Provided here is a list of sites on the web which provide helpful information on a range of topics regarding Special Education. ** ***
Categories:
State/National
- American Medical Association
- Beach Center on Disability
- Beginning Together
- California Department of Education- Special Education (CDESED)
- California Department of Developmental Service (DDS)
- CA Department of Health Services
- California Head Start Association
- California Institute on Human Services (CIHS)
- Children’s Bureau
- Diagnostic Center North
- ERIC Clearinghouse
- Internet Special Education Resources (ISER)
- Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
- National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)
- National Institutes of Health -- Health Info
- No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
- Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute
- SAMHSA’S National Mental Health Information Center
- Social Security Administration (SSI)
- State of California
- The Department of Health and Human Services
- The House of Representatives
- The Program for Infant Toddler Caregivers (PITC)
- U.S. Department of Education/Office for Civil Rights
- The US Senate
- US Dept of Education (IDEA site)
- WestEd
- The White House
Advocacy/Legal
- Axis (Disability advocacy)
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)
- CAPSES (California Association of Private Education/Services)
- Children's Defense Fund
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc. (DREDF)
- EDLAW Home Page
- Family & Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)
- Federal Resource Center for Special Education
- Inclusion Press Home Page
- Institute for Child Health Policy
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education
- Official California Legislative Information
- Protection & Advocacy, Inc. (PIA)
- Reed Martin Special Education Law
- TASH
- Special Ed Advocate (Peter/Pam Wright web site)
- The Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
- U.S. Department of Education
Family/ Parent-to-Parent Information and Support
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Exceptional Parents Magazine
- Families USA
- Family Education Network
- Family Voices
- Family Village
- Federation for Children with Special Needs
- Healthfinder
- Infotrieve Online
- Kids' Health
- Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center
- MD Choice
- Mothers United for Moral Support (MUMS)
- National Center for Fathering
- PACER Center
- Parents Helping Parents
- Parent Soup
- Positive Parenting
- Schwab Foundation for Learning (formerly PERC)
- Sibling Support Project
- Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers
- The Fathers Network
Disability / Special Needs
- Alphabetic List of Specific Diseases/Disorders
- TASH
- Autism Resources
- Autism Society of America
- California Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Center
- Center for Disease Control
- Center for Mental Health Services
- Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder)
- CSMC Neonatology
- DBP Main Frame (Development/Behavior Page of American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Deaf World Web Comprehensive deaf-related resources
- Disability Resources
- Dyslexia: The Gift. Information and Resources
- Down Syndrome
- FEAT (Families for Early Autism Treatment)
- Heath Resource Center
- International Dyslexia Association
- Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)
- Internet Mental Health
- LD Online
- MedMatrix Resource for web links to genetic diseases
- Multimedia Reference Library A link to medical databases and bookstore
- National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- National Down Syndrome Society
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/List of Disorders
- National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
- Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities
- Special Needs Project (SNP)
- The Arc
- The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
- United Cerebral Palsy
- Zero to Three
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