Website Links

BREASTFEEDING

• American Academy of Pediatrics Breastfeeding
• Kellymom
• Office of Women’s Health on Breastfeeding
• Spectra Baby USA (great advice for pumping)
• *For Formula related support Baby Formula Expert, a non-commercial site written by a PhD.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT & PARENTING

• Aha! Parenting
• Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
• HealthyChildren.Org
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families

ILLNESS, INJURIES & SAFETY

• Weiss Pediatric Care’s Is My Child Sick? Symptom Checker
• The Car Seat Lady
• Car Seat Safety
• HealthyChildren.Org Symptom Checker

NUTRITION & FITNESS

• Fooducate – eat better, lose weight, be healthy
• USDA ChooseMyPlate.gov

PREGNANCY, NEWBORNS & NEW PARENTS

• Postpartum Society of Florida
• March of Dimes (Video Series for Newborn Care)
• Healthy Start Coalition (Free resources/support for pregnant woman and new families before, during and after pregnancy)

SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

• Autism – CARD (Center for Autism & Related Disabilities) at USF
• Autism/Developmental Delays – First Signs
• Autism Science Foundation
• ADHD – CHADD (Children & Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) – education, advocacy and support
• Diabetes – Florida Suncoast JDRF
• Family Network On Disabilities of Manasota (help finding/accessing programs and services and navigating systems of care)
• Manasota BUDS -Family Support for Down Syndrome
• TopSoccer (community-based training and team program for young athletes with disabilities)

TEENS

• Center for Young Women’s Health (teen girls)
• Young Men’s health (teen boys)

VACCINES

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Information Statements
• Immunizations – American Academy of Pediatrics/HealthyChildren.Org
• Myths & Facts About Vaccination – World Health Organization
• The Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Vaccine Information via Mobile App

GREAT APPS!

• Fooducate (eat better, lose weight, be healthy)
• Text4Baby (Free updates & info during pregnancy and baby’s 1st year)
• Vaccine Information via Mobile App

Community Resources

Weiss Pediatric Care is dedicated to connecting our children and their families to resources and support based on specific interests and needs. Here is a sampling of some that are free or available on a sliding scale:

CHILDCARE/CHILD GOVERNMENT ASSISTANT RESOURCES

• Early Learning Coalition (Childcare sites and resources)

DEVELOPMENTAL/EDUCATIONAL/BEHAVIORAL SCREENING & INTERVENTION

• Early Steps Gulf Coast (birth-3 years)
• Child Find – Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System (birth-5 years)
• Sarasota County School Board

IN-HOME SUPPORT/EDUCATION

• Healthy Families Florida (Free in-home visiting program providing parenting and developmental education and support)
• Healthy Start Coalition (Free resources/support for pregnant woman and new families before, during and after pregnancy)
• Parenting Matters (in home and community-based parenting education and support)

MENTAL HEALTH

• Forty Carrots Family Center (Parenting groups/mental health counseling, preschool)
• Centerstone Behavioral Health
• Jewish Family & Children Services
• The Florida Center for Early Childhood

SUPPORT GROUPS

• CARD (Center for Autism & Related Disabilities) at USF
• Diabetes (Florida Suncoast JDRF)
• Downs Syndrome (Manasota BUDS)
• Postpartum Society of Florida

PARENTING EDUCATION & PARENT/CHILD SOCIALIZATION PLAYGROUPS

• Brats Club
• First Presbyterian Preschool
• Forty Carrots Family Center
• Parenting Matters (in home and community-based parenting education and support)
• Sarasota County Libraries