Helpful Links For Our Patients
Helpful Links
Below you can find links to websites that we find helpful.
While we believe these sites provide useful, respected information, we do not own, control or take responsibility for their content.
We are providing these links for your convenience and information only. Always consult with your physician regarding information for medical conditions and treatments.
Addiction Recovery from Cannabis and Other Substances
Allergies and Asthma
Food Allergy Research and Education
Preventing Peanut Allergies, the LEAP study
Learning Early About Peanut Allergy was a groundbreaking study which found that the introduction of peanuts into an infant’s diet prior to 11 months of age reduced the risk peanut allergy by 70-80 percent.
Does my child have asthma?
Learn more about asthma
VIDEO: How To Use Your Asthma Inhaler
Your Child’s Asthma: Avoiding TriggersAutism
Connecticut’s Division of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services
Autism Families of CT, provides recreational and social activities for families and special needs passes at parks.
Camp Harkness
Camp Harkness, owned by the state of CT, this is one of the few state parks in the country that is dedicated for exclusive use by citizens with disabilities, accompanied by their family and friends.
Autism Speaks
This website contains a wealth of information on financial planning, school, health and wellness, technology, behavioral challenges, medical resources, transition to adulthood, family support and advocacy, and also keeps a list of family grant opportunities.
Connecticut Family Support Network (CTFSN)
Created to support and empower families in their communities
United Way may be called for resources including emergency mobile psychiatric resourcesBreast Feeding
Information about breastfeeding and parenting
Local breastfeeding support groups through La Leche League
International Breastfeeding CentreInternational Breastfeeding Centre, Dr. Jack Newman, for information and advice, videos, and online consultationCar Seats and Boosters
What do I have to know about car seats and boosters?
Information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, including when can my child transition from a bucket car seat, to a convertible car seat, to a 5-point restraint, to a Booster Seat, and out of a child restraint system.
The Carseat Lady
This resource will help you with a carseat purchase, installation, and also provides a vehicle buying guide.
Connecticut Laws for Child Restraints for the Connecticut Children’s Medical CenterColds (Upper Respiratory Infections)
COVID-19 Resources
The Center for Disease Control
School Closure Kit
Yale Child Study Center’s Resources for Kids and Families COVID-19
Teens, Screens, and the Summer of COVID
Yale Child Study Center: Coping during the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Guide for Families with Children with Autism
Guide From The National Association for School Psychologists
A guide for parents addressing talking to children and creating structure and predictability for daily life at homeDevelopmental Milestones
Dosing Charts for Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen
Early Childhood Education
CT Birth to Three
Help Me Grow
This is a FREE statewide program that serves children and their families starting from pregnancy. Help Me Grow connects Connecticut Children and their families to community resources related to child health, behavior, development and learning. 1-800-505-7000Grief and Loss
The Cove Center for Grieving Children
Grief and Loss Reading List
Related books that may help children and adults dealing with grief, from the The Cove Center For Grieving Children
Hope After Loss, support group for grieving the loss of a pregnancy or infant
Helping Young Children Grieve and Understand Death, Dave SchonfeldMental Health
Crisis ResourcesDial 911 for an immediate life-threatening situation.
Dial 211 for a crisis where someone is experiencing difficult or suicidal thoughts. Mental Health Crisis Intervention Services are provided by teams of mental health workers (Psychiatrists, RNs, MSWs, psychologists) who intervene in situations where an individual’s mental or emotional condition results in behavior which constitutes an imminent danger to him/herself or to another. Mobile crisis teams visit people in their homes or community sites, and others meet clients in clinics or hospital emergency rooms. Psychiatric emergency rooms and mental health facilities can provide crisis services to people in crisis who can travel to a facility. To find a Mobile Crisis Team or a Mental Health Facility closest to you, dial 211. Gizmo Pawesome’s Guide to Mental HealthAn online children’s book, available in English and Spanish Prevent Suicide CT: 1 Word 1 Voice 1 Life
CT Recovery and Addiction ServicesThe Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services has a wide array of addiction-related services to assist residents of Connecticut, family members, and social service providers dealing with this issue.
There is State-wide toll-free number that can connect residents seeking treatment and services to local walk-in assessment centers. Connecticut residents can call 1-800-563-4086, 24 hours a day, to connect them or a loved one to an assessment center in their area, or visit the website for a location Access Mental Health CTAccess Mental Health CT has a more complete list of resourcesMolluscum Contagiosum
Newborn Care
Parenting Tips and Support
How Do Phones Affect Our Parenting?
Well Child and Immunization Schedule
Your Medicine Cabinet: Choosing Over-the-Counter Medicines for Your Child
Back to School Tips
Sleep: Answers to Questions About Your Kid’s Sleep
Overweight in Childhood, Why BMI matters
Overweight Teens: What You Can Do
Talk It Out ConnecticutA toll-free phone line for parents and caregivers who need someone to listen, understand, and talk out their feelings: 1-833-258-501.Poison Ivy
Scabies
Vomiting and Diarrhea