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Growth and Development, Ages 11 to 14 Years - Other Places To Get Help

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American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Boulevard
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098
Phone:	(847) 434-4000
Fax:	(847) 434-8000
Web Address:	www.aap.org

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers a variety of educational materials about parenting, general growth and development, immunizations, safety, disease prevention, and more. AAP guidelines for various conditions and links to other organizations are also available.

American Social Health Association: Teen Sexual Health
P.O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone:	1-800-227-8922 STI hotline (919) 361-8400
Fax:	(919) 361-8425
Web Address:	www.ashastd.org/teens/teens_overview.cfm

This American Social Health Association Web site provides a safe, educational, and fun place for teens to learn about their sexual health and about sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The Web site aims to help start conversations between parents and teens about sexual health. If you have questions or concerns about STIs, you can call the STI hotline.

KidsHealth for Parents, Children, and Teens
10140 Centurion Parkway North
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Phone:	(904) 697-4100
Fax:	(904) 697-4125
Web Address:	www.kidshealth.org

This Web site is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation. It has a wide range of information about children's health, from allergies and diseases to normal growth and development (birth to adolescence). This Web site offers separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each providing age-appropriate information that the child or parent can understand. You can sign up to get weekly e-mails about your area of interest.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service: Internet Safety
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
Phone:	1-800-851-3420 (301) 519-5500
Fax:	(301) 519-5212
TDD:	1-877-712-9279 toll-free
Web Address:	www.ncjrs.gov/internetsafety

This Web site provides a variety of resources about protecting yourself and your family from Internet crimes. There is information about Internet safety for children, identity theft, general Internet safety, and Internet privacy.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: The Cool Spot
5635 Fishers Lane MSC 9304
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone:	(301) 443-3860
Web Address:	www.thecoolspot.gov or www.niaaa.nih.gov

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism created thecoolspot for 11- to 13-year-olds. It's meant to give preteens and young teens a picture of alcohol use among their peers. Accurate information is given about how much teens their age drink. And thecoolspot has information not only to help teens learn skills to resist the pressure to drink but also to give them reasons not to drink.

WebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise

Last Updated: February 01, 2010

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