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Following are
some videotapes, web sites,
books, and organizations
that address issues related to school.
Videos
Why, Charlie
Brown, Why?
Available on a loan basis from American Cancer Society.
Making the
Grade: Back to School After Cancer for Teens,
distributed by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
of America.
With a Little
Help from my Friends: Living With Leukemia and Lymphoma,
distributed by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
of America.
Back to School:
Teens Prepare for School Reentry,
distributed by the Starbright Foundation. Free to
adolescents with illness and their families. Call 1-800-315-2580.
Web
Sites
Band-aides
and Blackboards
http://funrsc.fairfield.edu/~jfleitas/contents.html
This site covers many chronic illnesses and addresses the problems
of patients coping with a chronic illness and going to school.
Cells Alive
http://www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm
This site is helpful for explaining about cells to students. There
is a colorful slide presentation with images that may be used for
classroom projects.
Children's
Brain Tumor Foundation
http://www.cbtf.org
You will find a resource list on this site focusing on special education
needs.
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation
274 Madison Avenue, Suite 1301
New York, NY 10016
Toll-Free Patient Support Line: 866.228.HOPE
Outlook -
Life Beyond Childhood Cancer
http://www.outlook-life.org
Under the subsection school & job is information about long-term
effects of cancer treatment on school performance and learning.
TAG: Teen
Age Grief, Inc.
P. O. Box 220034
Newhall, CA 91322-0034
www.smartlink.net/~tag/index.html
TAG materials may be available and helpful to school personnel in
providing grief support to teens.
Books
Cells are
Us
Dr. Fran Balkwill, 1990
Educating
the Child with Cancer
The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation,
1993
Fighting Chance: Journeys
Through Childhood Cancer.
Harry Connolly, 1998.
How It Feels to Fight
for Your Life.
Jill Krementz, 1989.
Kathy's Hats: A Story
of Hope.
Trudy Krisher, 1992.
Little Tree: A Story
for Children with Serious Medical Problems.
Joyce C. Mills, 1992.
Managing Chronic Illness
in the Classroom.
Dorothy B. Wishnietsky and Dan H. Wishnietsky, 1996.
Negotiating the Special
Education Maze: A Guide for Parents and Teachers.
Winifred
Anderson, Stephen Chitwood, and Deidre Hayden, 1997.
Stevie's New Blood.
Kathryn Ulberg Lilleby, 1999.
Teenagers Face-to-Face
with Cancer.
Karen Gravelle, 1986.
Organizations
Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society of America, Inc.
The Gateway Chapter
77 West Port Plaza, Suite 101
St. Louis, MO 63146-3111
314-878-0780
Call to find out about their free literature and videos.
St. Louis
Children's Hospital
Family Resource Center
One Children's Place, Suite 3S-15
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-454-2350
You may call this center to find out about the materials they have
specific to a particular childhood illness.
The Kids'
Clubhouse/Endings and Beginnings
314-727-4664
Call the program coordinator of this St. Louis center to find out
about their resources to meet the needs of educators in helping
children deal with grief.
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