The UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center provides quick access to community and online resources that may help employees address the issues they are facing in their search for successful work/life integration. Explore the collection of resources for parents of teens below.
Center for Parenting Education
The Center for Parenting Education offers support throughout the parenting life cycle, including an online library of parenting articles, recommended parenting books, and online resource directory.
Parenting: The Teen Years
The American Psychological Association provides articles regarding parenting teens who are dealing with the many challenges of adolescence.
Child Development: Teenagers (15-17 years of age)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer information regarding positive parenting including information regarding development milestones during the teen years.
Parenting a Child Who Has Experienced Trauma
Parenting a teen with trauma comes with special needs and challenges and childwelfare.gov provides a factsheet to assist these families.
A Parent's Guide to Understanding the Teen Brain
Understanding a teen’s brain can be an important aspect of parenting through the teen years. Children’s Healthcare of Orange County has three pediatric experts explain how it works and how to better connect with teens.
Principles of Parenting: Communicating With Your Teen
The Alabama Cooperative Extension Program partners with specialist in child development to provide information on parenting and communication with teens through their Principles of Parenting.
The Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic has numerous articles regarding parenting teens including guiding your teen through stress and information on teen suicide.
Parenting Support Groups
Transitions in Parenting: Letting Go
Transitioning from parenting a high school student to a college student.
- Homewood, Alabama
- Contact Sara Hoover, 205-377-0679
Parenting Woes? Make it Make Sense!
Group focused on encouraging parents and offering insight into the difficulties of parenting and parenting styles.
- Zoom/Microsoft Teams
- Contact Vernesia Womack, 205-843-7841
Better Together Co-parenting Education
Help learn and implement skills that lead to healthy co-parenting relationships.
- Empower Family Solutions
Birmingham, Alabama - Contact 205-583-2441
Growing Great Teens
Six-week workshop to help understand and parent your teen.
- Healthy Minds Consulting, LLC
Atmore, Alabama - Contact 251-333-2777
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