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General and Special Education
Goverment Sites
Family/Health/Mental Health
Legal Sites
Support/Disability Specific Information

 

General and Special Education

Amherst Central Schools - District homepage

The Council for Exceptional Children-      Professional organization with publications for professionals and parents.

ERIC -(Education Resources Information Center)--    Searchable database for information relating to education, for parents and professionals.  Includes research, standards, digests, and links to other resources.
 
Family Village (Inclusion/Special Education)-   "A global community of disability related resources"-general and specific information  spanning all aspects of life.
 
NICHCY-National Information Center for Children and Youths with Disabilities - Comprehensive fact sheets covering a wide range of information from specific diagnoses to IEP information, to sibling information, and more.
 
Parent Network of WNY-   Provide training and information opportunites in regard to the rights, roles and responsibilities of parents of individuals with special needs
 
Talking Book and Braille Library- The New York State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) lends braille and recorded books and magazines, and the necessary equipment, to residents of the 55 upstate counties of New York State who are unable to read standard printed materials because of a physical or organic learning disability.
 
 



Government Sites

VESID  New York State Education Department-  Special Education-Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities  (VESID)- Provide Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Services to Children with Disabilities, Independent Living Services.
 
United States Department of Education
      IDEA home page
      Office of Civil Rights
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Family/Health/Mental Health

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry-   Free online publications

NIMH Publications (National Institute of Mental Health) -  Comprehensive free publications

NOAH- New York Online Access to Health -   Good source of medical information

Medlineplus-     Produced by the National Library of Medicine.  Includes medical definitions, information, and links to national organizations.
 
 

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Legal Sites

ABA (American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law

EDLAW, LLC

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.

Wrightslaw -Legal annd advocacy information
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Support/Disability Specific Information

Association for Retarded Citizens

Central Referral Service-   Community resources in the Buffalo area.  Includes a link to resources for developmental disabilities.

Children & Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder

Down Syndrome Search Engine

Epilepsy Foundation-     Clear, useful fact sheets, which include first aid information for teachers, counselors, babysitters.

Exceptional Parent Magazine

Fathers Network

Learning Disabilities Online

National Down Syndrome Society

NLDline -Nonverbal Learning Disorders

The Sibling Project Support Project
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United Cerebral Palsy Associations




Having trouble locating the information you need?

Computer Database Searches are available.

 Information on special education topics can be made available to parents, teachers, or other school personnel through educational, psychological and medical databases.  We will provide you with a list of articles, books, etc., at no cost.  We will not provide you with the articles or the books, but rather  where and how you may obtain these.  For more information contact Carolyn Doueck 839-3576.
 
 

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