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Tufts University Child & Family WebGuide

Description

From the website: Due to the expanding volume of information on the Web, parents and professionals often have difficulty locating the information they want. Even when they find information that seems relevant, they have difficulty determining if it is credible. The Child & Family WebGuide describes trustworthy websites on topics of interest to parents and professionals. All the sites listed on the WebGuide have been systematically evaluated by graduate students and faculty in child development. These sites have been selected from thousands that are available on the Web, based primarily on the quality of the information they provide. The goal of the WebGuide is to give the public easy access to the best child development information on the Web. There are five main categories of information: family/parenting, education/learning, typical child development, health/mental health, and resources/recreation. The first four categories contain sites with research-based information. The fifth category, resources/recreation, contains sites with information about specific programs and things to do. The resources/recreation sites, which were added at the request of parents, do not contain research-based information. The WebGuide also offers an option of searching for sites that are especially relevant to a particular age group and it offers several features requested by parents (e.g., ask an expert sites; research news sites). The WebGuide, a not-for-profit resource, was based on parent and professional feedback, as well as support from such noted child development experts as David Elkind, Edward Zigler, and the late Fred Rogers.

Topic(s): Cognitive Development & Learning, Emotional Development, Interactive Media, Mental Health, Physical Health, Social Development

User Type(s): Academic, Educator

Address

105 College Ave.
Medford , Massachusetts 02155

Contact Information

Phone(s): 617-627-3355
E-mail(s): .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
URL(s): http://www.cfw.tufts.edu

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