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Section Highlights:
Screening and Assessment | Screening and Assessment
Tools | Behavior and Behavior Management
Child Care | Coping Connections: stress,
trauma, violence, abuse | Cultural/Linguistic
Bilingual and Language | Classroom Resources
and Curriculum Planning
Disabilities--General | Disabilities--Dispute
and Conflict Resolution, Mediation
Disabilities--Parents | Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)
ADA Including Accessibility | Autism/Asperger
Syndrome | ADD/ADHD
Cerebral Palsy | Deafness (incl. Deaf-Blindness)
| Developmental Disabilities
Down Syndrome | Emotional/Behavior Disturbance/Impairment
Hearing Impairment/Deafness | Learning Disability
| Mental Retardation & Fragile X
Multiple Sclerosis | Orthopedic Impairment/Motor
Disabilities | Speech/Language Impairment
Spina Bifida | Spinal Muscular Atrophy
| Traumatic Brain Injury | Visual Impairment/Blindness
Disabilities Sites in Spanish | Online Journals/Publications
| Chat Rooms/Message Boards/List Serves
Head Start Links | Toys and Educational Materials
Links
to QIC/DSQIC regional web sites
Internet Site
Language Translator
http://www.t-mail.com/cgi-bin/tsail
or http://www.foreignword.com/Tools/transnow.htm
ACYF- HS Information and
Publication Center (Screening and Assessment in HS)
http://www.headstartinfo.org/publications/hsbulletin70/hsb70_01.htm
American Academy of Pediatric
http://www.aap.org/policy/pprgtoc.cfm#S
CLAS (see evaluation tools
- screening and assessment tools…)
http://clas.uiuc.edu/special/evaltools/
Developmental- Behavioral
Pediatrics Online Community
http://www.dbpeds.org/articles/article.cfm?name=dbpscreening
Early Head Start National
Resource Center - Zero to Three
http://www.ehsnrc.org/InformationResources/ResourceArticles/ftscreen.htm
ERIC- Early Childhood Assessment
http://ericec.org/faq/ec-asses.html
Family Practice Notebook
http://www.fpnotebook.com/PED88.htm
First Signs (screening)
http://www.firstsigns.org/pages/screening_process/
Gillette Children's Specialty
Health Care; A Pediatric Perspective:
http://www.gillettechildrens.org/resource-center/pedperspective/developmental-surveillance.html
Literacy Assessment for
diverse learners portal
http://www.iteachilearn.com/uh/patterson/assessmentinst.htm
The Ounce of Prevention
Fund ("Step by Step- PDF Document)
http://www.ounceofprevention.org/what_we_do/Advocacy/practices.html
NECTAC- National Early Childhood
TA Center
http://www.nectac.org/topics/earlyid/RecPractices/recpractices.asp
UNM Center for Family and
Community Partnerships (CFCP)-Screening/Assessment
http://www.newassessment.org/public/assessments/SelectTool.cfm
Zero to Three (terms)
http://www.zerotothree.org/glossary.html
Zero to Three (tools)
http://www.icyf.msu.edu/publicats/z5dissem/screenng.html
Screening and Assessment tools:
Ages and Stages Questionnaires
(Paul Brookes Publishing)
http://www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/bricker-asq/index.htm
Bayley Scales of Infant
Development, second edition (BSID-II)
http://ericae.net/tc3/TC019467.htm
Bayley Infant Neurodevelopment
Screener (BINS)
https://marketplace.psychcorp.com/tpc/Default.aspx
BRIGANCE Preschool Screen…(Curriculum
Associates INC.)
http://www.curricassoc.com/order/subject.asp?Type=SCH&CustId=4661985124809051411063
Creative Curriculum Developmental
Continuum (Teaching Strategies)
http://www.teachingstrategies.com/pages/page.cfm?pg_section=curr
Devereaux Early Childhood
Assessment Program (DECA)
http://www.devereuxearlychildhood.org/
Dial-3 Developmental Indicators
for the Assessment of Learning (AGS Publishing)
http://www.agsnet.com/group.asp?nGroupInfoID=a13700
Early LAP/LAP (The Chapel
Hill Training Outreach Project Inc.)
