Resources and Advocacy Information
-Great resource to view state by state complaints and add you own.

Family & Advocates for Partnerships for Education

The National Head Start Disabilities Services Training Center
- a project at the Center for Children & Families at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), is currently developing a series of five training guides to strengthen the capacity of early childhood programs to reach and serve children with disabilities and their families.

LEARNING DISABILITIES
- Facts for Families

What Teachers Can Do About Learning Disabilities
- Compiled using information from the National Center for Learning Disabilities, the Orton Dyslexia Society, and the Learning Disabilities Association of America.

The TAPP Project
- Technical Assistance for Parent Programs

Make It Happen
-is an approach that improves middle school education for students with diverse learning abilities. In the Make It Happen! approach, interdisciplinary teams of teachers design and implement inquiry-based I-Search Units and integrate technology into these units in meaningful ways to benefit students. Make It Happen! is the result of 10 years of research, evaluation, and technical assistance at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) in Newton, Massachusetts.

RESOURCE SITES FOR PARENTS OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN

BANDAIDS & BLACKBOARDS

Developmental Delay Registry (DDR)
- A nonprofit organization dedicated to meeting the needs of those working with children who have developmental delays in sensory motor, language, social, and emotional areas. DDR publicizes research into determining identifiable factors that would put a child at risk and maintains a registry, tracking possible
trends. DDR also provides a network for parents and professionals and current information after the diagnosis to support children with special needs.

Early Intervention Related Links
- Compiled by George Jesien, Ph.D.

A PARENT'S GUIDE
-TO ACCESSING PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND PRESCHOOLERS WITH DISABILITIES (NICHY)

Educational Resources by Area
- US States & Territories This page links you to state specific educational resources including lead educational agencies.

National Parent Information Network (NPIN)

Individual Education Planning for Students with Special Needs

Overview of ADA, IDEA, AND SECTION 504
- ERIC Digest This document explains the difference between the three laws and how they affect the education of students who have disabilities.

Individualized Education Programs
- NICHCY Briefing Paper This Briefing Paper provides substantial guidance regarding the legal requirements for developing a student's IEP.

Individualized Education Program (I.E.P.)
-Several articles on the topic from LD OnLine

Parents Helping Parents
- This site has LINCS, a free public service that provides a searchable on-line human services resource directory with a focus on the needs of children; condition & disability files and shareware; and much more. Internet mail and usenet is available. In addition to LINCS, Parents Helping Parents also has links to several Web Sites of interest to parents of children who have disabilities.

Parent News

Federation for Children with Special Needs
- is a center for parents and parent organizations to work together on behalf of children with special needs and their families.

The National Parent Network on Disabilities
- (NPND) was established to provide a presence and national voice for parents of children, youth, and adults with special needs. NPND shares information and resources in order to promote and support the power of parents to influence and affect policy issues concerning the needs of people with disabilities
and their families.

A Teacher's Guide to Exceptional Children

THE FEDERATION OF FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH
- is a national parent-run organization focused on the needs of children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders and their families.

The Academy for Educational Development (AED) ,
-founded in 1961, is an independent, nonprofit service organization committed to addressing human development needs in the United States and throughout the world.

The Alphabet House
- Oregon's pilot research based developmental care facility for children will allow our most vulnerable members of society to fully attain their physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual potential while meeting the medical and economic realities of today.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- is the nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others dedicated to improving the
quality of early childhood education programs for children birth through age eight.

Family Education network

Family Village
- is a global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with mental retardation and other disabilities, their families, and those that provide them services and supports.

Ability OnLine Support Network
- An electronic mail forum providing support for children and young adults with disabilities and chronic illness, helps build self-esteem by eliminating barriers between disabled kids and their non-disabled peers.