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 General Information

  • ARCH - National Respite Network and Resource Center
    / Description: "The mission of the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center is to assist and promote the development of quality respite and crisis care programs; to help families locate respite and crisis care services in their communities; and to serve as a strong voice for respite in all forums."
  • DisabilityInfo.gov
    / Publisher: U.S. Government (2002)
    Description: DisabilityInfo.gov was created as part of President George W. Bush's New Freedom Initiative which directed federal agencies to work together to build a one-stop interagency web portal for people with disabilities, their families, employers, service providers, and other community members. It provides access to disability-related information and programs available across the government on numerous subjects, including civil rights, education, employment, housing, health, income support, technology, transportation, and community life.
  • Including Your Child
    / Publisher: US Department of Education (April, 1997)
    Description: This eight-chapter manual is designed to help parents make decisions and become educated about caring for a child with disabilities. Includes information on support services and helpful hints.
  • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities   / Language: English, Español
    Publisher: Center for Disease Control - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Description: Explore this Web site for information on birth defects and developmental disabilities. A comprehensive series of fact sheets on various disabilities can be viewed online. The Web site is also available in Spanish by following a link from the home page.
  • Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)   / Language: English, Español
    Description: PACER was developed on the concept of parents helping parents and is intended to improve the lives of families with disabilities. Use this site to find support and useful information. Some resources are available in Spanish and other languages.
  • Parent to Parent (P-P) Programs Directory
    / Publisher: Exceptional Parent
    Description: This site is a directory of P-P Programs, which provide informational and emotional support to parents who have a child, adolescent or adult family member with special needs. The programs match parents of children with special needs with other "veteran" parents who also have children with special needs.
  • Services in School for Children with Special Needs: What Parents Need to Know
    / Publisher: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (June 2002)
    Description: This fact sheet brieflly explains some of the laws relevant to children with special needs in school, the evaluation process, and what parents can do to help their child. This publication is also available in Spanish as "Los Servicios que Proveen las Escuelas Para Los Niños con Necesidades Especiales: Lo que los Padres Deben Saber."
  • The Sibling Support Project
    / Publisher: The Arc
    Description: The Sibling Support Project was developed to serve the interests of over six million brothers and sisters of people with special health, mental health, and developmental needs. Use this site to find a workshop in your area and to learn more about the project.

 Links, Other Resources

  • American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
    / Publisher: American Bar Association
    Description: The mission of the ABA Center on Children and the Law is to improve the lives of children through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice, and public policy. Visit this site for relted publications and information.
  • Brain Injury Association
    / Description: The Brain Injury Association Web site provides information on prevention and treatment of brain injuries. It also has tips for life after a brain injury and a "Kids" Corner" with specific information on childhood brain injury.
  • Children's Defense Fund
    / Description: The Children's Defense Fund is a lobbying group for the interests of children and families. They pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities.
  • Clearing Houses and Organizations for Disabilities
    / Publisher: National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHY)
    Description: This Web page, part of the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHY) Web site, contains a listing of organizations and clearing houses for different types of disabilities. Address, phone, Web and e-mail information is included.
  • Institute for Community Inclusion
    / Description: This is the Web site of the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI). ICI is committed to developing resources and supports for people with disabilities and their families, fostering interdependence, productivity, and inclusion in school and community settings. A list of publications and a resource section are included.
  • National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities   / Language: English, Español
    Description: NICHCY is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Their special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22). The Web site is available in Spanish by following a link from the home page.
  • UNESCO Special Needs Education
    / Description: This W ebsite provides information on inclusive education for teachers, parents, researchers and the community. The issue of inclusive education is looked at in various countries around the world.