http://www.chtop.com/earlykid.htm
Early Screening Inventory
Revised (Pearson Education)
http://www.pearsoneducation.com/pr_2001/102401a.htm
Galileo Preschool (ATI-Assessment
Technology Inc.)
http://63.172.114.196/
HELP (Hawaii Early Learning
Profile) Vort Corportation
http://www.vort.com/profb3.htm
High Scope Child Observation
Record (COR)
http://www.highscope.org/assessment/cor.htm
Behavior and Behavior Management:
Biting:
American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/81.htm
Blue Print for Health (Ages
3-6)
http://blueprint.bluecrossmn.com/topic/biting3to6
National Network for Childcare
and USDA Extension Family Life Specialist (e.g., Biting)
http://www.nncc.org/Guidance/bit.hurt.html
or
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1529A.pdf
SNCS Health and Safety notes
(English/Spanish)
http://www.sncs.org/healthsafety.htm
The Natural Child Project
(Biting in the toddler years)
http://www.naturalchild.com/guest/linda_passmark.html
California Child Care Health
Care Program (Health and Safety Notes)
http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/webpages/childsafety.htm
Child Care Info Online
http://www.divine-design.biz/childcareinfo/behavior.htm
Center for Effective Collaboration
and Practice (Behavior Intervention)
http://cecp.air.org
Center for Innovations in
Education
http://tiger.coe.missouri.edu/~mocise/pubs/tabull.htm
Early Childhood Behavior
Project- University of Minnesota
http://ici2.umn.edu/preschoolbehavior/strategies/genintro.htm
Early Childhood.com
http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?CatID=173&CFID=185321&CFTOKEN=2726140
Early Childhood . com (superhero
play)
http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?FuseAction=Article&A=25
ERIC-EECE (Social/Emotional
Checklist)
http://ericps.crc.uiuc.edu/eece/pubs/digests/1993/mcclel93.html
Education World (behavior/disabilities)
http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=5160
Social Skills article (Auburn
University-Alabama)
http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/parent/socialskills.html
The Kennedy Center for Research
on Human Development
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/topics/behdis.html
The National Network for
Childcare
http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/child.dev.page.html#anchor471892
The Center on the Social
and Emotional Foundations for Learning (CSEFEL)
http://www.csefel.uiuc.edu/
National Association of
Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
http://www.naccrraa.org
National Child Care Information
Center
http://nccic.org
Special Needs Rates- Supporting
Inclusion of Children With Disabilities in Child Care
http://www.nccic.org/pubs/specneed.html
National Center for Early
Development and Learning
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncedl/#
Coping Connections: Dealing stress, trauma, violence, abuse
About Our Kids: Coping with
Trauma
http://www.aboutourkids.org/articles/copingtrauma.html
Children and Traumatic
Stress
http://home.sprintmail.com/~peggyriehl/ptraumastress.htm
Connect For Kids
http://www.connectforkids.org/usr_doc/copingWithGrief.htm
ERIC EECE: Resilience Guide,
A collection of resources on resilience in Children and Families
http://ericeece.org/pubs/books/resguide.html
Helping Children Deal With
Scary News-Thought from Fred Rogers:
http://pbskids.org/rogers/parents/sept11.htm
Helping Children Understand
the Terrorist Attacks
http://www.ed.gov/inits/september11/index.html
Strong Families/Strong Communities
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Resources
http://www.mhswecan.org/OCAN/index.html
National Center for Children
Exposed to Violence
http://www.nccev.org/
The Child Trauma Academy
http://www.childtrauma.org/
Talking With Kids About
Tough Issues
http://www.talkingwithkids.org/
Culturally and Linguistiacally
Appropriate Services (CLAS)
http://clas.uiuc.edu/
Family & Advocates Partnership
for Education/ Familias y Abogados Asociados por Educación
http://www.fape.org/
Family Village (Disabilities
Resources)
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
Julian Samora Research Institute,
Latino Research Center
http://www.jsri.msu.edu/
American Speech-Language
Hearing Association (ASHA)
http://asha.org
The Hanen Center--family-focused
early language intervention programs
and learning resources for parents and professionals
http://www.hanen.org/Hanen2002/netscapeFrames.htm
Child Language Research
Center
http://www.childlanguage.org/
The Instant Access (Foreign
Language Teachers Guide to Learning Disabilities):
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/ld/ld.html
The National Association
for Bilingual Education
http://www.nabe.org
The Instant Access (Foreign
Language Teachers Guide to Learning Disabilities):
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/ld/ld.html
Classroom Resources and Curriculum Planning:
Circle of Inclusion
http://circleofinclusion.org/
Early Childhood Educators
and Family web page
http://users.stargate.net/~cokids/teacher.html
Gryphon House Activity/Resource
site (birth and up)
http://www.ghbooks.com/activity/
Monthly Disabilities Resources
on the Net
http://www.disabilityresources.org/
Perpetual Preschool (activities,
articles etc.)
