Legal Resources:
American Civil Liberties Union: http://www.aclu.org
Center for Law & Education: www.cleweb.org/
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) An independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates and parents established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities. http://www.copaa.org/
EDLAW: http://www.edlaw.org
Reed Martin Special Education Law: http://www.reedmartin.com/
Wrights Law: www.wrightslaw.com/
Advocate Resources:
Access it Web Site: http://www.washington.edu/accessit/index.php
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Guidelines for aircraft boarding chairs: http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled/gov/t10.htm
The Arc: http://www.thearc.org
Brain Injury Association of America's Legislative Action Center, the Policy Corner on the web, at http://capwiz.com/bia/home/. Or call 202-224-3121 or (866) 864 6483 (toll free) anytime to connect to your representativeÕs office on Capitol Hill.
Children's Literature and Disability: http://www.nichcy.org/Pages/Home.aspx
Disability-Specific National/International Organizations: http://www.makoa.org/org.htm
Disabilities Studies and Services Center (DSSC): http://www.dssc.org
FAPE Web site: http://www.fape.org
INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS Your quick, once-a-day look at disability rights, self-determination and the movement toward full community inclusion around the world. http://www.InclusionDaily.com
Inclusion International- (includes espanol version-) is a dense network of families, self-advocates and committed friends, working to better the lives of the 60 million persons living with intellectual disabilities, around the world. One of the largest international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) in the field of disability, Inclusion International unites close to 200 national member associations in 115 countries. Inclusion International works on a number of levels: The federation works closely with the United Nations and its agencies, as well as with inter-governmental organizations and other NGOs, as advocate to ensure that intellectually disabled persons are taken into account at every level of national and international policy-making. Inclusion International actively supports its members on the practical level, organizing international seminars and conferences ensuring information exchange, highlighting and fighting human rights abusesÉ. Publications aimed at helping parents and professionals in their efforts to raise awareness, are produced regularly. Field initiatives in developing countries are managed by Inclusion International as well as by individual member associations: advice and support for parent empowerment, project management, sponsorshipÉ http://www.inclusion-international.org/
Justice For All E-Mail Network: http://www.jfanow.org
LD Resources: http://www.ldresources.com
Long Term Care: http://www.efmoody.com/longterm/longtermoverview.html
NCLD The Learning Disabilitry Roundtable (National Council on Learning Disabilities)In related activities, NCLD convened "The Learning Disabilities Roundtable," a group of ten educational and advocacy organizations that represent children served through the IDEA, in order to develop recommendations to improve the identification process and educational programming for students with learning disabilities in public schools and make recommendations to the Office of Special Education, U.S. Department of Education. The group also developed joint policy recommendations to share with Members of Congress as part of the reauthorization of IDEA. These reports can be accessed at: http://www.ld.org/advocacy/ldroundtable.cfm.
NICHCY - The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities - www.nichcy.org/
Norman Kunc: www.normemma.com/
National Center for Learning Disabilities: http://www.ncld.org
NECTAC (National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center) http://www.nectac.org
PACER center web site: http://www.pacer.org
ParentPatch: Special Needs: http://www.parentpatch.com/SpecialNeeds
Service Dogs: http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/service.html
STEP web site: http://www.tnstep.org
TASH: This site carries more articles on topics such as inclusion, facilitated communication, supported living, self advocacy, positive behavioral practices Description: An international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates, and professionals. www.tash.org/
Tourette's Syndrome: www.tourettesyndrome.net/index.htm
Governmental Resources:
Contact yourFederal Legislators & Current Legislation Persons wishing to follow IDEA reauthorization can visit the web site:
U.S. House: http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Senate: http://www.senate.gov/
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health
Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities: http://www.state.tn.us/cdd/
US Department of Education: www.ed.gov/
Supplemental resources:
Academic Accommodations for Students with Psychiatric Disabilities by Alfred Souma, Nancy Rickerson and Sheryl Burgstahler http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/psych.html
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities in High School By Martha Thurlow http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=247
Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) http://www.ahead.org
Center on Disability & Community Inclusion Links to Resources on the Web Vermont http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/links.html
Emotional Disturbance (NICHY Fact Sheet 5, December 2001) http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs5txt.htm
4-H School Age Care Project - North Carolina Inclusion Websites http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fourh/sacc/inclusion/inclusion.html
Fast Facts for Faculty: information briefs designed to help instructors improve the climate and quality of education for students with disabilities. http://www.osu.edu/grants/dpg/fastfact/index.html
General Information about Disabilities from Nichcy: Disabilities That Qualify Infants, Toddlers, Children, and Youth for Services under the IDEA http://www.nichcy.org/ideapubs.asp#gr3
Guidelines for Documentation of Psychiatric Disabilities in Adolescents and Adults Office of Disability Policy, Educational Testing Service. (July 2001) http://www.ets.org/disability/psyplcy.html
