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A project of the Center on Children, Families and the Law at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for families with children with special needs, including disabilities (such as physical, developmental or intellectual disabilities) and chronic illnesses of all types.

Provides information on assistive technology applications that help students with disabilities (including physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities) learn in elementary classrooms.

Guide from the U.S. Department of Education on ADHD, including diagnosis, treatment options, legal requirements and ways to improve life at school and home for children diagnosed with ADHD.

Web site for young people from The Kids Hospital Network, an organization created for children who are ill or have disabilities.

Resource for professionals, families and community members regarding education and early intervention/prevention for all of Connecticut's children and youth and their families, particularly children with special needs, at-risk learners and diverse learners.

Works to improve services to children and youth with emotional and behavioral problems.

U.S. Department of Justice fact sheet concerning ADA requirements for privately-run child care centers.

Offers demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight.

Professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities and/or the gifted students.

Information about Department of Education grants and funding to improve elementary and secondary schools and meet the special needs of students.

Program provides services for students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind. Available to schools and families are a free loan library of described and captioned educational media and information related to accessible media.

DDRCs are located within research universities and/or are affiliated with major medical centers, and represent the world's largest concentration of scientific expertise in the fields of intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Information from the National Center for Education Statistics on early childhood education.

Resources for educators and care providers who want to connect technology with the way young children learn.

Assists elementary and middle schools to improve education services for children with disabilities.

Information from the National Center for Education Statistics on elementary and secondary education.

U.S. Department of Defense's wide-ranging educational, medical and early intervention services to military family members with disabilities.

Provides information on issues faced by children and youth with disabilities (including physical, intellectual and developmental disabilities) and their families.

Promoting awareness regarding the most important and often overlooked aspects of development: social, emotional and communication.

Information from the National Center for Education Statistics on inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classrooms.

The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) created a dedicated Web site to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its regulations. The site provides searchable versions of the statute and regulations, as well as access to cross-referenced content from other laws, such as the No Child Left Behind Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

Nonprofit professional organization dedicated to promoting the use of information technology in kindergarten through 12th grade classrooms.

Features a kids magazine and art gallery for children with learning disabilities.

Provides national leadership in significantly increasing the academic achievement of deaf and hard of hearing students (birth to age 21) so that they may fully benefit from the promises of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Home page of LSA, a program that supports service-learning programs in schools and community organizations.

Dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.

Focus on enhancing the cognitive, social and emotional development of children from birth through age eight.

Works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work and life.

Designed to accelerate learning for students with disabilities in the early grades to provide a solid foundation for strong achievement in the intermediate grades and beyond.

A central source for information on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) as it relates to children with disabilities and effective educational practices.

Answers to frequently asked questions that the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities receives, including information on rare disorders and how to implement an inclusion model into a classroom setting.

Assistance and information about services for infants, toddlers and young children with disabilities.

Promotes successful transitions between infant/toddler programs, preschool programs and public school programs for young children with disabilities and their families.

Contains a wealth of information about children with deaf-blindness.

Supports inclusive urban communities, schools and families to build their capacity for sustainable, successful urban education.

Comprehensive information on all dimensions of school-based and community-based service-learning.

Answers to frequently asked questions from OSERS.

Promotes bullying awareness, teaches effective ways to respond to bullying and prevents bullying of all children, especially those with disabilities. Includes the Kids Against Bullying Web site, whichs teaches elementary school students about bullying and provides methods to deal with it whether they are targets or witnesses.

Works with parents to advocate for the resources families need to raise healthy children, including health care, education and quality child care.

Booklet stresses the importance of reading to children, outlines successful reading programs, describes plans for recruiting high-quality teachers, emphasizes the importance of family involvement and describes the characteristics of a good early reading program.

Links on a variety of topics including learning disabilities from the clinical component of New Hampshire's University Center of Excellence.

A fun site for children in which animals explain various aspects of Social Security and savings.

State resource sheets from the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) help you locate organizations and agencies within your state that address disability-related issues, including governors and U.S. senators, state agencies serving children and youth with disabilities, state chapters of disability organizations and parent groups and parent training and information projects.

Information from the National Center for Education Statistics regarding students with disabilities.

Provides technical assistance to Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Family Centers.

A website developed by the National Council for Support of Disability Issues for elementary school aged children and their teachers.

Subcommittee focuses on creating policies to increase the strength of families and the well-being of children.

Computer-based testing has been called the "next frontier in testing" as educators, testing companies and state departments quickly work to transform paper and pencil tests into technology-based formats.

Includes kid-friendly information about Social Security and links to pages for teens, parents and teachers.

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Guide
Guide from the U.S. Department of Education on ADHD, including diagnosis, treatment options, legal requirements and ways to improve life at school and home for children diagnosed with ADHD.
Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to frequently asked questions from OSERS.
Answers4Families: Families with Special Needs Children
A project of the Center on Children, Families and the Law at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for families with children with special needs, including disabilities (such as physical, developmental or intellectual disabilities) and chronic illnesses of all types.
Exceptional Family Members Program of the Military Assistance Program
U.S. Department of Defense's wide-ranging educational, medical and early intervention services to military family members with disabilities.
Department of Education Grants Overview
Information about Department of Education grants and funding to improve elementary and secondary schools and meet the special needs of students.