Resources in The Powder Box Secrets
June 9, 2008
Want to learn more about the topics discussed in The Powder Box Secrets? Here are all of the resources listed in each chapter. After exploring each site, let us know which ones were the most helpful or eye-opening to you and why.
http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep/
The Environmental Working Group shares news about the safety of common beauty products.
www.edap.org
The National Eating Disorders Association is dedicated to expanding public understanding and prevention of eating disorders and promoting access to quality treatment for those affected.
www.breakthecycle.org
This site is dedicated to raising awareness about the cycle of domestic violence.
www.girlswithdreams.com
Read stories, find resources, and talk to other girls about dating and relationships.
www.loveisnotabuse.com
This site provides information about teen dating violence.
www.loveisrespect.org
The National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline offers support and information to help understand dating abuse.
www.ndvh.org/help/teen-help.html
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens/dating.asp
The National Youth Violence Prevention Center
www.seeitandstopit.org
This site is dedicated to stopping violence in relationships.
www.teenrelationships.org
This site for teens and by teens provides information about relationships.
www.uhavetheright.net
This site offers dating violence information.
www.womenslaw.org/teens.htm
This site includes general and legal information about teen dating violence.
GAY AND LESBIAN RESOURCES
Wendy L. Sheppard, MSW, a contributor to this chapter, is a professional life coach and therapist specializing in the lesbian community and women with eating disorders. She has been featured as a parenting expert on TLC’s series Surviving Motherhood. She lives with her son, her partner, and their dog in a suburb of Philadelphia. Ms. Sheppard can be contacted by e-mail at wlsheppard@verizon.net. She welcomes questions from parents and teenagers who are struggling with their sexuality.
www.AdvocatesForYouth.org
This site has a section dedicated to LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual/two-spirited, queer/questioning) youth as well as information for parents.
www.GayTeens.org
This site provides support and information for young people and their families, and for those who are unsure of their sexuality.
www.OutProud.org
This is the site of the National Coalition for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth.
www.PFLAG.org
This is the site for Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays with local chapters nationwide.
www.WeAreFamilyToo.net
Read and submit your stories here.
CHAPTER 3: BEST FRIENDS OR WORST ENEMIES?
www.cyberbullyhelp.com
This site provides resources about cyberbullying.
www.cyberbully.org
This site shares resources to promote safe use of the Internet.
www.cybertipline.com
This site handles leads from individuals reporting the sexual exploitation of children.
www.girlswithdreams.com
This site provides a forum for meeting new friends from all over the world.
www.ryanpatrickhalligan.org
This site is in memory of Ryan Patrick Halligan, a young man who lost his life because of bullying.
www.safeyouth.org
This site is a central source of information on violence prevention and intervention.
CHAPTER 4: FUNKY FAMILY STUFF
www.childhelpusa.org
This site is dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children. You can also call (800) 4-A-CHILD.
www.rainn.org
This site is the rape, abuse, and incest national network. You can also call (800) 656-HOPE.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
CHAPTER 5: DEALING WITH SCHOOL, NOW AND BEYOND
HOMESCHOOLING
www.nhen.org
The National Home School Education Network
LEARNING DISABILITIES
www.ldaamerica.org
Learning Disabilities Association of America is a national organization of parents, professionals, and individuals with learning disabilities that promotes advocacy, education, and research into the causes of learning disabilities.
www.ldonline.org
Learning Disabilities Online is a leading site on learning disabilities, learning disorders, and their differences.
www.ncld.org
The National Center for Learning Disabilities provides essential information to parents, professionals, and individuals with learning disabilities.
DROPPING OUT
www.cetweb.org
The Center for Employment Training is one of the country’s largest and most effective educational and employment training programs.
http://jobcorps.dol.gov/about.htm
Job Corps is a no-cost education and vocational training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps people ages 16 to 24 get better jobs, make more money, and take control of their lives.
www.youthbuild.org
In YouthBuild USA programs, low-income people ages 16 to 24 work toward their GED or high school diploma, learn job skills and serve their communities by building affordable housing and transforming their own lives and roles in society.
www.4troubledteens.com/failing-school.html
This organization works with teens and their parents to find a solution to dropping out.
COLLEGE
www.campustours.com
This site compiles the virtual tours for campuses around the United States.
www.collegeboard.com
This site offers online SAT registration and other college information.
www.collegenet.com
This guide to colleges, universities, and graduate programs provides information on college admissions, links to academic resources, and online applications.
www.commonapp.org
This site leads you to the recommended admission form for 298 undergraduate programs at selective colleges and universities.
www.finaid.org
This site offers financial aid information about college.
www.princetonreview.com
This site explores schools and careers, prepares you for standardized tests and entrance exams, and researches scholarships and financial aid options and more.