Inclusion - Legal Requirements and What They Mean to Educators ... a student with a mental and physical disability to succeed in a primary grade ... Circuit Court co ncluded that the inclusion efforts were sufficient with staff ... http://www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/legal/ [ More results from http://www.uni.edu ]
Link to TN teacher licensing https://www.k-12.state.tn.us/tcertinf/
LRE for LIFE - Providing technical assistance for restructuring community schools since 1985. http://web.utk.edu/~lre4life/
Making Accommodations: The Legal World of Students with Disabilities by Paul D. Grossman http://www.adagreatlakes.org/adanews/accomodations.htm
NAP.EDU - National Academy Press http://bob.nap.edu/books/0309072697/html/
OSEP's Training Package on IDEA http://www.nichcy.org/ideatrai.htm
OSEP's Training Package on IDEA http://www.nichcy.org/ideatrai.htm
OSEP's Reviewed IDEA Materials http://www.nichcy.org/idealist.htm
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts. IDEA authorizes formula grants to states, and discretionary grants to institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations to support research, demonstrations, technical assistance and dissemination, technology and personnel development and parent-training and information centers. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/index.html
OSER's (Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services) http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/
Office for Civil Rights' Disability Discrimination Resources http://www.ed.gov/ocr/disability.html
Reasonable Accommodations for People with Psychiatric Disabilities: An On-line Resource for Employers and Educators http://www.bu.edu/cpr/reasaccom/index.html
Restructuring for Inclusive School Environments (RISE): Inclusion-Related Links: http://www.people.memphis.edu/~coe_rise/Links.html
State of TN Education site this has a dropdown box and generates list in areas of interest, such as legal, grants, special ed, other state agency links, and so on. This specific one has the TN Legislature, 6th Circuit etc. http://www.k-12.state.tn.us/weblinks/showmeresource.asp
U.S. Supreme Court Collection to search decisions by topic both current and historic. http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/topiclist.html
e-mails:
The Tennessee Disability Coalition ADA Program contact Donna at 615-383-9442 (tty 615-292-7790) or donna_d@tndisability.org.
Preserve IDEA DREDF preserveidea@dredf.org
Current IDEA Legislative Information:
DREDF
(Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund) Founded in 1979 by people with
disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, the Disability Rights
Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF) is a national law and policy center
dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities
through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and education
and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents
of children with disabilities. http://www.dredf.org/
e-mail:
Preserve IDEA DREDF preserveidea@dredf.org
An Overview of IDEA: http://www.dredf.org/idea_dredf.html
IDEA Practices This site is designed to: Answer your questions about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Keep you informed about IDEAS That Work Support your efforts to help ALL children learn, progress and realize their dreams http://www.ideapractices.org/index.php
IDEA Partnerships:
ASPIRE (Associations of Service Providers Implementing IDEA Reforms in Education) representing service providers http://www.ideapractices.org/about/aspiire.php
ILIAD (IDEA Local Implementation by Local Administrators Partnership) representing administrators http://www.ideapractices.org/about/iliad.php
FAPE (Families and Advocates Partnerships for Education) representing families http://www.ideapractices.org/about/fape.php
PMP representing policymakers http://www.ideapractices.org/about/pmp.php
OSEP Ñ Office of Special Education Programs
http://www.ideapractices.org/about/osep.php
INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS Your quick, once-a-day look at disability rights, self-determination and the movement toward full community inclusion around the world. http://www.InclusionDaily.com
NCLD
IDEA Watch (National
Council on Learning Disabilities) Links to all IDEA reauthorization activities
can be found at NCLDÍs IDEA WATCH page at: http://www.ld.org/advocacy/ideawatch.cfm
Check this page often to keep up-to date on this important legislative activity.
NCLD The Learning Disabilitry Roundtable (National Council on Learning Disabilities)In related activities, NCLD convened "The Learning Disabilities Roundtable," a group of ten educational and advocacy organizations that represent children served through the IDEA, in order to develop recommendations to improve the identification process and educational programming for students with learning disabilities in public schools and make recommendations to the Office of Special Education, U.S. Department of Education. The group also developed joint policy recommendations to share with Members of Congress as part of the reauthorization of IDEA. These reports can be accessed at: http://www.ld.org/advocacy/ldroundtable.cfm.
OSEP's Training Package on IDEA http://www.nichcy.org/ideatrai.htm
OSEP's Reviewed IDEA Materials http://www.nichcy.org/idealist.htm
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts. IDEA authorizes formula grants to states, and discretionary grants to institutions of higher education and other non-profit organizations to support research, demonstrations, technical assistance and dissemination, technology and personnel development and parent-training and information centers. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/index.html
OSER's (Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services) http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/
Comment on IDEA, write your represenatives any comments on Legislation. http://edworkforce.house.gov/writerep/
Contact your Federal Legislators & Current Legislation Persons wishing to follow IDEA reauthorization can visit the web site:
U.S. House: http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Senate: http://www.senate.gov/
Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov
EDLAW (IDEA) Check this page often to keep up-to date on this important legislative activity
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Ingredients for Sucessful Inclusion of All People
By Barbara H. Dyer, JD
Masks - by Patrick Mackan
A statement of support for inclusive education and practices.