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/
Resources for Early Childhood
Educators
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8787/preschool.html#Art%20Area%20Links
Special Education Service
Agency--Inclusion Tips for Teachers--Students with Deaf-Blindness
http://www.sesa.org/sesa/agency/docs/incldb.html
Teaching Ideas for Early
Childhood Special Educators
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/teach.htm
Teaching Children With Disabilities
(article)
http://kyky.essortment.com/teachingchildre_rdba.htm
Topics in Early Childhood
http://npin.org/pnews.html
No Child Left Behind: http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/10-2002/10212002.html
The Children’s Literature Web Guide: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
The Center on the Social
and Emotional Foundations for Learning (CSEFEL)
http://www.csefel.uiuc.edu/
Ask Advocates for Special
Kids
http://www.advocatesforspecialkids.org/faqs1_10.htm#5
Center for Prevention and
Early Intervention Policy
http://www.cpeip.fsu.edu/
Children's Hospitals and
Clinics Info-Resource center for parents and professionals
http://www.childrenshc.org/
Circle of Inclusion
http://circleofinclusion.org/
Council for Exceptional
Children
http://www.cec.sped.org
Department of Health and
Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
Disability Commonly Used
Acronyms
http://www.disabilityresources.org/DICTIONARIES.html
Disability Information Resources
http://www.makoa.org/
Disability Resources
http://www.disabilityresources.org
Disability Resources by
State
http://www.disabilityresources.org/DRMreg.html
Division for Early Childhood
Special Education
http://www.dec-sped.org/
Early Childhood Research
Institute on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
http://www.clas.uiuc.edu
Educating Exceptional Children
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/Educating_Exceptional_kids.html#Who
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities
and Gifted Education
http://ericec.org
Family Village (Disabilities
Resources)
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
Federal Resource Center
for Special Education (OSEP)
http://www.dssc.org/frc/
Federation for Children
with Special Needs
http://www.fcsn.org
Hilton/Early Head Start
Training Program
http://www.sonoma.edu/cihs/Hilton_EHS
IRSC-Internet Resource for
Special Children
http://www.irsc.org:8080/irsc/irscmain.nsf
International Birth Defects
Information Systems (IBIS)
http://ibis-birthdefects.org/start/ntdfact.htm
ISER-Internet Special Education
Resources
http://www.iser.com
Medical Home Initiatives
for children with Disabilities
http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/screening/hearing.html
Monthly Disabilities Resources
on the Net
http://www.disabilityresources.org/
National Association of
State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
http://www.nasdse.org
National Center to Improve
Practice
http://www.edc.org/NCIP/
The National Center on Birth
Defects and Developmental Disabilities
(NCBDDD) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/
National Early Childhood
Technical Assistance System (NECTAS)
http://www.nectas.unc.edu
National Information Center
for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY),
(Information on disabilities including state by state resources and contacts)
http://www.nichcy.org
National Institute on Disability
& Rehabilitation Research (OSERS)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/NIDRR
Office of Special Education
Programs (OSEP)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/
Special Education Resources
on the Internet
http://seriweb.com/
Special Education News (Schwab
Foundation)
http://www.specialednews.com/families/famnews/schwabspanish101599.html
Special Education Resource on the Internet (SERI): http://seriweb.com/
Disability Info.gov: http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/
Shriners Hospitals for Children
http://www.shrinershq.org/Hospitals/index.html
Teaching Ideas for Early
Childhood Special Educators
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/teach.htm
The ARC:
http://www.thearc.org/
United Nations (Standard
Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for People with Disabilities
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissre00.htm
Untangling the Disabilities
Web- a resource
http://www.icdi.wvu.edu/others.htm
Ascribe- The Public Interest Newswire: http://www.ascribe.org
National Lekotek Center: http://www.lekotek.org/
Americanbaby (prenatal/postnatal information + birth defects): http://www.americanbaby.com/ab/CDA/featureDetail/0,1349,3467,00.html?s=77
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD): http://www.rarediseases.org/
