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Helpful Links
The Profession of Psychology
- Ordre des psychologues du Quebec, the licensing body for that province
- College of Psychologists of Ontario, the licensing body for psychologists and psychological associates.
- National Association of School Psychologists, in the U.S.
- Canadian Psychological Association has services for the public.
Helping Children with September 11, 2001
- Resources for helping children with trauma, war, and terrorism.
Psychotherapy
- Dr. Grohol's site. Many resources, including on-line groups. Part of Dr. John Grohol's website deals with choices in treatment for depression, with informed commentary on psychotherapy, medications, and the combination of both.
- Useful links from the site of the Psychotherapy Resource Center.
- An article by Martin Seligman, well-known for his research into the causes of depression. He comments on the study by Consumer Reports magazine of the effectiveness of psychotherapy. Written for psychologists, but worth a look for anyone considering psychotherapy.
- www.aboutpsychotherapy.com is a very understandable site about psychotherapy, what it is and what it can do.
Vocational Choice and Preparation
- The Self-Directed Search is the only online psychological test I can recommend. It looks at vocational interests. Costs about $12 Canadian.
- The Career Development Manual of the University of Waterloo is a helpful way to reflect on your wishes and interests in preparing yourself for a choice of career.
- CareerStorm is another helpful site for exploration and reflection.
- Labour market information for all of Canada. A really amazing source of information.
- Job Futures gives the job outlook for the future, by occupation and by field of study.
- Work Destinations tells you the cost of living in cities in Canada, local labour market information, data about regulated professions and a lot of other great stuff.
Job Hunting
- A comprehensive site for job hunting. You can access Job Bank, the Public Service of Canada, 7 commercial online job search services, and many other resources.
Usability
- A bibliography on the topic of Human-Computer Interaction. Comprehensive access to resources.
- The Interface Hall of Shame. Many horrible yet fascinating examples of bad interface design.
- The Interface Hall of Fame. Examples of good interface design.
People with Disabilities
- Help with job-hunting.
- The Adaptech Project describes a research project into college and university students with disabilities and adaptive technology. Sign up for the listserv for information about the latest and best adaptive technology.
- The Canadian Hearing Society. Resources on deafness and hearing loss.
- The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, an association of consumers.
Play Therapy
- The Canadian Play Therapy Institute resources page.
- Basics of play therapy.
Kindergarten Derogations
- Comments on the research on early entry to Kindergarten.
- The broad picture of educational choices for bright children. Written for parents.
- An American research study of 22,000 children beginning Kindergarten. Nothing on early entry, but a comprehensive description of kids this age.
- The (American) National Association for Gifted Children. Of general interest to parents. If your child is recommended for the Kindergarten derogation, s/he may be intellectually gifted; ask the psychologist who did the assessment.
- A review of research studies on children's readiness for school and how to promote readiness, but nothing on early entry to school.
Humour
- The Pogo Page. Pogo was a cartoon of political and social commentary way back in the '50s and '60s.
- Dilbert Archives! You can subscribe to a daily Dilbert mailing.
- Heartless Bitches International. Not exactly humour, but good for those days when you, as a woman, need to vent some anger. Look at the Popular Culture pages for women-positive books, music, and movies.
- humor.about.com has all kinds of humour links.
Self-help
- International Stress Management Association.
- Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, basic sexual knowledge for teens, adults, and health professionals. Not surprisingly, has a rather medical slant, for example, information about sexually transmitted diseases and contraception is very easy to find. A French site is also available.
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