 Programming Resource

  • Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
    / Publisher: The Bazelon Center
    Description: This is the Web site for the the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. The Bazelon cener serves as a legal advocate for people with mental disabilities.Their litigation and advocacy has outlawed institutional abuse, and opened up public schools, workplaces, housing and other opportunities for community life.
  • Caring For Children With Special Needs: Feeling Comfortable
    / Author: Greenstein, Doreen
    Publisher: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service (1998)
    Description: This fact sheet for child care providers discusses some myths about disability and strategies for including children with disabilities in a child care program. The author includes some concerns and other things to consider when a child with a disability is brought into the program. References are listed for additional information. Also available in PDF.
  • (PDF) Caring for Children with Special Needs: Feeling Comfortable (PDF)
    / Author: Greenstein, Doreen
    Publisher: North Carolina Cooperative Extension (1998)
    Description: This fact sheet for child care providers discusses some myths about disability and strategies for including children with disabilities in a child care program. The author includes some concerns and other things to consider when a child with a disability is brought into the program. References are listed for additional information. Also available in HTML.
  • Caring for Children With Special Needs: The Americans With Disabilities Act
    / Author: Greenstein, Doreen
    Publisher: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service (1998)
    Description: This fact sheet contains questions that are frequently asked by child care providers about the Americans with Disabilities Act and ten tips on how to care for children with disabilities. Also available in PDF.
  • Child Care Plus - The Center on Inclusion in Early Childhood
    / Publisher: University of Montana
    Description: This Web site provides information for child care providers on inclusion in early childhood settings. Sections on products and resources, training information, a newsletter, resources, and research are included.
  • Children With Disabilities or Special Needs
    / Author: Oesterreich, Lesia
    Publisher: Iowa State University Extension (1995)
    Description: This fact sheet briefly discusses The Americans with Disabilities Act and how it relates to child care programs. There are some general guidelines on how to help children with special needs. The author has provided characteristics of specific disabilities such as visual, mental, and hearing disabilites and how you can help.
  • Circle of Inclusion
    / Description: The Circle of Inclusion Web Site is for early childhood service providers and families of young children. This web site offers demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight.
  • Circulo de Inclusion
    / Publisher: Circle of Inclusion
    Description: The Circle of Inclusion Web Site is for early childhood service providers and families of young children. This web site offers demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight. Also available in English at http://www.circleofinclusion.org
  • Disabilities and Transitions
    / Publisher: Frank Porter Graham Child Development insitute - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (December 1998)
    Description: This article discusses strategies for the transition of young children with disabilities from preschool to school-age programs. It consists of excerpts from a paper presented at a "Kindergarten Transitions" synthesis conference held by the National Center for Early Development and Learning.
  • Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
    / Publisher: DREDF
    Description: The mission of DREDF is to secure and advance the civil rights of people with disabilities. It is a national law and policy center in disability civil rights. Visit this site to view their many resources and newsletters or to join their mailing list.
  • Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)
    / Description: The FAPE project is a partnership that aims to improve the educational outcomes for children with disabilities. It links families, advocates, and self-advocates to communicate the new focus of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
  • Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
    / Publisher: U.S. Department of Education
    Description: The council facilitates federal, state and local activities related to serving children of ages 0-5, who receive services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). FICC is also an advisory body to federal agencies working to increase the opportunities for children with disabilities.
  • Funding Inclusive Child Care
    / Publisher: National Conference of State Legislatures (January 1999)
    Description: This report describes state and federal programs for supporting inclusive child care programs.
  • How 'special" is Special Education?
    / Author: Bunce, Jan; Terri Mitchell
    Publisher: High/Scope Educational Research Foundation (September 2001)
    Description: This article discusses the importance of focusing on a child's strengths and teaching children through active learning. Examples are given on how to use the High/Scope daily routine and active learning philosophy as tools for meeting the needs of all children in the classroom.
  • IDEA Practices
    / Description: This Web site is intended to inform the public and professionals about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The site contains information on laws and regulations, professional development resources, and news in the area of special education.
  • Inclusion in Child Care Centers
    / Publisher: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1997)
    Description: This newsletter issue is focused on the subject of inclusion of children with disabilities in child care centers. It includes articles on policy development, partnering with the community, assessment information and a list of resources.
  • Keys to Inclusion
    / Publisher: National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System
    Description: This Web site has links and information on inclusion issues for young children with disabilities. Information on policies, effective practices, research, funding, activities, and personnel development is included.
  • Making Dollars Follow Sense: Financing Early Childhood Mental Health Services to Promote Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children
    / Author: Johnson, Kay; Jane Knitzer; Roxane Kaufmann
    Publisher: National Center for Children in Poverty (2002)
    Description: "This policy paper highlights the most innovative approaches states and communities are currently using to finance early childhood mental health services and explores what else might be done to mix, match, and leverage all available resources. The focus is on prevention and early intervention services to not only help children directly, but equally important, to help their families and other caregivers address the social and emotional challenges children face."
  • NICHCY Has the Answers to Your Questions About Disabilities
    / Author: Picklesimer, Phyllis
    Publisher: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service (1995)
    Description: This newsletter article discusses the types of information and resources the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities(NICHCY) has to offer in answering questions about disabilities.
  • Project Exceptional Minnesota   / Language: English, Español
    Publisher: Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Department of Human Services
    Description: Project EXCEPTIONAL Minnesota is a statewide network that provides leadership and administrative support, and trains and consults with childhood care and education providers, school-age care providers, and families, in an effort to support providers and parents of children with special needs. Information is available in Spanish by following a link from the home page.
  • Stand Up For Children: Here
    / Author: Spedding, Polly
    Publisher: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service (1992)
    Description: This newsletter article defines the term "advocacy" and gives four easy to follow steps on how to be an advocate for children and families.
  • Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers
    / Description: This program facilitates interaction between parents of children with disabilities and professionals who work with them. Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) in each state provide training and information to parents of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and to professionals who work with children. This assistance helps parents to participate more effectively with professionals in meeting the educational needs of children and youth with disabilities.
  • The Case for Integrating Children With Special Needs
    / Author: Bernstein, Sandra
    Publisher: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service (1993)
    Description: This newsletter article briefly discusses the change in attitude toward children with special needs after some research and education in early intervention. Included in this article are the suggested advantages of integrated programs for both the children with the disability and the non-disabled children.

Source: The National Network for Child Care: http://www.nncc.org/

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