FINDING YOUR STRENGTHS
www.accelerated-learning.net
Take a free quiz at this site to see which of Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences are most like you.
www.girlswithdreams.com
Need we say more? This amazing site is what we’re all about!
www.kolbe.com
Discover your natural abilities and instinctive talents with the online quiz at this site.
MONEY
www.richdadpoordad.com
This site founded by Robert T. Kiyosaki is a great resource about money.
CHAPTER 6: HANDLING THE TOUGH STUFF
DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
www.afsp.org
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_teen.htm
This is a nonprofit resource with information about depression.
www.kuto.org
Kids under Twenty-One is a nonprofit agency helping kids deal with depression, anxiety and loneliness.
www.yellowribbon.org
The International Suicide Prevention Program
Suicide Hotline: (800) 273-TALK (8255)
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
www.al-anon.alateen.org
This site offers hope and help to families and friends of alcoholics.
www.checkyourself.com
This site allows you to check to see where you are with drugs and alcohol.
www.freevibe.com
Explore a teen’s approach to drugs, alcohol, and the medi
www.sadd.com
Students Against Drunk Driving
BODY IMAGE AND EATING DISORDERS
www.edap.org
This site is dedicated to expanding public understanding, preventing eating disorders and promoting access to quality treatment for those affected.
DATING VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ABUSE
www.childhelpusa.org
This site is dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children. You can also call (800) 4-A-CHILD.
www.preventchildabuse.org
Prevent Child Abuse America was established to build a nationwide commitment to preventing all forms of child abuse. You can also call (312) 663-3520.
www.rainn.org
This site is the rape, abuse, and incest national network. You can also call (800) 656-HOPE.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE (7233)
www.teenpregnancy.org
This nonprofit organization offers statistics on adolescent pregnancy, poll results, and analyses of factors affecting teenage sexual behavior.
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
National STD Hotline: (800) 227-8922
SELF-HARMING BEHAVIORS
www.selfinjury.com
Self.Abuse.Finally.Ends offers resources and information for self-injurers. You can also call (800) DONT-CUT (366-8288).
GRIEF AND LOSS
www.cancercare.org
This site offers professional support for people affected by cancer.
www.grievingchild.org
The Dougy Center for Grieving Children provides support in a safe place where children, teens and their families grieving a death can learn to cope.
www.kidskonnected.org
This site offers friendship, understanding, education, and support for children who have a parent with cancer or who have lost a parent to cancer.
Stevie, Blogger and Advisor
June 3, 2008
Stevie participates in track, mentoring and editing for yearbook at her high school. She likes scrapbooking, coloring and drawing, in adition to hanging out with her friends and family. Stevie is involved with her church and loves to relieve stress by running. When Stevie graduated from college, she wants to be a kindergarten teacher because she loves kids.
Aubrey, Blogger and Advisor
June 2, 2008
Aubrey is studying business and sociology at Webster University in St. Louis. She loves to paint, draw, spend time with her friends, and listen to music. Aubrey grew up in a small town in southern Minnesota. She loves to be outdoors, whether she’s riding horses, playing frisbee, swimming, or hanging out at a Cardinals game. In high school, she worked with a group of students to teach others to talk openly about religion, dived on her school’s swimming and diving team, and practiced with other clubs in the Saint Louis area. She loves spending time with her family, especially her little cousins!
Powder Box Secrets Wins the Benjamin Franklin in LA
June 2, 2008
It was an exciting evening for me last week in Los Angeles, California. I was there for the Book Expo and two award ceremonies. I was just thrilled to be a finalist and was speechless when The Powder Box Secrets won the 2008 Benjamin Franklin Award™ for the Best First Book Juvenile Non-Fiction category. The Benjamin Franklin Awards™ are sponsored by PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association, and celebrate excellence in editorial and design for titles published in 2007. Judges for the Benjamin Franklin Awards come from all areas of the industry: major newspaper and trade media reviewers, bookstore and library buyers and reviewers, non-competing publishers, artists and writers.
The excitement continued the next evening when The Powder Box Secrets also won an award at the Independent Publisher ceremony for the non-fiction young adult category.
This truly is an honor and I am so grateful to everyone who helped achieve this, from the teen contributors and editors, to my mentors, to my friends and family, to the rest of my supporters!
