Smart Marriages
The most comprehensive site for information on marriage strengthening through marriage skills education. Annual conferences and thorough listing of marriage education courses in US.
Additional Resources
Old Me, New Me
Old Me New Me, a program on CDs for children and teens to decrease anxiety, ADHD as well as information on Children of Divorce.
The National Parenting Center
Providing parents with information on raising children: Starting with pregnancy and birth, information about infants through teens.
The Second Wives Club
To help develop positive attitudes and behaviors and enable women in blended family situations to live and grow with confidence, respect, and zeal as a wife, mother, and individual.
The National Child Project
An organization posting articles on parenting and children's issues.
Parents are Forever
Advice for divorced parents and a superb book by Dr. Shirley Thomas.
Teen Education
Troubled Teen Help Information - Information for parents of teens, including troubled teens, parenting tips, teen education, and more.
Instant Assist
Online Divorce Modification Mediation. Mediated Divorce Improvement -- The Easy and Affordable Way to Modify Your Parenting Plan and Child Support. Very helpful site.
Heartchoice
Divorce support for men and women going through divorce.
National Registry for Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) is a searchable online registry of mental health and substance abuse interventions that have been reviewed and rated by independent reviewers. The purpose of this registry is to assist the public in identifying approaches to preventing and treating mental and/or substance use disorders that have been scientifically tested and that can be readily disseminated to the field. NREPP is one way that SAMHSA is working to improve access to information on tested interventions and thereby reduce the lag time between the creation of scientific knowledge and its practical application in the field.
KidsnCommon
KidsnCommon helps non-traditional families better communicate, coordinate, and cooperate for the benefit of their children after a divorce, separation, or other circumstance causes them to be apart. The unique set of services include education, information, Web-based tools, and support for families, organizations, and communities.
Research Roundup -- Parenting Wisely
Published in 2005 by the Child Welfare League of America, this article outlines a number of programs helpful to quality parenting including Parenting Wisely listed on the National Registry for Evidence-Based Programs and Practices.
Up to Parents
This free site is for divorcing parents who register and receive personalized interactive help with shielding their children from the harmful effects of divorce. While this is not a parent education class, the information provided on the site is useful for many families.
Family Works, Inc.
Features the Parenting Wisely series of innovative parent skills training programs designed and researched by Dr. Donald A. Gordon, co-creator of Children in Between (formerly known as Children In The Middle). Descriptions, research articles and online ordering information for interactive CDROMs and videotapes designed for use by courts, social service agencies, and schools. Parenting Wisely has been designated an "exemplary" program by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention(OJJDP) and a "model" program by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). Research evidence demonstrates that using Parenting Wisely improves parents' effectiveness with teens, pre-teens, and young children.