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Heads Up Online Resource For Special Education Equipment Materials ...A safe computer haven where kids and teens with disabilities can meet and share their interests.
http://www.ablelink.org/public/default.htm
Articles, resources, and links to therapists and treatment programs.
http://www.thelittleprince.org/
Services for parents and educators to provide information, support and resources to improve the lives of students with learning differences.
http://www.schwablearning.org/
Provides educational resources and emotional support to parents and care-givers of children, adolescents, and young adults with disabilities.
http://www.specialchild.com/
A twice weekly newsletter devoted to all who are touched by children with special needs.
http://specialchildren.about.com/gi/pages/mmail.htm
Magazine for parents of children or young adults with disabilities. Includes reports, forum, products links, books.
http://www.eparent.com/
ICan Online is a well organized site that offers a tremendous amount of information to the disabled community.
http://www.icanonline.net/
Practical tips and web resources for special needs parents, specialized in free resources and personalized solutions for families, and the teachers and professionals who support them.
http://www.ideallives.com/
From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute and meant for teachers, but has information for parents too.
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curric...lum/units/1982/6/82.06.08.x.html
Discusses various issues such as fathers, siblings, discipline.
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/family/family-1.html
Purpose is to empower parents of children and youth with disabilities in their roles as parents, decision makers, and advocates for their children.
http://www.partnerstx.org/
An overview of the accommodations childcare centers and home-based centers must make for disabled children under the American With Disabilities Act.
http://www.singleparentcentral.com/childcaredisable.htm
Programs funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in the US Department of Education to help provide training and information to meet the needs of parents of children with disabilities living in the area served by the center.
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/Debsimms/pti.html
Parents of developmentally delayed children who are clients of the Easter Los Angeles Regional Center.
http://www.elarc.net/
The starting place for exploring parenting special needs, from About.com.
http://specialchildren.about.com/
Americans With Disabilities Act Information
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/ghindex.html
The Empowerment Zone offers tips for communicating with those who have special needs.
http://www.empowermentzone.com/etiquet.txt
Articles and answers to questions from Robert Naseef, Ph.D. on parenting a child with a disability.
http://www.specialfamilies.com/
A UK based organisation of disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents, their families and allies.
http://www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk/
Child care centers rather privately or publicly operated must conform to ADA standards in order to meet the needs of special children.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/chcaflyr.htm
Support site for the disabled, chronically ill, and the people who care for them.
http://www.geocities.com/twi_d/index.html
Discusses general issues but also a section of disabled children and their siblings.
http://www.nathhan.com/
From The ADHD Owner's Manual, tips for teachers who are teaching children diagnosed with ADD/ADHD.
http://www.edutechsbs.com/adhd/00037.htm
A resource for parents, teachers, and students.
http://specialed.about.com/
SNAP wants to promote awareness and acceptance of children with special needs, especially the physically challenged.
http://www.snap4kids.org/
A provider of autism books, autism videos, and other autism, asperger syndrome and related resources.
http://www.autismtoday.com/
Special education website focusing on parent and professional support for special needs children. Directory of articles and links contributed by parents and professionals.
http://www.parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/index.html
A mother's true story about parenting a child with disabilities.
http://designsbytrina.com/crookedpath/path.htm
Links to resources and information for caregivers and parents of children with special needs.
http://www.geocities.com/katiegirl_59/
"Special Mommy Chronicles" is a weekly column by a Special Needs mom to Special Needs parents.
http://www.sleepingangel.com/smc.htm
Offering craniosacral therapy, pfrimmer deep muscle therapy, thai yoga massage, swedish massage, and frequency energy work. Specializing in working with children with chronic conditions.
http://www.devinemuscletherapy.com
This site is for special needs children as adults.
http://www.casacenter.org
Facing disability issues with combustable humor & advocating for disability rights! MFH2 is a national group offering more support than a 44DD underwire and more empowerment than a tanker full of caffeine, chocolate & Viagra!
http://www.mothersfromhell2.org
Humor and help for adoptive moms, special-needs moms, any old moms at all.
http://www.motherswithattitude.com
A place for information and resources for parents of children with disabilities, education, transition and school-to-work issues.
http://www.taconicresources.net/parentadvocacy.php
Support group where parents of children with special needs support other parents with special needs children,organise fun days and trips for these children and their siblings. We invite speakers to meetings in the past these have included experts from many different fields.
http://beehive.thisisessex.co.uk/psp
Classes for parents of a 3-7 year old who is spirited, oppositional, willful, aggressive, angry, or ADHD will want to learn about this exceptional class.
http://www.theparentingclass.com
Special People, Special Planning is a special needs planning book on how to create a lifelong plan for special needs children and a disabled family member.
http://specialpeoplespecialplanning.com
Family raising 3 biological children,7 medically fragile adopted children and fostered 225.
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/angelsgatherhere/index.html
Encouragement for those raising difficult and challenged children.
http://www.maggylarsenbooks.com
Offers information on autism, pdd and aspergers.
http://www.brighttots.com/Resourcehome.html
Providing service to parents and families to help them with special needs autistic children. Offers programs to assist the children and parents to learn.
http://www.creativeperspectives.org/
The Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center cares for children and young adults with significant chronic illness.
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.o...c/prog/special-needs/default.htm
Authors Sandy Tovray and Maria Wilson-Portuondo, both parents of special needs children, share their experiences and offer solid advice in Helping Your Special Needs Child.
http://www.tovray.com/books/specpage.html
An information, referral, and advocacy service for parents and caregivers of children with disabilities and professionals who work with our families.
http://pex.tripod.com/index.html
A commercial site that offers reading books for beginning readers with special needs. A sight word reading system is designed to improve reading skills.
http://www.readingpages.com
Learn about potty training children with special needs, such as autism and down syndrome, including signs of readiness and how to avoid resistance.
http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/p...ntingadvice/a/sp_needs_potty.htm
Children experience stress just as adults do. But sometimes, its manifestations are different.
http://stress.about.com/cs/parentingstress/a/aa011501.htm
A place for children who are hurting emotionally, mentally or physically in which they can find love, hope, peace and joy within themselves and each other.
http://www.geocities.com/angelsincare1/index.html
This free online book provides sound answers on preventing and overcoming behavioral, emotional and learning problems, including ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder), Conduct Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome.
http://christian-parenting.learninginfo.org/
News and information of interest to families of children and adults with special needs in the Security, Widefield, Fountain, and Colorado Springs, Colorado area.
http://Coloradan.tripod.com/snn.html