Organizations:

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
55 E Jackson Blvd, Suite 490
Chicago, IL 60604
Toll free: (800) 826 -3632
Fax: (312) 642-7243
Web: www.dbsalliance.org

Mental Health America (formerly National Mental Health Association)
500 Montgomery Street, Suite 820
Alexandria, VA 22314
Telephone: (703) 684-7722
Toll Free: (800) 969.6642
Fax: (703) 684.5968
Web: MentalHealthAmerica.net

Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation
277 Martine Avenue, Suite 226
White Plains, NY 10601
Telephone: 914-468-1297
E-mail: info@jbrf.org
Web: jbrf.org

Websites:

• The Depression Resource Center and Bipolar Resource Center by the American Academy of Child  & Adolescent Psychiatry contains a number of resources for parents and youth.
• The Bipolar Child.  The website that accompanies the book (below). Contains a section on IEP considerations.
• BP Children

Books and Videos for Educators:

• Anglada T: Intense Minds: Through the Eyes of Young People with Bipolar Disorder (Second Edition). BPChildren, 2009.
• Anglada T: SWIVEL to Success – Bipolar Disorder in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Guide to Helping Students Succeed. BPChildren, 2009.
• Merrell KW: Helping Students Overcome Depression and Anxiety, Second Edition: A Practical Guide (The Guilford Practical Intervention in Schools Series). Guilford Press, 2008.
• Packer, LE: Find a Way or Make a Way: Checklists for Accommodations for Students with ADHD, Executive Dysfunction, Mood Disorders, Tourette’s Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Other Neurological Challenges. Parkaire Press, 2009.
• Packer LE, Pruitt SK: Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers: Teaching Students with Tourette’s, Bipolar Disorder, Executive Dysfunction, OCD, ADHD, and More, Woodbine House, 2010.

Books for Families:

• Greenberg R: Bipolar Kids: Helping Your Child Find Calm in the Mood Storm. Da Capo Press, 2007.
• Lynn GT: Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder: Innovative Parenting and Counseling Techniques for Helping Children with Bipolar Disorder and the Conditions that May Occur with It. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008
• McLaughlin K: Mommy I’m Still in Here: Raising Children with Bipolar Disorder. Behler Publications, 2008.
• Miklowitz DJ: The Bipolar Teen: What You Can Do to Help Your Child and Your Family. Guilford Press, 2007.
• Packer LE, Pruitt SK: Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers: Teaching Students with Tourette’s, Bipolar Disorder, Executive Dysfunction, OCD, ADHD, and More, Woodbine House, 2010.
• Papolos D, Papolos J: The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood’s Most Misunderstood Disorder — Third Edition. Broadway, 2007.
• Pavuluri M: What Works for Bipolar Kids: Help and Hope for Parents. Guilford Press, 2008.

Books and Videos for Children or Teens:

• Grieve, BT: The Blue Day Book. Andrew McNeel Publishing, 2000.
• Hebert B: My Bipolar Roller Coaster Feelings Book. Can be ordered from www.bpchildren.com
• Jamieson PE, Rynn MA: Mind Race: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager’s Experience With Bipolar Disorder. Oxford University Press, 2006.
• McGee, C: Matt the Moody Hermit Crab. Soulwave Pub, 2002.