Web Sites for Specific Audiences

Multilingual Sites

As America in general, and New Jersey in particular, become increasingly multilingual school specialists are faced with the challenge to offer multilingual resources for students and parents who have limited English language skills.

Stories for a Culture of Peace is a multilingual and international collection of stories for children and youth in schools, youth groups, and faith-based groups to talk with children about the issues of war and peace.  Stories are translated into 24 languages.  A discussion forum enables readers to communicate with others about the stories and general issues of a culture of peace (http://www.martinauer.net/KINDER/krieg/).  

American Psychological Association (APA) Help Center offers Spanish language information on violence prevention (http://www.apahelpcenter.org/featuredtopics/feature.php?id=44).   

ACT (Adults and Children Together) Against Violence offers Spanish language information on violence prevention affecting children ages 0-8 for parents and educators.  Information includes managing anger, resolving conflicts, preventing school bullying, and early violence prevention (http://www.actagainstviolence.org/spanish/index.html).

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC) offers Spanish language resources to prevent violence committed by and against youth (http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/espanol/index.asp).

National PTA offers a collection of useful resources in Spanish to promote parent involvement in a variety of areas (http://www.pta.org/spanish/index.asp). 

U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools provides Spanish language resources and documents for drug and violence prevention in schools (http://www.ed.gov/espanol/bienvenidos/es/index.html?src=gu). 

Ambiente Joven is a Spanish language web site for sexually active Latino youth.  It offers culturally relevant resources and support (www.ambientejoven.org).

Advocates for Youth provides resources in Spanish and French to help youth make responsible decisions about a wide variety of reproductive and sexual health issues (http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/freepubs_sp.htm) and (http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/freepubs_fr.htm).

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides limited resources on disaster preparedness in Spanish (http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/managinganxiety/tips.asp#espanol).

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children offers Spanish language resources to stop child abductions and sexual exploitation of children (http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PublicHomeServlet?PageType=ContentMain&LanguageCountry=es_US). 

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC) offers a comprehensive collection of resources in Spanish for parents, professionals, and youth that prevent violence committed by and against youth.  Topics include substance abuse, media violence, physical abuse, violent behavior, and mental health.  A Spanish-language multimedia collection is available (http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/espanol/index.asp).

American Red Cross provides multilingual materials, videos, and educational resources for a variety of natural and others disasters.  Topics include helping children cope with trauma and disasters, developing a disaster supply kit, and earthquake tips for people with disabilities.  Information is available in Spanish, Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Hmong, Farsi, Japanese, French, Korean, Laotian, Russian, Tagalog, and Vietnamese (http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_504_,00.html) and (http://www.redcross.org/pubs/dspubs/childmatls.html).  It also offers hurricane safety tips in Spanish   (http://www.redcross.org/spanish/services/ds/hurrspn.html). 

Anti-Defamation League offers a Spanish language guide for parents to discuss prejudice with children (http://www.adl.org/what_to_tell/sp_whattotell_intro.asp).