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• Loudoun County Mental Health Suicide Prevention: Many links and phone numbers for mental health support 

• Understood:  Resources for children who learn differently

• Common Sense Media:  Ratings, reviews and discussion about movies, games, TV, books, apps, websites and music.  A wonderful resource for sorting through all of the media available to kids (ages 2-17!)

• Child Mind Institute: Resources and support for learning, developmental and mental health topics.

• Parent Resource Center:  This is a link to our county website where they provide a list of parent organizations and support groups as well as resources on a wide range of topics.    

• LD Online:  Resources for parents regarding children with Learning Disabilities. 

• National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD):  Resources for parents regarding Learning Disabilities and ADHD.

• Sibling Support- The Sibling Support Project is dedicated to brothers and sisters of kids who have special needs, whether they are health-related, developmental, or mental health concerns. 

• "Raising Happiness":  an article from UC Berkley's Greater Good Center about using research on growth mindset to help increase your child's happiness 

• Building Your Child's Future ... Together 

• The NED Show-Child friendly videos and activities aimed at increasing social and emotional learning

• Digital Citizenship and Cyber Laws- a guide to internet safety and digial citizenship

• Virginia Department of Education 

• Edutopia 

• Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports 

• NPR article based on the book by Paul Tough, How Children Succeed:  GRIT, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character

• Virginia Career View A website designed by Virginia Tech for K-12 students to explore careers. 

• WhoRU? A career inventory, that is part of Virginia Career View. This inventory allows students to explore career clusters based on their interests. 

• Pacer Center  

• The Ophelia Project

• Cyberbullying and Internet Safety)  This is a PDF document with helpful information about about bullying that happens online.  It includes tips for elementary, middle and high school aged students as well as definitions and facts about the effects of cyberbullying.

• Teaching Tolerance 

• Parent further

• Childmind.org-supporting children's mental health

• Conscious Discipline-resources you can use at home to address behavior and self-regulation

• Opening a Combination Lock  

• Middle School Program of Studies

• Belmont Ridge Middle School website

• Trailside Middle School website