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The Parent–Educator Resource Library (PERL) connects families and educators with the information they need to help students

A parent-governed organization, focused on the needs of children and youth with emotional, behavioral, developmental, and/or mental disorders and their families, offering family support services in the Allegany, Chemung, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga Wayne, and Yates counties

A network of families, professionals, self-advocates, and friends who all share in the joys and challenges of a loved one with Down syndrome

Offers programs and services for children and adults with disabilities, and their families, in Ontario, Seneca, Yates, and Wayne counties

Website for the Rochester area Learning Disabilities Association

Supporting Children-Strengthening Families

Upstate New York Families for Effective Autism Treatment

Together Including Every Student (TIES) promotes the participation of students with developmental disabilities in extracurricular and community activities by creating effective, natural support provided by trained student volunteers.

MATT's goal is to make it easier for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to locate, obtain, and use the community resources available to their special needs children in the Rochester, New York area.

The purpose of this website is to provide students, parents and professionals with information and resources to aid in the successful transition from high school to college.  We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions!

The New York State Department of Education's Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services and Vocational Rehabilitation

BOCES provides shared educational programs and services to school districts within New York State by partnering with school districts.

Helping Parents and School Districts Become More Effective Partners for Special Education

Serving New Yorkers with all kinds of disabilities by providing independent oversight of programs and services designed to meet their needs, and by offering legal, advocacy, training, information, and technical assistance services to promote their full inclusion in all aspects of community life

A clearinghouse of information that supports people with disabilities and their families, advocates and service providers

A place where families of individuals with special needs and the professionals who serve them can meet and share information

The Brain Injury Association of New York State provides support and services to brain injury survivors and their families and an array of resources and publications and publications, support groups, and so much more

We are a statewide technical support center funded through the Student Support Services Team of the New York State Education Department.

NYSED has conducted a comprehensive review of its laws and regulations
that apply to the education of students with disabilities.  A summar
providing a list of New York State laws and regulations that differ from
federal requirements in effect on the date of the analysis is available.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires school districts to provide accessible versions of instructional materials to students who are blind or otherwise unable to use printed materials.  Students with disabilities should receive materials in accessible formats at the same time as their peers receive their textbooks.

Connecting the Disability Community to Information & Opportunities

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights website

A national non-profit organization committed to promoting access, quality and leadership in parent to parent support across the country

Free video training on topics related to autism

The National Center on Dispute Resolution, encourages the use of mediation and other collaborative strategies to resolve disagreements about special education and early intervention programs

This site provides information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities. It presents information developed for parents, educators, advocates, and attorneys in lay terms

National clearinghouse for families and professionals that offers information about disabilities and related services

National association dedicated to ensuring that all children and adolescents with special needs receive the best education possible

This website provides a list of organizations that provide information, resources and support related to specific disability labels and issues

The Voice and Vision of Special Education

A national disability rights law and policy center

Bibliographic records of education literature, plus a growing collection of full texts

Helping Parents and Advocates Improve Educational Results for Children with Disabilities

Supporting the needs of high potential learners

MilitaryK12Partners offers resources, like Special Education Modules, to assist schools that serve military families. Students at the Center, an educational resource that provides information on important policies, procedures and best practices is also located on the site, as well as links to many resources developed by other government and non-government agencies.

We serve the nation as a central source of information on:

• disabilities in infants, toddlers, children, and youth,
• IDEA, which is the law authorizing special education,
• No Child Left Behind (as it relates to children with disabilities), and
• research-based information on effective educational practices.

Our aim is to facilitate improved services to children and youth with disabilities by gathering and sharing information that supports changes to policy and practice at the national, state and local levels.

The TA Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices.

Response to intervention integrates assessment and intervention within a multi-level prevention system to maximize student achievement and to reduce behavior problems.  With RTI, schools identify students at risk for poor learning outcomes, monitor student progress, provide evidence-based interventions and adjust the intensity and nature of those interventions depending on a student’s responsiveness, and identify students with learning disabilities or other disabilities.

Impoving Outcomes for Children with Disabilities and their Families.

The ALLIANCE National Parent Technical Assistance Center (NPTAC) provides Parent Centers, Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs), with innovative technical assistance, up-to-date information, and high quality resources and materials.

CITEd supports state and local education agencies (SEAs/LEAs) in implementing and evaluating selected evidence-based practices that effectively integrate technology into sound teaching so that children with disabilities will have access to the general education curriculum and achieve high educational standards. CITEd produces and disseminates information about evidence-based and promising technology integration practices, with a particular emphasis on differentiating instruction through the use of technology.

The Family Center on Technology and Disability provides a wide range of resources on assistive and instructional technologies, from introductory fact sheets through CEU's for practitioners and educators.

he AIM Center provides technical assistance (TA) to state education agencies (SEAs), local education agencies (LEAs), and other stakeholders to (1) improve the implementation of NIMAS; and (2) to develop and implement unified distribution systems in SEAs that will improve the timely delivery of high-quality AIM to all children with disabilities who need instructional materials in accessible formats.

Project ACHIEVE is an innovative, evidence-based school effectiveness and school improvement
program focusing on the academic and social-emotional/behavioral progress and success of all
students.

National Center for Learning Disabilities

Information about learning disabilities, learning disorders and differences for parents and teachers

The non-profit web home of Dr. Ross Greene and the model of care -- called Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS)

Information and Inspiration for Parents and Teachers of Children with Learning Disabilities

Demystifying Autism from the Inside Out

Parents' Guide to the Transition of Their Adult Child to College, Career, and Communityby the Heath Resource Center: Online Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities

Reources to learn more about Section 504 and how it can help your child from GreatSchools.org

MATT's goal is to make it easier for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to locate, obtain, and use the community resources available to their special needs children in the Rochester, New York area.

WonderBaby.org, a project funded by Perkins School for the Blind, is dedicated to helping parents of young children with vision impairments as well as children with multiple disabilities.

Tips with Students with Disabilities to Increase college Success

The purpose of this project is to help states meet evaluation targets for transition planning and postschool outcomes and build capacity to support and improve transition planning, services, and outcomes for youth with disabilities.

Through this project, PEPNet-Northeast continues to work with secondary and postsecondary educational institutions in the northeastern United States to expand the array of secondary and postsecondary educational opportunities available and accessible to students who are deaf.

Imformation about Self-Determination and transition.

TransitionSource was designed to support educational programs and agencies across New York State, to advance the post-school outcomes of secondary students with disabilities.

Page on teaching diverse learners, includes "Positive perspectives on Parents and Families"

Page on Parent-Teacher Collaboration

The IRIS Center and the PACER Center have created an interactive, online module to support educators in diversifying and improving family participation in school. In the module, a principal and staff demonstrate how they gain information about of their students' families because this helps them best engage all members of a family in education. Many schools enjoy a high level of parental involvement from some families, but schools should be ever-interested in increasing involvement, especially among families of students with disabilities.

Find I-Pad, I-Phone, and I-Touch applications to use in the classroom in this printable guide.

The main goal of CELL is to promote the adoption and sustained use of evidence-based early literacy learning practices.

ECTAC is the national early childhood technical assistance center supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) under the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI) takes the research that shows which practices improve the social-emotional outcomes for young children with, or at risk for, delays or disabilities and creates FREE products and resources to help decision-makers, caregivers, and service providers apply these best practices in the work they do every day. Most of these free products are available right here on our website for you to immediately view, download and use.

Welcome to the EIFA web site. The Early Intervention Family Alliance is a national group of family leaders dedicated to improving outcomes for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.