Resources & Education

If you are in any type of crisis, contact the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, crisiscenter.com, or call 2-1-1.

The following resources are available for download or for on-line viewing.

Sexual Abuse Education and Resources

• Connect to Protect Program: Please watch this video with important information about child sexual assault/abuse.
• Youth Friendly Resource Card: Here is a directory of community resources. This is continually updated by YOU!  If you see information that is out of date, please email jstann@health.usf.edu with changes.

Florida Health and Transition Services (FloridaHATS)

• FloridaHATS is a statewide clearinghouse of information and tools about transition from pediatric to adult health care for youth and young adults, families, health care providers and others. Also see information about HillsboroughHATS, a local coalition of advocates and stakeholders
• For more information about FloridaHATS and the health care transition resources listed below, please contact Janet Hess at 813-259-8812 or jhess@health.usf.edu

Hillsborough County Health Care Transition Information & Resource Guide

• Information Guide (English)
• Resource Guide (English)
• Guía de Información y Recursos del Condad de Hillsborough (Spanish)
• Also available in Braille and large print

• Teacher's Guide
• Student Curriculum 

Project Evaluation Report: A Demonstration Model for School-Base Health Care Transition Education

• Project Report

Books on Hygiene and Sexuality for Adolescents with Disabilities

• Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about Their Bodies, Boundaries and Sexuality. Author: Terri Couwnhoven
• The Facts of Life... & More: Sexuality & Intimacy for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Author: Leslie Walker-Hirsch
• I Contact: Sexuality and People with Developmental Disabilities. Author: Dave Hingsburger

Books on Eating Disorders

• Helping Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder. Authors: James Lock and Daniel LeGrange. Guilford Publishers, 2005
• Skills Based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder. Authors: Janet Treasure, Grainne Smith, Anna Crane. Routledge, 2007

Useful Links for Adolescents and Parents

Reproductive health 

• Youth and family friendly (and fun!) general information on contraception: bedsider.org 
• Reproductive health access project
• -- For providers: Physicians for Reproductive Health
• -- For local clinical care:  Ybor Youth Center  

Eating disorders 

• General information and helpline: National Eating Disorders
• Local resources and support groups:  Center for Discovery Tampa, Rogers Behavioral Health, Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness 
• Maudsley Parents site  
• For educators and providers: Educator Toolkit     

Mental health

• Mental health and homeless services: Camelot Community Care, Starting Right, Now   
• For clinical services available through USF:  http://health.usf.edu/medicine/psychiatry/silvercdc/ 
• For local GLBTQ clinical services:  www.garyhowellpsyd.com

General health

• For young women and families: Boston Children's Hospital Center for Young Women's Health 
• For young men and families: Young Men's Health 
• For information about media, for youth and families: Center on Media and Child Health
• Violence prevention: Circle of 6 is a free smart phone app that can help to prevent violence before it happens
• Nutrition resources: La Clinica is a teen-orient site that provides informatoin about healthy lifestyles

Transition resources

• Circle of 6 is a free smart phone app that can help to prevent violence before it happens