Special Education Resources

Parent Resources

Parents Helping Parents
National parent resource center, programs, events, links

Parents' Place
News magazine of topics of interest to parents, online chat with pediatrician, bulletin boards

Schwab Foundation for Learning
Services for parents and educators to provide information, support and resources to improve the lives of students with learning differences. (previously known as "Parents and Educators Resource Center (PERC))

Inclusion

Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices
Issue briefs, policy papers, information on policy reform, capacity building, and knowledge dissemination

Severe Disabilities

The Association for Persons with Severe Disabilities
Conference, newsletter, discussion groups

Disability Resources

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Searchable database, resources, brochures

The Association for Retarded Citizens
Support group and information/resources network for families and professionals working in the field of mental retardation.

Center for Accessible Technology
Publications, services, links, training

Council for Exceptional Children
Discussion forum, job bank, public policy/legislative information, variety of disability/issues

Center for the Study of Autism
Subgroups, issues, interventions, overview in different languages

Council on Education of the Deaf
Curriculum materials, instructional strategies, job board, teacher preparation programs

Developmental Disabilities Resource Center

Disability Net
News items, advertising, services, discussion groups

Down Syndrome Support Group and Information/Resources Network

Down Syndrome WWW Page
Organizations, support groups, inclusion and education resources, family essays, events, and conferences

Federal Resource Center for Special Education
Technical assistance project, publications, conferences

Internet Special Education Resources
Nationwide directory of professionals who serve learning disabilities and special education communities in assessment, placements, therapy, advocacy

National Association for the Mentally Ill
News, research, resources, help line, books, topical information

National Center for Learning Disabilities, Inc.
News, links, resources for families and professionals

National Federation for the Blind
Links to news, events, research, job line, resources

National Institute for Mental Health
Publications, topical articles on learning disabilities

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Information on programs and services

Special Education Resources on the Internet
Comprehensive disability-specific, topical, lists and links

Special Olympics International
Programs, magazine

United Cerebral Palsy
Innovative projects, research, resource center, fund-raising

Disability Studies

Disability Studies
A website listing of resources developed by our friends at Ganser Library to assist students in their special education classes.

Curriculum, Strategies, Interventions

Assistive Technology Hardware and Software

ABLEDATA
Sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research; searchable database on adaptive devices, news, links

IntelliTools
Producers of assistive devices and software; overlay activity exchange; useful links

Federal and Pa. Special Education Laws and Regulations