- About ADD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder - Information on every aspect of AD/HD, including diagnosis,
treatment, alternative medicines, medication, practical advice, support.
- About Parenting Special
Needs - The starting place for exploring parenting special needs,
from About.com.
- About Special Education
- A resource for parents, teachers, and students.
- About
Stress in Childhood - Children experience stress just as adults
do. But sometimes, its manifestations are different.
- The Arc's Q&A on Child
Care - Child Care Settings and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Know your rights.
- "Autism Today" - "Autism
Today" is an ezine that addresses the needs of families, teachers, and
caregivers of individuals diagnosed with autism.
- Casa Center - Continuing Advancement
for Special Adults - This site is for special needs children as
adults.
- Child Care and
the ADA - Child care centers rather privately or publicly operated
must conform to ADA standards in order to meet the needs of special
children.
- Children First
from the National PTA - A list of links to state and local PTAs
and other child advocacy organizations.
- Devine Muscle Therapy
- Offering craniosacral therapy, pfrimmer deep muscle therapy, thai
yoga massage, swedish massage, and frequency energy work. Specializing
in working with children with chronic conditions.
- Disabled Parents
Network - A UK based organisation of disabled people who are parents
or who hope to become parents, their families and allies.
- Does
Your Child Have a Hidden Disability? - As a parent of a child with
a disability or with special needs you will be only too aware of all
the challenges you encounter when you try to get the best help you can
for your child. Sadly the list of problems faced by so many children,
and their families, never seems to end. Each disability brings with
it its own special concerns, but there are many issues which parents
share in common.
- Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center
Parents Network - Parents of developmentally delayed children who
are clients of the Easter Los Angeles Regional Center.
- Educating Parents of Exceptional
Children (EPEC) - Resource of information for parents with special
needs children. Forum, newsletter, and links.
- Exceptional Parent - Magazine
for parents of children or young adults with disabilities. Includes
reports, forum, products links, books.
- Exceptional Resources
Inc. - A provider of autism books, autism videos, and other autism,
asperger syndrome and related resources.
- Heads Up! - Information and
helpful products for Occupational therapists, speech therapists, teachers
and families with special needs children.
- Hints for Mothers of Many Children
- Discusses general issues but also a section of disabled children and
their siblings.
- ICan Online - ICan Online
is a well organized site that offers a tremendous amount of information
to the disabled community.
- Ideal Lives - Practical tips
& web resources for special needs parents. We specialize in free
resources and personlized "real life" solutions for families and the
teachers & professionals who support them.
- Impact
of a Handicapped Child on the Family - From the Yale-New Haven Teachers
Institute and meant for teachers, but has information for parents too.
- Kids Together, Inc. - Kids
Together, Inc. is an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 organization.
Our goals include providing helpful information and resources to enhance
the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities.
- The
Learning Disabled Child and the Home - Discusses various issues
such as fathers, siblings, discpline.
- Mothers From Hell 2
- 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!
- Mothers with Attitude
- Humor and help for adoptive moms, special-needs moms, any old moms
at all.
- Our Kids - Information and support
for parents and caregivers of children with special needs. Links to
resources and affiliated web sites.
- Parent
Pals.com - Special education website focusing on parent and professional
support for special needs children. Directory of articles and links
contributed by parents and professionals.
- Parent to Parent of New
Hampshire - If you are the parent of a child with temporary or long-term
special challenges, you may want to speak to a parent whose child has
similar needs - someone who will understand. Parent to Parent is a network
of New Hampshire families willing to share experiences.
- Parent Training
and Information Centers by State - 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.
- Parenting
From the Heart - A twice weekly newsletter devoted to all who are
touched by children with special needs.
- ParentingToolbox : Your Expert
Parenting Site! - Ron Huxley, Ph.D. author and psychologist offers
families a wealth of parenting tools to enhance parenting and coping
skills.
- Parents Helping Parents - Helping
children with special needs receive the love, hope, respect and services
they need to achieve their full potential by strengthening their families
and the professionals who serve them.
- Parents of a Child
with Special Needs - Links to resources and information for caregivers
and parents of children with special needs.
- Parents with Disabilities
Online - Information, support and products for parents who have
disabilities.
- Partners Resource Network
- Purpose is to empower parents of children and youth with disabilities
in their roles as parents, decision makers, and advocates for their
children.
- The Prevention News
- Newsletter published by Peter Leibert for Arc-California chapters
and their members, focusing on issues related to the prevention of mental
retardation and other disabilities.
- Schwab Foundation for Learning
- Services for parents and educators to provide information, support
and resources to improve the lives of students with learning differences.
- SNAP - SNAP wants to promote
awareness and acceptance of children with special needs, especially
the physically challenged.
- Social Workers' Perceptions
of Older Parents Caring at Home for Disabled Children - Social work
student paper. Includes some links.
- Special Child - Provides
educational resources and emotional support to parents and care-givers
of children, adolescents, and young adults with disabilities.
- Special Families Guide
- Articles and answers to questions from Robert Naseef, Ph.D. on parenting
a child with a disability.
- Special Mommy Chronicles
- "Special Mommy Chronicles" is a weekly column by a Special Needs mom
to Special Needs parents.
- Ten Commandments
of Etiquette - The Empowerment Zone offers tips for communicating
with those who have special needs.
- "The Bible’s
Way to Victory over ADHD and Other Childhood Challenges." - 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.
- Tips for the Teacher
- From The ADHD Owner's Manual, tips for teachers who are teaching children
diagnosed with ADD/ADHD.
- TRI Online!
Parent Advocacy - A place for information and resources for parents
of children with disabilities, education, transition and school-to-work
issues.
- Welcome to the Homepage
of the Canadian Transportation Agency - The Canadian Transportation
Act governs public access. From the CTA-OTC Home page.
- Westchester ARC - We
serve people who have developmental disabilities and their families.
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