Special Education Resource on the Internet (SERI): http://seriweb.com/
Disability Info.gov: http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/
The National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ld.org/about/index.cfm
Disabilities--Dispute and Conflict Resolution, Mediation:
Center for Effective Collaboration
and Practice
http://cecp.air.org
Consortium for Appropriate
Dispute Resolution in Special Education
http://www.directionservice.org/cadre
Mediation Information &
Resource Center (MIRC)
http://www.mediate.com
Family Voices
http://www.familyvoices.org/
National Parent Information Network: http://npin.org/links.html
Parent Advocacy Center for
Educational Rights (PACER):
http://www.pacer.org/
Parent Education Advocacy
Training Center (PEATC)
http://www.peatc.org/
Pacer Center, Families &
Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)
http://www.fape.org
Parents Helping Parents
http://www.php.com/
Parent Pals (Education Guide,
activities and more)
http://www.parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/Special_Education_Games/index.html
Family Center on Technology and Disability: http://www.fctd.info/
Active Parenting: http://www.activeparenting.com/
Exceptional Parent Magazine: http://www.eparent.com/
Special Needs Family Friendly Fun: http://www.family-friendly-fun.com/
Father’s Network (supporting fathers raising children with special needs): http://www.fathersnetwork.org/554.html?
4MyChild (for parents and caregivers of children with Cerebral Palsy): http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/groups.html
Ameri-Corp; parentpals.com Special Education Guide: http://parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/
Family Center on Technology and Disability: http://www.fctd.info/
Active Parenting: http://www.activeparenting.com/
Exceptional Parent Magazine: http://www.eparent.com/
Special Needs Family Friendly Fun: http://www.family-friendly-fun.com/
Father’s Network (supporting fathers raising children with special needs): http://www.fathersnetwork.org/554.html?
4MyChild (for parents and caregivers of children with Cerebral Palsy): http://4mychild.com/index.cfm
Ameri-Corp; parentpals.com Special Education Guide: http://parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/
National Parent Information
Network: http://npin.org/links.html
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA):
Center for Effective Collaboration
and Practice
http://cecp.air.org
IDEA News
http://www.ideapractices.org/ideanews/files/issue.php?iss=3
IDEA '97 related Training
materials
http://www.nichcy.org/ideatrai.htm
IDEA information (NICHCY)
http://www.nichcy.org/ideanws.htm
IDEA Definitions (Disabilities,
ERIC Digest)
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed429396.html
PMP-Policy Partnership for
Implementing IDEA
http://www.ideapolicy.org/scanning.htm
ADA Document Center
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/
ADA Playground Design Regulations
(CA Park and Recreation Society);
http://www.cprs.org/Press/fs/ADA%20Playground%20Design%20Regulations.pdf
ADA Regulations and Technical
Assistance Materials
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/publicat.htm
CPSC-Consumer Product Safety
Commission Handbook (PDF)
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/325.pdf
CPSC-Playground Safety Publications
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/playpubs.html
Kid Source On-Line, Overview
of ADA, IDEA and Section 504
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content3/ada.idea.html
Kid Design-Meeting ADA Requirements
+ links
http://pt.creighton.edu/kiddesign/Kidredesign/ada%20requirements/meeting_ada_requirements.htm
Play Designs (Free ADA Accessibility
Playground Planner)
http://www.playdesigns.com/ada/ada.html
The National Program for
Playground Safety
http://www.uni.edu/playground/news/archives/npca_spr01.html
National Center for accessibility: http://www.indiana.edu/~nca/
Amicus for Children
http://www.amicusforchildren.org/index.htm
Autism Society of America
(ASA)
http://www.autism-society.org/
Center for the Study of
Autism
http://www.autism.org/contents.html
National Center of Mental
Health (NIMH)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autismmenu.cfm
Nuero developmental links
ADD/ADHD Links
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/
Child_and_Adolescent/ADD_and_ADHD/
ADD Warehouse
http://addwarehouse.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/index.html
ADHD Online (Parent site)
http://www.adhd.com/
CHADD(Children and Adults
with ADD)
http://www.chadd.org/movie1.html
International Dyslexia Association
http://www.interdys.org/index.jsp
Is it really ADHD?
