Professional Recommendations From Our Team

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Could My Child Have ADHD?: Bud To Bloom Blog Post

ADHD 2.0: written by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D. Find it at a city orcounty library! (good for parents of children with ADHD, or if you have it yourself!)

The ADHD Workbook for Kids: written by Lawrence E. Shapiro, PhD. Find it at a city library!

Struggle Care: by KC Davis. This podcast provides self-care tips for adults living with ADHD. 

Foster & Adoptive Coalition: Provides support for foster parents, foster youth, and adoption care and protocols.

Angela Tucker: a leader in the research and discussions of adoption, race and identity. She has written many books and even made a film about finding her own birth family.

Dr. Chaitra Wirta-Leiker: A trans-racial adoptee, adoptive parent, and child psychologist. She runs a practice, has a book series called Adoptees Like Me, and has many cool services!

Resource List Coming Soon

Books For Parents

Beyond Behaviors- Mona Delahooke

Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors- Robyn Gobbel

Courage2Report:Resource to report school violence in Missouri, staffed 24/7. Call 1-866-748-7047 or fill out form

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network:‍ ‍will send you to all of the resources specifically for parents about bullying. They are all completely free.

A Kids Book About Bullying written by Tom Elizabeth. Find it at a cityorcounty library

Overcoming Bullying Together, with Gemma Hills listen to the podcast on Spotify- designed for parents to aid in overcoming bullying

STL Diaper Bank: Operates at all STL City and County libraries

Potty Training 101: Register at slcl.org/events

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: All children will get one book a month until their 5th birthday

STL Crisis Nursery: On Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00-2:00, they give out diapers, wipes, and formula. They just need to call the location they plan on going to beforehand

Kids in the Middle: provides counseling, education, and supports for children, families, and parents through a family-systems approach

Can Play Therapy Help My Child Through My Divorce?: Bud To Bloom Blog Post

Keeping Kids Out of the Middle: Child-centered Parenting in the Midst of Conflict, Separation, and Divorce written by Benjamin Garber, MD

Dinosaurs Divorce written by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown, find in a city library here!

Books For Children:

The Way I Feel - Janan Cain

Annies Hope Grief support for families and youth - including family support groups, school support groups, anticipatory grief support, Camps for children & teens, teen retreats, social events, healing social gatherings, community resource libraries.

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: will send you to all of the resources specifically for parents. They are all completely free.

Books to read to your child about Death and Grief: Bud To Bloom Blog Post

Sesame Workshop: free videos and activities to help children understand death and cope with grief.

The SPOT: health and social services, free for ages 13-24

LSEM - Connecting Kids to Coverage: this program provides enrollment support for Medicaid and CHIP. Can help with: Applying for family MO HealthNet coverage, Tracking your MO HealthNet application., Application was denied, coverage was stopped, or a mistake was made.

Affinia Healthcare WIC: Offers free healthy foods to families. Also operates womens healthcare clinics in the STL area that are low cost. Available for pregnant woman and children under 5

Missouri Family Health Council / Beacon Reproductive health network:  Offers free and low income sexual and reproductive healthcare - including birch control, wellness exams, breast and cervical cancer screenings, STI & HIV screening & prevention, pregnancy test, preconception care, reproductive life planning, infertility services.

Beyond Housing: current or future rent assistance and new homeownership assistance

Guardian Angel Settlement Association: emergency rental and utility assistance; senior services; self-sufficiency education; a member-choice food pantry; and a clothing closet. Back to school, Thanksgiving and christmas programs as well

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: helps seniors and low-income families with utility bills

Heat up St. Louis: Utility financial assistance Utility budget and energy efficiency counseling Referrals for climate control related home repairs New homeowners' assistance

Resource List Coming Soon

Raising STL: at-home infant care from nurses, social workers, & community health workers

Equal Shares Parenting LLC: family counseling, parenting education, early childhood education, and more

La Leche League of GSL Hosts events and provides support for breastfeeding parents

Lutheran family and children's services MO: Adoption, Foster Care, Pregnancy Services, Parenting Education, Behavioral Health, and Child Development.

The National Traumatic Stress Network Resources:

What is trauma

Near our office: 

Focus Gateway City: 1901 Ann Ave, St. Louis, MO 63104 / Sundays from 4:30-5:30 PM on the 2nd through 21st of each month. Every Wednesday from 9 to 11 AM. On those Sundays, warm dinner is provided. On wednesdays, warm breakfast is provided.

Third Baptist Church: 620 North Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63103 Registration runs from 8am - 10:30am on the 3rd Saturday of every month. Food distribution begins at 9am.

The Salvation Army Food Pantry: 2740 Arsenal St. Monday 10-12 / Thursday 3-5 Must bring identification, proof of income, and proof of residency