Helpful Links

• Asthma Overview
• How to Use a Diskus Inhaler - video and instructions
• How to Use a Diskus Inhaler - PDF Download
• How to Use a Flexhaler - video and instructions
• How to Use a Flexhaler - PDF Download
• How to Use a Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) - video and instructions
• How to Use a Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) - PDF Download
• How to Use a Twisthaler - video and instructions
• How to Use a Twisthaler - PDF Download

• Breastfeeding Info from the CDC
• Kelly Mom
• La Leche League International

• Down's Syndrome
• Pathways - Developmental Milestones
• Zero To Three
• Applied Family Services

Local agency whose mission is to empower, serve, and advocate for the families of children with developmental delays.

• Food Allergy Research & Education
• Kids With Food Allergies
• FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education)

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Early Child Development
• Healthy Children (AAP Parenting Website)

• Understood - resources for learning differences
• Dyslexia Services
• International Dyslexia Association

• The Trevor Project

The Trevor Project is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1998 providing support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth. They offer a toll-free telephone number where confidential assistance is provided by trained counselors.

• It Gets Better

The It Gets Better Project’s mission is to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth around the globe.

• Q Chat Space

Q Chat Space is a digital LGBTQ+ center where teens join live-chat, professionally facilitated, online support groups. Also available in Spanish (disponible en español).

• PFLAG Connects: Communities (PCC)

PFLAG Connects: Communities (PCC) provide a safe, virtual, moderated space where people with shared experiences can connect each month. PFLAG National’s current communities gather people of Latino, Black/African American, and Asian American and Pacific Islander backgrounds to gain support, ask questions, and learn from others who have been through similar experiences. These meetings are catered to those who are parents/family members of LGBTQ+ individuals, though we also welcome members of the LGBTQ+ community who are Latino, Black, or AAPI.

• CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD)
• ADDitude Magazine
• Child Mind Institute - ADHD Guide

• Autism - ABC of NC
• Autism - Uniquely Human
• Tilt Parenting - Neurodiversity Affirming Parenting
• Autism Society of North Carolina

• Child Mind Institute
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• JED foundation (teen mental health)
• Ross Green - Lives in the Balance

• USDA Nutrition Website
• Kids Eat in Color
• Feeding Littles

• Child Safety Information

(car seats, helmets, drownings, etc)

• Product Recalls
• Safe Beginnings Blog

• The Stuttering Foundation
• CHOP - Speech & Language Milestones

These guidelines on speech and language development may help you decide if your child needs a speech and language evaluation with a speech-language pathologist.

• CHOP - Speech Sounds Milestones

Outline of typical milestones in a child’s speech development (when we expect children to be able to pronounce certain sounds) and when you should talk to your child’s doctor if you are concerned she is not on par with her peers.

• Friends Who Stutter

FRIENDS is the only national organization dedicated solely to empowering young people who stutter and their families.

• Signing Time

Signing Time provides a wealth of DVDs, information, newsletters, blogs, coloring sheets and chore charts to support families who want to learn American Sign Language.

• Technology for Our Whole Lives

Find information and resources about assistive technology (AT), including device demonstration to help you make an informed choice about what will work best for you or your child, and how you can get an AT device.

• CDC Vaccines & Immunizations
• Immunization Action Coalition
• Vaccine Education Center