http://add.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa012702a.htm
Kid Source
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/add.html
Learning Disabilities Association
http://www.ldanatl.org/
MedlinePlus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/attentiondeficitdisorderwithhyperactivity.html
The National Center on Birth
Defects and Developmental Disabilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/default.htm
The National Center of Mental
Health (NIMH)
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhdmenu.cfm
IRSC-Healthy Place
http://www.irsc.org:8080/irsc/irscmain.nsf/outweb?readform&site=
http://www.healthyplace.com/
Children's Hospitals offering
Free Medical Care
http://geocities.com/aneecp/index2.htm
Cerebral Palsy Information
Central
http://geocities.com/aneecp/index2.htm
John F. Kennedy Center for
Research on Human Development
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/topics/motordis.html
National Center on Birth
Defects and Developmental Disabilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddcp.htm
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP
NET)
http://geocities.com/aneecp/index2.htm
Quest for Children Foundation
(funding/Support)
http://geocities.com/aneecp/index2.htm
Deafness: See Hearing Impairment (Deafness) below
Deaf-Blindness (Deafblindness):
A-Z to Deafblindness
http://www.deafblind.com
Definition of and Facts
about Deaf-Blindness
http://www.sfsu.edu/~cadbs/Eng016.html
Fact Sheets on Deaf-Blindness
http://www.sfsu.edu/~cadbs/Facts.html
Information on Deaf-Blindness
http://www.lowvision.org/deaf_blind_information.htm
The National Clearinghouse
on Children Who are Deaf-Blind
http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/
The National Information
Clearinghouse on Children who are Deaf-Blind
http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/about.htm
The National Technical Assistance
Consortium for Children and Young Adults Who are Deaf-Blind
http://www.tr.wou.edu/ntac/
National Center for Deaf-Blind
Youth and Adults
http://helenKeller.org/national/index.htm
National Organizations on
Deafness
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/184.html
Special Education Service
Agency--Inclusion Tips for Teachers--Students with Deaf-Blindness
http://www.sesa.org/sesa/agency/docs/incldb.html
Developmental Delay Links
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Child_and_Adolescent/Developmental_Delay/
Division For Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/
Kids-Needs.Com (developmental
Disabilities)
http://www.kidneeds.com/diagnostic_categories/developmental.htm
Learning Disabilities Online
(ILDOnline)
http://www.ldonline.org/
ISER-Internet Special Education
Resources
http://www.iser.com
NADD- National Association
for the Dually Diagnosed (developmental Disabilities and Mental Health)
http://www.thenadd.org/
National Center on Birth
Defects and Developmental Disabilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/default.htm
National Early Childhood
TA Center
http:// www.nectas.unc.edu
Down Syndrome: Understanding
the gift of life
http://www.nas.com/downsyn/
Glen Vatter: Diagnosis of
Autism in children with Down Syndrome
http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/index.htm?page=autism.html
NADS-National Association
of Down Syndrome
http://www.nads.org/
National Down Syndrome Society
http://www.nads.org/
Emotional/Behavior Disturbance/Impairment:
American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/index.htm
Attachment Disorder Links
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Child_and_Adolescent/Attachment_Disorder/
Basic Forum (FAQ's, IDEA
Definitions)
http://www.bascforum.com/faq/faq13.asp
Bazelon Center for Mental
Health Law (SSI Eligibility)
http://www.upshawinst.org/techspring97/kidsssi.htm
CECP-Center for Effective
Collaboration and Practice
http://cecp.air.org/resources/20th/eligchar.htm
Center for Effective Discipline
http://www.stophitting.com
Developmental Pediatrics
Online Community
http://www.dbpeds.org/articles/article.cfm?name=psc
FFCMH-The Federation of
Families for Children's Mental Health
http://www.ffcmh.org/Eng_one.htm
IRSC-Attachment Disorder
site
http://www.irsc.org:8080/irsc/irscmain.nsf/outweb?readform&site=http://www.attachmentdisorder.net
Kids-Needs.Com (emotional/behavioral
concerns)
http://www.kidneeds.com/diagnostic_categories/emotional.htm
Mental Health-A report of
the Surgeon General
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/Library/MentalHealth/chapter3/sec1.html
National Mental Health Association
(NMHA)
http://www.nmha.org/newsroom/system/news.vw.cfm?do=vw&rid=231
NAMI-National Alliance on
Mental Illness
http://www.nami.org/
Parenting Special Needs
http://specialchildren.about.com/cs/behaviors/
The Child Psychologist (definitions)
http://www.childpsychologist.com/emotiona.htm
Treatment Improvement Exchange
(definitions)
http://www.treatment.org/taps/tap22/appe.htm
Beginnings (for parents
of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, Inc.)
