General Information: Resources and Links

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At Tulane University

Professional Organizations Relevant to Psychologists

These organization websites have information about membership, scholarship, research, and in some cases, research funding.

Tools for Research and Professional Development

SAS: Statistical applications software program.
SPSS: Provides useful information about statistics programs and applications, which can be purchased from the website.
Statistics Calculators: Provides statistics tables as well as programs where you can enter data and calculate results.
Statistics Programs: Provides useful statistics programs and shortcuts to help calculate results for statistics.
Evaluation and Social Research Methods: Provides links to free on line books, manuals, articles on how to do evaluation and social research, including surveys, interviews, observations and more. Also links to research about research methods, free software, and sites on how to present data. This site also has a review of free statistical resources.
Professional Vitae Assistance: Part of San Diego State University's School Psychology Handbook, this site helps students convert resumes into professional vitae.
WISC-III: Website where you can get a manual to help interpret WISC-III profiles.

Opportunities for Research Funding

Grants.gov
A database of funding opportunities for researchers; has membership or pricing for accessing individual opportunities. Funding opportunities through NSF.
Opportunities for fellowships for graduate research both through the National Science foundation and through other agencies.

Career Development Sites

APPIC: Official site for APA-approved internships, can look for internships, apply for materials, etc.
Contains licensure information for all 50 states.
Neuroscience Training Programs: A comprehensive listing of graduate and undergraduate programs in the area of Neuroscience.
Social Psychology Network: Includes links to homepages of social psychologists.

Mental Health for Graduate Students

A site with tips for getting through graduate school; has a religious emphasis.
Provides survival tips and suggestions for getting through graduate school.

Psychology Journals

These sites allow researchers and students to access article abstracts, and in some cases complete articles, from selected journals which are part of their database.

Developmental Psychology Resources

Society for Research on Child Development: Contains information relevant to research done on child development and information about the professional activities and membership in SRCD.
Society for Research on Adolescence: Contains information relevant to research done on adolescent development, and information about the professional activities and membership in SRA.
Center for Studies on Adolescence Homepage: Has links to online resources for researching and working with adolescence as well as information on the center.
Mental Health
School Psychology
NIMH Publications

On-line Intervention Information

These sites contain information useful in designing interventions for clients.

Websites that are Helpful to Clients and Their Families

National Directory of Children, Youth, and Family Services: Comprehensive directory of services for children, youth, and families.

Learning Disabilities Resources

Learning Disabilities: This site has links to presentations, reports, and articles concerning learning disabilities.
Learning Disabilities Summit

Special Education Information and Resources

Council for Exceptional Children: Addresses the concerns of children in special education.
A collection of chapters submitted by various authors centering around special education and learning disabilities.

Websites about the Law: IDEA, Practice, Education and Privacy Law

IDEA Information: From the U.S. Department of Education
IDEA Practices: From the Council for Exceptional Children
IDEA Statute Information: Search for the text of legislative bills, statutes, and public law on Thomas WWW
Legal Information on Wrightslaw: Legal information pertaining to children and children with disabilities.
FERPA Information: From the U.S. Department of Education

School-Based Mental Health

This site includes a policy report on the status of school-based mental health services set up under Medicaid Managed Care.
This site details the procedures used in Ohio's School-Based Mental Health Clinics.

Information about Youth from a State, National and International Perspective

Louisiana Department of Education
US Department of Education
Federal Population Statistics
UNICEF: The State of the World's Children

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