Web Links

We suggest the following links for general and specific information on topics related to Family Life Education as well as other content areas in health education. The views and/or information on these sites does not directly reflect the views of the Virginia Department of Education or the VCHETRC.
We are not responsible for links that you may be directed to through these sites.

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Name of Organization	Web Address
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)	http://www.abhes.org
Advocates for Youth	http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/
AIDS Action Committee (AAC) ---out of New England	http://www.aac.org
American Association for Health Education	http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/template.cfm
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)	http://www.aacte.org
American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)	http://www.aasect.org
American Council for Drug Education (ACDE)	http://www.acde.org
American Heart Association (AHA)	http://www.americanheart.org
American Red Cross Association	http://www.redcross.org
American School Health Association	http://www.ashaweb.org
American Social Health Association	http://www.ashastd.org/
An alternative approach to improving school-based health education	http://www.healthteacher.com
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials	http://www.astho.org
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)	http://www.ascd.org/health_in_education/ http://www.smartbrief.com/ascd/ (a free daily news briefing on topics affecting education that is sent to you via email)
CDC/Division of Adolescent and School Health (NCCDPHP/DASH)	http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash
Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (CHEF)	http://www.chef.org
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)	http://www.ccsso.org
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)	http://www.dhhs.gov
Depression & Related Affective Disorders Association (DRADA)	http://www.depressedteens.com
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)	http://www.edc.org http://www.edc.org/HealthIsAcademic http://edc.org/spotlight/health/aggressors.htm http://www.edc.org/spotlight/
Education, Training, and Research (ETR) Associates	http://www.etr.org
ETR's Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention	www.etr.org/recapp
Food Science & Nutrition	http://www.fsci.umn.edu
Girls Incorporated	http://www.girlsinc.org/
Henrico- Community Justice Board	http://www.co.henrico.va.us/ccjb/
HIV/AIDS Resources for Virginia (VCU HIV/AIDS Center) *********no www.	http://www.hivcenter.vcu.edu/
Institute For Cancer	www.ifcp.us/
Institute for Youth	http://www.youthdevelopment.org/
Kids Health	http://www.kidshealth.org
Mid-Atlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MAAETC)	http://www.pamaaetc.org
National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)	http://www.nasbe.org
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy	http://www.teenpregnancy.org
National Center for Health Education (NCHE)	http://www.nche.org/
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)	http://www.health.org
National Education Association (NEA) Can We Talk? (a family oriented website funded by the NEA)	http://www.nea.org www.canwetalk.org
National Institute on Drug Abuse	http://www.nida.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health (NIH)	http://www.nih.gov
National Middle School Association (NMSA)	http://www.nmsa.org
National School Boards Association (NSBA)	http://www.nsba.org/schoolhealth/
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)	http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/index.html?src=mr
"Real Issues"	http://vms.cc.wmich.edu/~bensley/realissues
Safe and Drug Free Schools Program (SDFS)	http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)	http://www.siecus.org
Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)	http://www.sophe.org
The largest HIV/AIDS web site in the world	http://www.aegis.com
Virginia Department of Health	http://www.vdh.state.va.us
U.S. Department of Education	http://www.ed.gov
WHO School Health	http://www.who.int/school_youth_health/en/
World Bank Group	http://www.worldbank.org
World Bank Group for Students and Teachers	http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools
World Health Organization (WHO)	http://www.who.int

While the VCHETRC supports these websites, we may not endorse other links found on these sites.