Graduate Studies: Resources and Links

Tulane University

Professional Organizations Relevant to Psychologists

These organization websites have information about membership, scholarship in the field, relevant research, and in some cases, funding for research in that area.

Tools for Research and Professional Development

SAS - Statistical application software.
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.
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

A search engine for researchers to look for funding for their work.
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

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.
Developmental Psychology Links - Links to sites that are relevant to developmental psychology. These websites contain information that can be viewed on line about a variety of mental health conditions — a good starting point in investigating particular disorders or concerns.
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

Families and Education - provides guides for parents of children placed in Title 1, amongst other educational concerns.
Parent guides ranging from online magazines to links for homework helpers to brochures from the U.S. Department of Education.

Learning Disabilities Resources

These sites have links to presentations, reports, and articles concerning learning disabilities in particular.

Learning Disabilities
This site discusses the validity of the IQ - Achievement discrepancy criteria for diagnosing Learning Disabilities.
Learning Disabilities Summit

Special Education Information and Resources

Federal Resource Center for Special Education - has information on IDEA and states' compliance with IDEA, also includes a series of reports on special education and school reform.
Council for Exceptional Children - addresses the concerns of children in special education.
This site contains information on minority students in special and gifted 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

School-based Mental Health

This site contains a directory of school-based mental health services.
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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