http://www.beginningssvcs.com/legislation/idea.htm
Deaf Resource Library
http://www.deaflibrary.org
Early Hearing and Detection
Intervention Program
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi/default.htm
Hearing Exchange
http://www.hearingexchange.com/?source=Sprinks
Information on Deafness-Laurent
Clerc- Gallaudet University
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/index.html
National Institute on Deafness
and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
National Organizations
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/index.html
Sign Language Dictionary
Handspeak
http://www.handspeak.com/
Early Warning Signs of Learning
Disabilities:
http://www.familykorners.com/Learning_Disabilities/ld_early_warning.htm#Developmental%20Milestones%20Age%2024-36%20Months
IRSC Learning Disabilities
http://www.irsc.org:8080/irsc/irscmain.nsf/cat?readform&cat=
Learning+Disabilities&type=Web+Pages
Learning Disabilities Association
of America (LDA)- Inclusion Position Statement
http://www.ldanatl.org/positions/inclusion.html
Learning Disabilities Links
(CAPD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia-Apraxia, Hyperplexia etc)
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Child_and_Adolescent/Learning_Disabilities/
Learning Disabilities Online
(ILDOnline)
http://www.ldonline.org/
Learning Disabilities Project
http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/ltts/
The National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org/
Mental Retardation and Fragile X:
AAMR
http://www.aamr.org/About_AAMR/resources.shtml
The ARC
http://www.thearc.org/
National Center on Birth
Defects and Developmental Disabilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddmr.htm
National Fragile X Foundation
http://www.fragilex.org/home.htm
Presidents Committee on
Mental Retardation
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/pcmr/
All About Multiple Sclerosis
http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/
Family Caregiver Alliance
http://www.caregiver.org/factsheets/diagnoses/ms.html
International MS Support
Foundation
http://www.msnews.org/
James Huggins MS Links (oodles
of em)
http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/ms_1/multiple_sclerosis_lotsa_links.htm
MSFacts
http://www.msfacts.org/faqs.htm
Multiple Sclerosis Association
of America (MSAA)
http://www.msaa.com/
Multiple Sclerosis International
Federation
http://www.ifmss.org.uk/
Multiple Sclerosis Crossroads
(resource/research links)
http://mscrossroads.org/
National Multiple Sclerosis
Society
http://www.nmss.org/
Neurological Associates
http://www.rsdrx.com/Multiple%20Sclerosis.htm
Orthopedic Impairment / Motor Disabilities:
Amputee Information Exchange
http://www.amp-info.org/welcome.htm
Amputee Links
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Amputee/
Athrogryposis/orthopedic
impairments (links);
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Congenital_Anomalies/Arthrogryposis/
CBBF-Children's Brittle
Bone Foundation
http://www.cbbf.org/
Chrondromalacia (knee disorders
+ links)
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Chondromalacia/
Closing the Gap (Articles,
activities etc. PDF format)
http://www.closingthegap.com/lib/libEarly.html
Craniosyntosis (various
links)
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Congenital_Anomalies/Craniosynostosis/
Club Foot Club- Amniotic
Band Syndrome (+ varios classifications)
http://home.ica.net/~maudefamily/AboutABS.htm
Club Foot (various links)
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Congenital_Anomalies/Clubfoot/
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_
Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Connective_Tissue/Ehlers-Danlos_Syndrome/
ERIC- Early Childhood Assessment
http://ericec.org/faq/ec-asses.html
Foot Disorders (links)
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_
Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Feet/
Fractures (links)
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_
Diseases/Wounds_and_Injuries/Fractures/
John F. Kennedy Center for
Research on Human Development
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/topics/motordis.html
