Check out these national resources and links to family-friendly information.
Education links:
USA Department of Education
IDEA – US Dept. of Education
Common Core State Standards
Hawaii Common Core Toolkit
Parent Information & Resources:
Special Education at About.com
Center for Parent Information and Resources
Wrights Law – Special Education Law
Council for Exceptional Children
Understood – for Attention and Learning Issues
PACER Center – Champions for Children with Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Military Family Links:
Military Parent Technical Assistance
Exceptional Family Member Program
Mental Health Links:
SAMSA-Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NAMI-National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
National Disability links:
National Down Syndrome Society
CDC page on Autism
The Arc for People with Intellectual Disabilities
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Hands & Voices
National Family Association for Deaf-Blind
American Foundation for the Blind
Cerebral Palsy
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Tourette Association of America
