Parents & Educators

Adoption Choices of Colorado is a private, non-profit adoption agency licensed by the state.

The Adoption Exchange connects children waiting in foster care with families who adopt, and supports families through the adoption process.

Adoption creates supportive, loving families for children, teens and adults. There are three types of adoption: adoption from foster care, international adoption and private domestic adoption. Most adoptions in the United States are through the foster care system. Learn more about adoption in Colorado through this site.

American Adoptions is a full-service adoption agency that provides domestic adoption services, unplanned pregnancy counseling and home study resources.

This site will help you learn what to do if your child is being bullied.

Kidpower is dedicated to working together to build cultures of caring, respect, and safety for everyone, everywhere.

The vision of Peaceful Households is to ensure a safe, nurturing and predictable environment for children and their families.

Connecting families of sons and daughters with disabilities or special healthcare needs to emotional and informational supports.

PEAK Parent Center is a nonprofit that works every day to ensure that all people with disabilities are fully included in their neighborhood schools, communities, employment, and all walks of life.

TRE is proud to offer a wide variety of supports and services for people of all ages who have intellectual or developmental disabilities.

An organization to provide respite and specialized care for children and adults with disabilities and special needs.

The THRIVE Center exists to provide parents with information and training about disabilities; parent and children's rights under the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and other relevant laws; and resources.

Harvard Medical School Health Blog discusses selecting learning environments for children with disabilities.

The Council for Exceptional Children is a professional association of educators dedicated to advancing the success of children with exceptionalities.

eParent provides practical advice, emotional support and educational information for families of children and adults with disabilities.

Provides support services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Where the Colorado Springs autism community connects.

Autism Society of Colorado is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the lives of all Coloradan's touched by Autism.

Autism Speaks is dedicated to promoting solutions, across the spectrum and throughout the life span, for the needs of individuals with autism and their families through advocacy and support; increasing understanding and acceptance of people with autism spectrum disorder; and advancing research into causes and better interventions for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions.

The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Providing support and encouragement to families of children with Down syndrome.

The National Down Syndrome Congress is a national not-for-profit organization that provides individuals, families, and health care providers information and support about Down syndrome, as well as advocating with and on behalf of individuals with Down syndrome.

Leading organization that offers support to people with Down syndrome, their families, friends, teachers, and coworkers, and educates the general public about Down syndrome.

Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association assures inclusion and enhances independence of people with Down syndrome. This association provides education, resources and support in partnership with individuals, families, professionals, and the community.

Learn about childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Find, causes, symptoms, treatment tips and other valuable information.

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) is the nation's leading nonprofit organization serving people affected by ADHD.

A resource for parents whose children, ages 3–20, are struggling with learning and attention issues.

A nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families so they can thrive.

Volunteers at the Armed Services YMCA create custom-made photo transfer quilts and pillows to help with the separation of deployment.

Local organization that offers deployment counseling for children.

Children's Hospital Colorado offers tips for toddler meltdowns, discipline and rewards.

Age appropriate techniques to discipline your child.

CSFPA is a voice for all foster, kinship and adoptive families in Colorado. They provide education programs, support referrals, and advocacy.

List of resources for foster care organizations through El Paso County.

Kids Crossing was created by foster parents for foster parents. They are determined to provide a safe and caring home for every foster child.

Grandfamilies.org serves as a national legal resource in support of grandfamilies within and outside the child welfare system.

A Resource Guide for Kinship Families in Colorado provides local and statewide information about organizations and programs that may be useful for kinship caregivers.

Family-centered services for incarcerated parents, their children, and families focus on parenting programs, family strengthening activities, nurturing of family relationships, community supports for families during incarceration and following release, and gender-specific interventions.

Discover printables, videos, and more on topics to help your child cope with incarceration of a loved one .

A resource to provide support services to children of incarcerated parents and their families.

Provides parenting support and education to families so they can do the best job they can in raising their children.

This site is a tool for strengthening families by providing family support, parent education and knowledge in one accessible location.

A free, one-on-one program that supports moms and dads in the comfort of their own home. First Visitor provides emotional support, connect parents and caregivers with free community resources and share information on health, nutrition, safety and important developmental milestones.

Looking for general information related to child health or for more specific guidance on parenting issues? This website is backed by 67​,000 pediatricians committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

Provides free counseling to all women and couples experiencing an unplanned pregnancy.

Parents as Teachers builds strong communities, thriving families and children that are healthy, safe and ready to learn.

A non-profit organization to help families work through pregnancy loss.

Children's Hospital Colorado supports pregnant women and women struggling with mood and anxiety issues after delivery, as well as their families.

This resource is dedicated to helping families suffering from postpartum depression, anxiety, and distress.

The Center on Colfax's Family Program provides a safe, welcoming way for LGBTQ families to meet and have fun together.

HRC provides current resources that address the many potential paths to parenthood as well as tools for issues facing LGBTQ-headed families or LGBTQ youth.

Parents Without Partners provides single parents and their children with an opportunity for enhancing personal growth, self-confidence and sensitivity towards others by offering an environment for support, friendship and the exchange of parenting techniques.

This is a non-profit organization committed to educating, equipping and empowering single parents with resources, practical assistance, emotional encouragement and social networking to better their lives, and those of their children.

The Center on Fathering is is equipped to help dads and families understand and fulfill their essential role in the life of a child.

Explores ways to help fathers enhance their parenting, relationship, and co-parenting skills.

Explore ways to help fathers enhance their parenting, relationship, and co-parenting skills.

This site provides resources available in Colorado Springs.

Advocates for Youth works alongside thousands of young people here in the U.S. and around the globe as they fight for sexual health, rights and justice.

Resources for teens and parents.

Power to Decide, the campaign to prevent unplanned pregnancy, works to ensure that all young people—no matter who they are, where they live, or what their economic status might be—have the power to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child. We do this by increasing information, access, and opportunity.

Trusted health information for teens.