LibGuides: Community Assistance: Childcare/Parenting Assistance

Web Resources

Parent Child Incorporated

Who are they: Parent/Child, Incorporated is a non-profit family oriented Human Service Agency.

Services : Children are served in Early Head Start, Project Success and in the Licensed Child Day Care Homes. They also have an extensive CACFP program, serving Early Head Start, Head Start and unaffiliated child care centers.

Eligibility: Call them at 210-226-6263

Pre-K 4 SA

Who are they: Pre-K 4 SA is a full-day prekindergarten program that also offers free after-school care until 6:00 p.m. City of San Antonio is partnering with school districts and other education entities to provide this service.

Services: Free tuition is available for students residing in the Edgewood, Harlandale, San Antonio, and South San Antonio Independent School Districts

Web Resources

Family Services Association

https://www.family-service.org/

Who are they: Family Service Association of San Antonio has been building strong families since 1903. It is the oldest human service agency in San Antonio dedicated to helping children, seniors, and families in need.

Services: Individual, family, child, marital/couple and group counseling for those dealing with effects of abuse and neglect, Head Start Program.

Parenting Books at the Library

Mindful Parenting by Kristen Race
ISBN: 9781250020314
Publication Date: 2014-01-07
A mindful approach to parenting that helps children (and their parents) feel happier, healthier, calmer, and less stressed in our frenetic era
Parenting Without Power Struggles by Susan Stiffelman
Call Number: CD 649.1 STIFFELMAN
ISBN: 9781452612799
Publication Date: 2013-05-13
Family therapist Susan Stiffelman is here to help. While most parenting programs are designed to coerce kids to change, Parenting Without Power Struggles does something innovative, showing you how to help your children awaken their natural instincts to cooperate, rather than employing threats or bribes, which inevitably fuels their resistance.
Parenting Your Powerful Child by Dr. Kevin Leman
Call Number: http://bit.ly/1cRDrVk
ISBN: 9781441242808
Publication Date: 2013-09-01
For all the parents out there at their wits' end, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman offers the fail-safe action plan to redirecting power surges into positive traits that will prepare the powerful child for a successful, happy, productive adult life. Parents will learn how powerful children are created, what makes them tick, what makes them explode, and what they can do to change the power plays . . . for the good of the entire family. All it takes is determination, persistence, willpower, and advice that works—guaranteed.
Teen Parenting by Laurie Willis (Editor)
Call Number: JUVENILE 306.85 TEEN 2012
ISBN: 9780737757002
Publication Date: 2011-12-02
Students must often make informed decisions about serious issues that will affect the course of their lives. Smoking, drunk driving, and violence are just a few of these challenging issues. Focusing on topics of special concern to students, the Issues That Concern You series helps make these complex issues less intimidating and more accessible. Each volume presents eight to twelve readings from a variety of perspectives that allow students to better understand and navigate the highlighted topic.
Parenting Your Child with Autism by Anjali Sastry; Blaise Aguirre
Call Number: 618.92858 SASTRY 2012
ISBN: 9781608821907
Publication Date: 2012-06-01
Parenting Your Child Through the Challenges of Autism takes a revolutionary approach to helping parents find and implement the most effective and powerful treatments for children with autism, a condition that still baffles many mental health professionals. Autism expert M. Anjali Sastry and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) psychiatrist Blaise Aguirre offer practical tips and guidance parents can use to track the effects of treatment on their children and draw from their own observations to find the treatments that will get the best results. - See more at: