
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology: www.aacap.org/
American School Counselor Association: www.schoolcounselor.org
Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network: www.cyfernet.org
Educators for Social Responsibility, Talking With Children About War and Violence In the World: www.esrnational.org/guide.htm
Family Education Network: www.fen.com/
FEMA for Adults: www.fema.gov/
Military Brats: www.militarybrats.com/
Military Child Education Coalition: www.militarychild.org/
Military City: www.militarycity.com/
Military Impacted Schools Association: www.esu3.org/districts/bellevue/misa/misahome.html
National Association for the Education of Young Children: www.naeyc.org
National Association of School Psychologists: www.nasponline.org/index2.html
National Association of State Boards of Education National Center for Children Exposed to Violence: www.nccev.org
National Education Association: www.nea.org
National Fatherhood Initiative: www.fatherhood.org
National Military Family Association: www.nmfa.org
National Parent-Teacher Association: www.pta.org
National School Boards Association: www.nsba.org/site/index.asp
Nemours Foundation, Kids Health, talking about the news: kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/news.html
New York University Child Study Center: www.aboutourkids.org
Overseas Brats: www.overseasbrats.com/
Talking With Kids About Tough Issues: www.talkingwithkids.org/
NYU Child Study Center: www.aboutourkids.org/
US Government Responds: www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Usgresponse.shtml