Klippel-Feil Syndrome
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Congenital_Anomalies/Klippel-Feil_Syndrome/
Limb Anomolies- University
of Kansas Medical Center (various links)
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/limb.html
Marfan Syndrome;
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/
Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Connective_Tissue/Marfan_Syndrome/
Multiple Hereditary Exostoses
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/
Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Congenital_Anomalies/Multiple_Hereditary_Exostoses/
Musculoskeletal Disorders
(links)
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/
National Rehabilitation
Information Center (NRIC)
http://www.naric.com/
Neuromuscular disease
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Neurological_Disorders/Muscle_Diseases/
NICHY (info)
http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/genresc/gr3.htm
Osteogenisis Imperfecta
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Congenital_Anomalies/Osteogenesis_Imperfecta/
Pectus Excavatum
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Congenital_Anomalies/Pectus_Excavatum/
SSTA: Knowing about disabilities
(Canadian Site + definitions)
http://www.ssta.sk.ca/research/students/91-05b.htm#mob
Strategies for Teaching
Children with Orthopedic Impairments
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/motor.html
Super Kids-A newsletter
for families and friends of children with limb differences
http://www.super-kids.org/
American Speech-Language
Hearing Association (ASHA)
http://www.asha.org/speech/development/easl.cfm
Communication Disorder Links
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Communication_Disorders/
Selective Mutism Links
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Anxiety/Selective_Mutism/
Hanen Center
http://www.hanen.org/Hanen2002/preload
Interactive Speech Synthesizer
Comparison Site
http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/ltts/
The National Center for
Stuttering
http://www.stuttering.com/
Visual Strategies (resources for improving communication for various disabilities. [Eng/Span] Note: guidance for children should always be presented in a positive connotations e.g., “we use our inside voices,” “we use our walking feet,”): http://www.usevisualstrategies.com/
Spina Bifida Association
of America
http://www.sbaa.org/
The Association for Spina
Bifida and Hydrocephalus
http://www.asbah.org/
Children with Spina Bifida-
Parent resource page
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/~rowley/sb-kids/index.htmlx
International Birth Defects
Information Systems (IBIS)
http://ibis-birthdefects.org/start/ntdfact.htm
Families of Spinal Muscular
Atrophy
http://www.fsma.org/
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
(links)
http://directory.google.com/Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Neurological_Disorders/Muscle_Diseases/Spinal_Muscular_Atrophy/
The Perspectives Network
http://www.tbi.org/
American Foundation for
the Blind
http://www.afb.org/
Blindness Resource Center
(NYISE)
http://www.nyise.org/blind.htm
Canine Companions for Independence
http://www.caninecompanions.org
International Center for
Disabilities Resources on the Internet
http://www.icdri.org/Hispanic.htm
Seguro Social
http://ssa-spanish.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ssa_spanish
The National Information
Clearinghouse on Children who are Deaf-Blind
http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/about.htm
Disabilities Sites in Spanish:
ADA- Información
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/infoline.htm
American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/publications/apntsfam/index.htm
Agencias Publicas (MEDLINE)
http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/spanish/gr4stxt.htm
Los Niños con Espina
Bifida- Información
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/~rowley/sb-kids/hotlines.html
Centro de Ann sulivan de
Perú (Organización Internacional de Servicio y Educación)
http://annsullivan.fundaciontelefonica.org.pe/
Centro de Diagnóstico
para Niños con Problemas de Aprendizaje, Inc.
