Community Resources



 
 


Community Agencies 

FCPS Parenting Education Center
(for parenting workshops and material resources)

Kellar Center
10396 Democracy Lane
(703) 218-8500

Northern Virginia Family Services
(703) 533-9727

Women's Center
Vienna
(703) 281-2657

 Victim Assistance Network
(703) 360-2741 or (703) 799-7243

Alcohol and Drug Services
(703) 359-7040

Juvenile Fire Setter Program
(703)246-3801

Oakton Family Counseling Center
(703) 352-3822

Vienna Family Counseling
(703) 356-1330

Starfish Savers
Specialize in autism, PDD and related disorders
Educational Consulting Service
(703)631-9557

Parents United
(703)360-6910

 Woodburn Center
(703) 573-0523
3340 Woodburn Road, Annandale
Sliding Scale fee

My Friend's House
Helps families deal with cancer
Contact Shara Sosa
(703)208-5611

Center for Family Services
Virginia Tech, Dept. of Family and Child Developments
Northern Virginia Center
7054 Haycock Rd., Room 202
Falls Church, VA 22043
Sliding fee scale
(703)538-8470

Family Trauma Services
2111 Eisenhower Ave., Suite 204
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703)549-4000

CHADD (Children and Adults With Attention Deficit Disorder)
(703)641-5451

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
(703)352-3944

CASE (Center for Adoption Support and Education)
Falls Church, VA
(703)533-7950

Jewish Social Services
Individual and group counseling, sliding scale
(703)750-5400

Stepping Stones
A social skills group therapy program for children
Contact Cathi Cohen, LCSW, CGP
(703)876-8480

Hospice
Offers drop-in groups, monthly grief education workshops and bereavement lectures.
(703)538-2047

Multicultural Counseling Center
(703) 354-9355
6563 Edsall Road, Springfield, VA

Big Brothers Mentoring
(301) 587-0021
 
 

Tutors 

TutorFind - P.O. Box 2351, Manassas, VA  20108                1-800-64-TUTOR                 www.tutorfind.com

 Tutoring in all academic subjects, special ed, ADD/ADHD, test preparation, for grades K-12.
 

Fairfax Education Association - 3917 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA  22030    (703) 352-7300   www.fairfaxea.org/TutorDirectory

Excel Study Skills
Linda Beamer
(703) 273-6330
 
 

Therapists 

Shelley Kramer-Dover, Ph.D.
Works with victims of abuse
Fairfax, VA
(703)385-0400

Susie Dunn
513 Maple Ave. Vienna
(703) 242-8937

Neil McNerney or Nancy Shands at Arbor Center
10560 Main Street Suite 410, Fairfax
(703) 352-8900

Dr. Elizabeth Hauck
11233 Waples Mill Road Fairfax
(703) 273-7738

Neil Makstein, Ph.D.
Works with Parents United
(703)560-0055

Maureen Gill, MSW
Consultant, 1st Step ADD Services
(703)803-6331

David Beigle
Winterhill Group, Sliding scale
Falls Church, VA
(703)533-8575

Besty Wayland-Raymond, LCSW
Specializes in work with adolescents
Springfield, VA

Marc Baskin, LCSW, ACSW
Specializes in work with adolescents
2110-D Gallows Rd.
Vienna, VA 22180
(703)266-4415

Laura Gilbert, LCSW
Offers grief groups and changing families groups
(703)790-9708

Ann Marie Bezhold
Has replaced Helen Fitzgerald, specializes in dealing with death and grief
(703)866-2119
 
 

Parenting Books

Self-esteem
Self-Esteem - A Family Affair by Jean Illsley Clarke

How to Give Your Child a Great Self-Image by Dr. Debora Phillips with Fred Bernstein

Keep Talking Mother-Daughter Guide to the Pre-Teen Years by Lynda Madison, Ph.D.

"Why Doesn't Anybody Like Me?" A Guide to Raising Socially Confident Kids by Hara Estroff Morano

Reviving Ophelia - Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher, Ph.D.

Growing a Girl - 7 Strategies for Raising a Strong, Spirited Daughter (birth to 12 years) by Dr. Barbara Mackoff

Real Boys by William Pollack, Ph.D.

A Fine Young Man: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can do to Shape Adolescent Boys into Exceptional Men by Michael Gurian
Perfectionism by Miriam Adderholt-Elliott

Difficult Kids and ADHD
Moving Beyond ADD/ADHD by Rita Kirsch Debroitner and Avery Hart

The Difficult Child by Stanley Turecki, M.D.

Parenting a Child with a Behavior Problem by Penny Paquette and Cheryl Gerson Tuttle, M.Ed.

Driven to Distraction (from childhood through adulthood) by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Ratey, M.D.

Survival Strategies for Parenting your ADD Child by George T. Lynn

Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-Injurers by Lader and Conterio

Divorce
"Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I Get a Hamster?" A Guide to Parenting Through Divorce by Anthony W. Wolf,
Ph.D.

Difficult Questions Kids Ask [and are too afraid to ask] About Divorce (for toddlers-teenagers) by Meg F. Schneider and Joan
Zuckerberg, Ph.D.

Voices of Children of Divorce by Dr. David Royko

General Parenting Books
Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

How to Talk So Kids Will Learn by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Emotionally Intelligent Parenting by Maurice J. Elias, Ph.D., Steven E. Tobias, Psy.D., and Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D.

1-2-3 Magic by Thomas W. Phelan, Ph.D.

Stepfamily Realities by Margaret Newman

Parenting Toward Solutions by Linda Metcalf, Ph.D.

When Mothers Work by Jan K. Peters

Death and Grieving
Living with Death and Dying
On Children and Death
Questions and Answers on Death and Dying
Working it Through all by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Coping When a Parent Has Cancer by Linda Strauss

My Mommy Has Cancer by Carolyn Stearns-Parkinson

How to Help Children Through a Parent's Serious Illness by Kathleen McCue

My Family is Living with Cancer by Marco Products

The Perfect Stranger's Guide to Funerals and Grieving Practices edited by Stuart M. Matlins

The Grieving Child
The Grieving Teen both by Helen Fitzgerald

Talking to Children About Death by Earl Grollman

WEBSITES 

FCPS Parenting Education Center
(for parenting workshops and material resources)

About Our Kids
 
 


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