Children

Online Resources

A Guide to Internet Resources for Cancer provides a detailed list of resources sorted by disease type, treatments, country, and other topics.

Children's Cancer Web is a guide aimed to provide an overview of dedicated childhood cancer pages available on the InterNet, and to provide hyperliks to these. The two largest general oncology sites are CancerNet and OncoLink. However, there are now hundreds of other general and specialist cancer related web sites.

CancerNet is provided by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI). This guide provides links to those CancerNet statements for childhood cancers. There are additional statements on supportive care, screening/prevention, drug information and other issues. There is a useful facility for searching CancerNet using keywords. CancerNet is updated each month, and is available in English or Spanish; it is also available via a number of other sites around the world including Japan, Germany, Singapore, and Canada. The links to CancerNet in this guide are to the copy held in Germany.

OncoLink is provided by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center. This site has extensive resources for a wide range of cancer related topics which will be of interest to both patients and physicians. The information is available via a number of menus; these include information by disease type, by medical specialty, cancer FAQs, psychosocial support, clinical trials and other menus. This guide provides links to the disease-oriented menus for childhood cancers. There is also the facility to search cancer related information using keyword(s). It is also possible to subscribe to a number of cancer related mailing lists via OncoLink.

Austin Child Guidance Center
810 West 45th Street
Austin, TX 78751
512-451-2242
www.austinchildguidance.org

Austin Child Guidance Center is dedicated to helping children and families become emotionally healthy by providing quality mental health services so that they gain hope, understanding and skills necessary to improve functioning at home, at school, and in the community.
The mission of the Center is carried out in a variety of ways:
* evaluation and diagnosis of the emotional, social, behavioral and developmental problems of children and their families;
* treatment to help children and their families with their present problems, and to prevent future problems, emphasizing the importance of early and adequate intervention;
* consultation to assist agencies, institutions, group and individuals working with children and their families in the development of programs for children in the community at large;
* education to children, parents, caregivers, professionals and other members of the community regarding ways to improve the lives of children; and,
* continuing professional development of the Center's staff to keep abreast of current advances in children's mental health and to contribute to the increase of this knowledge.
Types of Problems
The Austin Child Guidance Center helps children who may be experiencing some of the problems noted below:
* emotional problems resulting from the breakup or dissolution of the family due to divorce, separation, abandonment or death.
* for additional listings please visit the web site listed above.