Resources
Community Resources, Counselor Referral & Holiday Support
Community Resource Guide – contains contact info for a wide variety of local and regional agencies providing support and assistance.
Tri-Town Council Counselor Referral List updated May 2017 – contains names and contact info for local mental health professionals
2016 Holiday Assistance for Tri-Town Families – email jmurphy@masconomet.org or ktrevenen@masconomet.org or contact TTC for referral assistance.
PROGRAM RESOURCES:
Middle School Transitions – Great Tips & Resources
Post High School Graduation Transition Resources
Parent/Caregiver Tips for Prom Safety
Screenagers Resources – PARENTINGGUIDE (Screenagers)
Unplugged Calendar– daily activities for February which emphasize person to person interaction, health & wellness
The drug-like effect of screen time on the teenage brain (PBS)
Apps to Help Keep Track of What Your Kids Are Doing Online (Commonsense Media)
Teen Cell Phone Contract Sample (Josh Shipp)
Real Parents, Real Talk About Kids And Screens (NPR)
Are You a Distracted Parent? (Psychology Today)
How to Cut Children’s Screen Time? Say No to Yourself First! (New York Times)
Digital Citizenship: Resource Roundup (Edutopia)
Growing Up Mindful presented by Christopher Willard – Video Recording Available Here
How Kids Can Learn About Mindfulness in Fun, Easy Ways
Teaching Mindfulness to Teens: 5 Ways to Get Buy-In
Teach Mindfulness to Kids with These 10 Picture Books
If You Have Time to Breathe, You Have Time to Meditate
Barry MacDonald Mentoring Boys
Boy Smarts Newsletter samples:
- Active Learners
- Boys Self-Regulation
- Conversing with Boy
- Literacy Technologies
- Developing Independence
- Act As If to Build Confidence
Dr. William Pollack: Understanding the Boy Code
Dr. Peggy Dexler: When Role Models Fall
Parent Toolkit: This toolkit will help you navigate your child’s journey from pre-kindergarten through high school. It is designed to help you track and support progress at each stage.
The Secret Life of Teens – Jon Mattleman Resources (December 2015)
- Five Mistakes Every Kid Should be Allowed to Make
- How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy
- Jon Mattleman’s Top 15 Parenting Tips Updated
- Selfie
- Teens and Stress
- Tips to Lower Teen Anxiety
- Suicide and Signs of Depression
- QPR Flyer
- Jon Mattleman’s Services
RESOURCES on the Learning Benefits of Boredom
- Let Kids Be Bored (Occasionally)
- Positive Discipline Approach to Boredom in Kids
- Ideas to Fill a Boredom Buster Jar
Social Media and Internet Safety Resources:
Apps to Help Keep Track of What Your Kids Are Doing Online
Internet Safety: Information and Steps You Can Take by Rob Fitzgerald, Digital Forensic Specialist
Family Use Policy for Family Internet Use – helpful is setting parameters with your kids and Internet/electronic device use
Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center (MARC)
Cyber bullying
No Child Left Online
Social Network
Bullying & Cyberbullying Presentation by MARC
Bullying and Cyber Bullying 1/14/2014 – Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center from Boxford Cable Tv on Vimeo.
Safe Driving
Safe Driving Contract This driving agreement between adult and teen defines the conditions under which a new driver may maintain driving privileges.
Community Website Links:
Masconomet Regional Schools
Tri-Town Elementary School
Town of Boxford
Town of Middleton
Town of Topsfield
Boxford PTO
Topsfield PTO
Middleton PTO
The Boxford Elementary Schools Trust (B.E.S.T.)
Parent Advisory Committee-Masco (PAC)
Essex County District Attorney