http://www.cdnpa.org/conozca.html
Centros para el Control
y la Prevención de Enfermedades
http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/
CLAS:
http://clas.uiuc.edu/index-sp.html
Definiciones; La pagina
del retraso mental en Español
http://webs.satlink.com/usuarios/d/diegogc/rmdef.htm
El Centro Nacional de Información
para Niños y Jóvenes con Discapacidades
http://www.nichcy.org/spanish.htm
IDEA information (NICHCY)
http://www.nichcy.org/ideanws.htm
Esclerosis Multiple
http://www.ifmss.org.uk/trans/Spanish.asp
ERIC Digest: Recursos en
español
http://searcheric.org/spanresour.htm
Familias de la Atrofia Espinal
Muscular
http://www.fsma.org/espanol/default.htm
Family & Advocates Partnership
for Education/Familias y Abogados Asociados por Educación
http://www.fape.org/
Federation for Children
with Special Needs
http://www.fcsn.org
FFCMH- La Federación
de la familias para salud mental del niños
http://www.ffcmh.org/Spa_one.htm
IDA- Dyslexia
http://www.interdys.org/jsp/spanish/index.jsp
The ARC: Información
en español
http://209.183.228.233/
La Espina Bifida (NICHCY)
http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/spanish/fs12stxt.htm
March of Dimes
http://www.nacersano.org/sobre.htm
The National Institute of
Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/spanishpub.cfm
NAMI-
http://www.nami.org/spanish/main.html
NEEDirectorio (necesidades
educativas espeicales en internet)
http://paidos.rediris.es/needirectorio/
NIDCD )
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/pubs_span/index.htm
Report: La Pérdida
de la Audición en los Niños (Hearing Loss in Children) PACER
http://www.pacer.org/translated/translated.htm
Recursos en español
http://www.fape.org/
Schwab Learning
http://www.schwablearning.org/main.asp?page=200.0
United Nations
(Normas Uniformes sobre la igualdad de oportunidades para las personas con discapacidad)
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissres0.htm
American Journal of Education
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJE/home.html
Bilingual Research Journal
http://brj.asu.edu/
Child Welfare Review: An
Internet Journal on Child Welfare
http://www.childwelfare.com/
Contemporary Issues in Early
Childhood
http://www.triangle.co.uk/ciec/index.htm
Council for Exceptional
Children (CEC)-
Recent journals: Teaching Exceptional Children and Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org/bk/
Current Issues in Education
http://cie.ed.asu.edu/
Early Childhood.com (articles)
http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm
Early Childhood Connection
(Pacer Publication)
http://www.pacer.org/parent/childhood/index.htm
Early Childhood Research
Quarterly
http://www.udel.edu/sine/ecrq/index.html
Early Childhood Research
& Practice
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu
Early Childhood (The National
Institute on Early Childhood Development
and Education/ U.S. Department of Education)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/publications.html
Early Childhood Education
Journal
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1082-3301/contents
Early Childhood Today
http://www.scholastic.com/ect/
Educational Insights (Center
for the study of Curriculum and Instruction,
University of British Columbia, Canada)
http://www.csci.educ.ubc.ca/publication/insights/v07n01/intro.html
ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment,
Evaluation, and Research
http://ericae.net
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary
and Early Childhood Education
http://ericeece.org
Infancy Archives.com- The
official Journal of the International Society on Infant Studies
http://www.infancyarchives.com/
International Journal of
American Linguistics
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/IJAL/home.html
JFK Partners -University
of Colorado Health Sciences Center (PDF format)
http://www.jfkpartners.org/publications.asp
Language Magazine
http://www.languagemagazine.com/
Parent News
http://npin.org/pnews.html
The Journal of Early Intervention
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~jei/
U.S. Department of Education
Newsletter
http://www.ed.gov/newsletters.html
West Ed/Center for Child
and Family Studies (CCFS)- Early Childhood and Early Intervention
http://www.wested.org/cs/wew/view/top/8
Medicating Kids (articles)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/
Chat Rooms/ Message Boards/ List Serves:
QUILT-Quality in Linking
Together Early Education Partnerships
http://www.quilt.org/Home/home.html
Toys and Educational Materials
National Lekotek Center: http://www.lekotek.org/toyresource.html
United Parents Sydicate
on Disabilities (Toys R Us 2002 Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids Order Form
http://www.peppac.org/UPSD%20Order%20Form.doc)
http://www.peppac.org/toys_r_us.htm
Amazon/Toys “R” Us toy guide for differently abled kids: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/642868/ref%3Dt%5Fi%5Fsto%5Fftr%5F1t/102-0685118-2305739