Educator resources:
Academic Accommodations for Students with Psychiatric Disabilities by Alfred Souma, Nancy Rickerson and Sheryl Burgstahler http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/psych.html
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities in High School By Martha Thurlow http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=247
Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) http://www.ahead.org
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - The Daily Apple http://www.thedailyapple.com/target/cs/article/cs/100550.html
Emotional Disturbance (NICHY Fact Sheet 5, December 2001) http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/factshe/fs5txt.htm
4-H School Age Care Project - North Carolina Inclusion Websites http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fourh/sacc/inclusion/inclusion.html
Fast Facts for Faculty: information briefs designed to help instructors improve the climate and quality of education for students with disabilities. http://www.osu.edu/grants/dpg/fastfact/index.html
General Information about Disabilities from Nichcy: Disabilities That Qualify Infants, Toddlers, Children, and Youth for Services under the IDEA http://www.nichcy.org/ideapubs.asp#gr3
Guidelines for Documentation of Psychiatric Disabilities in Adolescents and Adults Office of Disability Policy, Educational Testing Service. (July 2001) http://www.ets.org/disability/psyplcy.html
IDEA Inclusion Project: www.etsu.edu/idea/
Inclusion - Legal Requirements and What They Mean to Educators ... a student with a mental and physical disability to succeed in a primary grade ... Circuit Court co ncluded that the inclusion efforts were sufficient with staff ... http://www.uni.edu/coe/inclusion/legal/ [ More results from http://www.uni.edu ]
LD Resources: http://www.ldresources.com
Link to TN teacher licensing https://www.k-12.state.tn.us/tcertinf/
LRE for LIFE - Providing technical assistance for restructuring community schools since 1985. http://web.utk.edu/~lre4life/
Making Accommodations: The Legal World of Students with Disabilities by Paul D. Grossman http://www.adagreatlakes.org/adanews/accomodations.htm
NAP.EDU - National Academy Press http://bob.nap.edu/books/0309072697/html/
OSEP's Training Package on IDEA http://www.nichcy.org/ideatrai.htm
Reasonable Accommodations for People with Psychiatric Disabilities: An On-line Resource for Employers and Educators http://www.bu.edu/cpr/reasaccom/index.html
Restructuring for Inclusive School Environments (RISE): Inclusion-Related Links: http://www.people.memphis.edu/~coe_rise/Links.html
State of TN Education site this has a dropdown box and generates list in areas of interest, such as legal, grants, special ed, other state agency links, and so on. This specific one has the TN Legislature, 6th Circuit etc. http://www.k-12.state.tn.us/weblinks/showmeresource.asp
TASH: This site carries more articles on topics such as inclusion, facilitated communication, supported living, self advocacy, positive behavioral practices Description: An international association of people with disabilities, their family members, other advocates, and professionals. www.tash.org/
Tuberous Sclerosis Fact Sheet Developed by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS): http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/pubs/tuberous_sclerosis.htm
US Department of Education Grants: http://www.ed.gov/topics/topicsTier2.jsp?top=Grants+%26+Contracts&type=T&subtop=Finding+%26+applyinge
Educational Advocate Resources:
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Guidelines for aircraft boarding chairs: http://www.eskimo.com/~jlubin/disabled/gov/t10.htm
The Arc: http://www.thearc.org
Children's Literature and Disability: http://nichcy.org/pubs/bibliog/bib5txt.htm
Disability-Specific National/International Organizations: http://www.makoa.org/org.htm
Disabilities Studies and Services Center (DSSC): http://www.dssc.org
Job-Development.com Providing job development services/workshops and assisting persons with barriers to employment, in addition to ADA consulting. http://www.job-development.com
Justice For All E-Mail Network: http://www.jfanow.org
Long Term Care: http://www.efmoody.com/longterm/longtermoverview.html
NICHCY - The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities - www.nichcy.org/
Norman Kunc: www.normemma.com/
NAPPE: www.etsu.edu/idea/nappe/
National Center for Learning Disabilities: http://www.ncld.org
National health interview Survey on Disability from The Arc: http://www.thearc.org/related-links.htm
Service Dogs: http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/service.html
Tourette's Syndrome: www.tourettesyndrome.net/index.htm
Governmental Resources:
Family Involvement in Children's Education Successful Local Approaches An Idea Book: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/FamInvolve/
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health
Tennessee Publications Division (Rules & Regulations): www.state.tn.us/sos/rules/rules.htm
Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities: http://www.state.tn.us/cdd/index.htm
US Department of Education: www.ed.gov/
US Department of Education Grants: http://www.ed.gov/topics/topicsTier2.jsp?top=Grants+%26+Contracts&type=T&subtop=Finding+%26+applyinge
OSEP's Training Package on IDEA http://www.nichcy.org/ideatrai.htm
Office for Civil Rights' Disability Discrimination Resources http://www.ed.gov/ocr/disability.html
State of TN Education site this has a dropdown box and generates list in areas of interest, such as legal, grants, special ed, other state agency links, and so on. This specific one has the TN Legislature, 6th Circuit etc. http://www.k-12.state.tn.us/weblinks/showmeresource.asp
U.S. Supreme Court Collection to search decisions by topic both current and historic. http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/topiclist.html