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MORE ABOUT THE BOOK TOPICS
Diabetes | Adoption | Grief and Loss
Thanksgiving & the Wampanoag
Diabetes
www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
Home page of the American Diabetes Association, this site offers a good overview on diabetes, including Type l Diabetes, information on current research and advocacy, as well as suggestions for lifestyle changes and prevention. The special section, "For Parents and Kids" is particularly valuable for children diagnosed with Type l Diabetes.
www.tracker.diabetes.org/index.php
"Planet D" a part of the ADA website, is a special section devoted to kids with diabetes. Incredibly kid-friendly, it includes ways to manage diabetes and a kids' message board.
www.jdrf.org
This is the homepage of The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. The site has a wealth of information about Type 1 diabetes, including an overview, a forum staffed by JDRF volunteers, and special sections for adults, teens and kids. The website also provides a wide range of valuable resources, with articles on specific topics, lists of diabetes camps, and links to other Type 1 publications.
kids.jdrf.org
"Countdown for Kids" is an online magazine sponsored by JDRF. The magazine is full of useful information, including a section for kids newly diagnosed with diabetes. Another area, called "Your Stuff," lets real kids share their stories and even find a penpal with diabetes.
Adoption
www.adoption.com
This website offers a comprehensive overview of all kinds of adoption, including domestic and international adoption, as well as foster parenting. The site also provides answers for those considering adoption, with forums and links to more detailed articles, as well.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/adoption.html
Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, this website begins with an overview of adoption and then offers a host of other views on types of adoptions, and related issues. It also provides links to relevant articles about adoption concerns and questions.
www.fwcc.org/internetsources.html
Compiled by Families with Children from China, this website offers a vast amount of material about adoption in general and adoption from China, specifically. A section on General Adoption Resources is followed by a section on China adoption resources, including personal adoption stories and pictures as well as Chinese adoption agencies.
www.fwcc.org
This is the homepage Families with Children from China, an organization of families who have adopted Chinese children. The site provides information about adopting from China, including advice for prospective parents considering Chinese adoption, as well as help for parents waiting for their Chinese child.
Grief and Loss
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/Ken-01-0104/default.asp
Sponsored by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, this website offers a clear definition of grief, explains the symptoms and helps the reader know when the grieving has begun to lift.
www.griefnet.org
Griefnet is an Internet community of people dealing with grief, death and major loss. It offers email support groups and articles about grieving.
www.kidsaid.com
The companion site to Griefnet, Kidsaid is an online support for young people offering those who are grieving a chance to offer and receive support from others, of similar age and experience. Kids can share their stories and artwork, as ways of expressing their loss.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/someone_died.html
Part of a website about kids' health, this section helps young people cope with death and grief. A list of behavioral strategies suggests concrete ways of dealing with grief.
www.aplb.org
The Association of Pet Loss and Bereavement's website offers comforting coping strategies for those who have lost a pet through death.
Thanksgiving and the Wampanoag
www.plimoth.org
The official website of Plimoth Plantation, this website explains all the educational programs the Plantation has to offer, and also provides the true facts about the Thanksgiving feast. A "Homework help" section answers questions about many aspects of Plimoth and Wampanoag life.
http://www.plimoth.org/features/homesite.php
This special section of the Plimoth Plantation website is devoted to the Wampanoag homesite, also on the grounds of the Plantation, and gives additional information about the Native People.
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/feast/
This fun-filled website offers a host of material about the voyage on he Mayflower and daily life at Plimoth. A slide show and web quest game make the site interactive, as well.
http://www.native-languages.org/wampanoag.htm
This comprehensive website provides links to information about the Wampanoag language, culture, and history.
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