Family Resources on the Web
Your home visitor has a wealth of knowledge about the resources that are available to you and your family—we encourage you to ask for help with the resource of interest to you. We also recommend the following web sites.
- For information on developmental screening visit Learn the signs now, Act Early Centers for Disease Control:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/concerned.html - For parenting information visit Bonnie Harris website that is dedicated to guiding parents in the discovery of why both they and their children behave and respond the way they do:
http://www.bonnieharris.com - To find out more about Monadnock Developmental Services and resources that may be of interest to you:
http://www.mds-nh.org/ - To find out more about the NH State insurance program for low to moderate income children:
http://www.nheasy.gov - For a sign language dictionary:
http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi - For advocacy information, parent support and information about transition to preschool services at age three:
http://www.parentinformationcenter.org/ - To find resources and connect with other parents who understand the challenges families face caring for children with complex special needs visit New Hampshire Family Voices:
http://www.nhfv.org/ - The New Hampshire Task Force on Autism- Assessment and Interventions, for this document and other materials visit:
http://www.iod.unh.edu/atf.pdf and www.autism-society-nh.org - Family resource centers are a great place to find information and receive supports as a parent. In the Monadnock Region, connect with:
– Healthy Starts at Home Healthcare Hospice and Community Services (HCS): https://www.hcsservices.org/healthy-starts/
– The River Center, serving Peterborough, Jeffrey, Rindge, New Ipswich ans surrounding towns: https://www.rivercenternh.org/
– The Grapevine Family and Community Resource Center, serving Antrim, Bennington, Hillsborough, and surrounding towns: https://grapevinenh.org/ - For information regarding child care, please visit Child Care Aware of NH: https://www.caphr.org/services/child-care-aware
- To search for child care programs in your area, please visit: https://new-hampshire.my.site.com/nhccis/NH_ChildCareSearch
Rise serves more than 250 children birth to three annually with early intervention and child care programs.