SPECIAL
ED SUPPORT/LAW/ADVOCACY
www.wrightslaw.com
- Wrightslaw: Special Education Law and
Advocacy
Wrights law is the leading website about special education law and
advocacy, with thousands of articles, cases, and free resources.
www.fndfl.org
- Family Network on
Disabilities of Florida, Inc.
Statewide alliance of families of persons with disabilities and special
needs - Provides family driven support, education, information, and
advocacy.
LEARNING DISABILITIES / DIFFERENCES
www.ldonline.org
– LD Online
is a leading website on learning disabilities, learning disorders and
differences. Parents
and teachers of learning disabled children will find authoritative guidance on
attention
deficit disorder, ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dysnomia, reading
difficulties, speech and related disorders.
www.ldaamerica.org
– Learning Disabilities Association of America
(LDA) is a national organization of parents, professionals, and individuals with
learning disabilities. At the national, state and local levels, LDA provides
cutting edge
information on learning disabilities, practical solutions, and comprehensive
network of
resources.
www.ncld.org
– National Center for Learning
Disabilities(NCLD) works to insure that the nation’s 15 million children, adolescents and
adults
with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work and
life.
NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals
with
learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective
learning, and
advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and
opportunities.
www.chadd.org
– Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder(CHADD), is an organization providing education, advocacy and support for
individuals with AD/HD. CHADD also publishes a variety of printed materials to
keep
members and professionals current on research advances, medications and
treatments affecting individuals with AD/HD.
www.nichcy.org
– National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities Provides
information re: disabilities in children and youth; programs and services for
infants,
children, and youth with disabilities; IDEA, the nation's special education law;
No Child
Left Behind, the nation's general education law; and research-based information
on
effective practices for children with disabilities.
www.allkindsofminds.org
– All Kinds of Minds is a non-profit Institute that helps
students who struggle with learning measurably improve their success in school
and
life by providing programs that integrate educational, scientific, and clinical
expertise.
EMOTIONAL /
MENTAL / NEUROLOGICAL - DISORDERS
TRANSITION
RELATED WEB SITES
www.Florida.echoices.com
www.virtualjobshadow.com
www.jan.wvu.edu
- Job Accommodation Network
www.earnworks.com
- Employer Referral
Assistance Network
www.disabilityinfo.gov
www.jist.com
www.stanfield.com
www.rehabworks.org
GIFTED
http://www.nagc.org/
- National Association
for Gifted ChildrenTrains teachers, encourages parents and educates administrators and policy
makers on how to develop and support gifted children.
www.cec.sped.org/
- The Council for Exceptional
Children -
(CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to
improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students
with disabilities and/or the gifted.
www.aagc.org/
- American Association for Gifted Children
at Duke University is an advocacy organization for gifted children in the USA.
www.cectag.org
– The Association for the
Gifted
(TAG) was organized as a division of The Council for Exceptional Children in
1958 to help both professionals and parents deal more effectively with the
gifted child.
www.sengifted.org
– Supporting Emotional Needs
of the Gifted
(SENG) focuses primarily on the adults in the lives of gifted children. SENG
provides information on identification, guidance, and effective ways to live and
work with the gifted
www.hoagiesgifted.org/
- Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page
is a resource guide for the education of the gifted children with links to
resources on nearly every aspect of gifted education available on the Internet,
plus annotations and first hand information provided by parents.
www.gifteddevelopment.com/
- The Gifted Development Center
serves parents, schools, advocacy groups with information about identification,
assessment, counseling, learning styles, programs, presentations, and
resources for gifted children andadults.
http://www.ditd.org/
- Davidson Institute for Talent Development
The Davidson Institute’s mission is to recognize, nurture and support
profoundly gifted young people and to provide opportunities for them to
develop their talents in positive ways to create value for themselves and others
Special Education PTA
of Seminole County 