Middle & Junior High School

Answers4Families: Families with Special Needs Children

Resource for families with children, youth and adults with special needs, including disabilities and chronic illnesses of all types. Offers links to a wide variety of information to help connect to and learn from other families.

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Guide

Guide about ADHD, including diagnosis, treatment options, legal requirements and ways to improve life at school and home for children diagnosed with ADHD.

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Center for Effective Collaboration & Practice

Information and resources to improve services for children and youth with emotional and behavioral problems.

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Described & Captioned Media Program

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.
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Developmental Disability Research Centers (DDRCs)

Select your state to find contact information for DDRCs. 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.
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Disability Studies for Teachers

Lesson plans and materials designed to help teachers integrate disability studies into social studies, history, literature, and related subjects in grades 6-12. The plans and materials also can be adapted for use in postsecondary education.
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Elementary & Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center

Assists elementary and middle schools in improving education services for children with disabilities.

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Elementary & Secondary Education Statistics

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

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

A variety of tools and resources to help educators around the world bring educational technology into the classroom.

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Laurent Clerc National Deaf Center

Provides information, training and technical assistance for parents and professionals to improve the quality of education and meet the needs of children (birth to age 21) who are deaf or hard of hearing.

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Learn & Serve America (LSA)

A program that supports service-learning programs in schools and community organizations by providing resources and information to students, educators parents and non-profit professionals.

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National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)

Parents and educators may access resources 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.
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National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind

Works collaboratively with families, federal, state and local agencies to provide technical assistance, information and personnel training in the field of deaf-blindness.

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National Institute for Urban School Improvement

Supports inclusive urban communities, schools and families to build their capacity for sustainable, successful urban education.
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National Service-Learning Clearinghouse

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

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National Youth Leadership Network

Promotes leadership development, education, employment, independent living, health and wellness among young people with disabilities.

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Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to frequently asked questions about the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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State Resources for Children & Youth with Disabilities

State resource page helps 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.
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Steps to Success Program

Program offered by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf for seventh, eighth and ninth grade deaf and hard-of-hearing African-American, Latino and Native American students.
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Students with Disabilities

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

Tech Girlz is a week-long summer camp for deaf and hard-of-hearing girls entering 8th grade who are interested in science, technology, engineering and math.
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Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers

Provides technical assistance, up-to-date information, and high quality resources and materials to Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs).

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The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities

Publication designed for youth and adults working with them to learn about disability disclosure. This Workbook will help young people make informed decisions about whether or not to disclose their disability and understand how that decision may impact their education, employment and social lives.
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Using Computer-based Tests with Students with Disabilities

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.

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Youth Employment

Information from the Social Security Administration (SSA) on employment and employment-related opportunities for the one million youth under the age of 18 receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments.

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  • USA.gov: The U.S. government's official web portal.

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