EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND HEALTH RESOURCES

NATIONAL RESOURCES

ADD Resources National ADHD Directory - with over 715 service providers; site of ADHD Skill-Building Telecourses.

The Advocacy Institute
The Advocacy Institute is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the development of products and services that work to improve the lives of people with disabilities, particularly learning disabilities.

The ARC (provides links to state and local ARC chapters)
Organization of and for people with developmental disabilities and their families.

Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (O.A.S.I.S.)
Information and many links to related disorders

CH.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders)
8181 Professional Place, Landover, MD 20785
301-306-7070
Provides information and support to families who have children with AD/HD.

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional development, advocates for newly and historically underserved individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPAA) is an independent, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates and parents. Our primary mission is to secure high quality educational services for children with disabilities.

DisabilityInfo.gov provides quick and easy access to comprehensive information about disability programs, services, laws and benefits.

The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)
The FAPE project is a partnership that aims to improve the educational outcomes for children with disabilities. It links families, advocates, and self-advocates to information about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The project is designed to address the information needs of the 6 million families throughout the Country whose children with disabilities receive special education services.

FAMILY POLICY COMPLIANCE OFFICE
U.S. Department of Education
L'Phant Plaza - Room 2100, Washington, D.C. 20202-4605
Contact this office to file a complaint if school officials refuse to let you see or correct your child's records or if they release information without your consent.

FEDERATION OF FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH
1021 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2071
703-684-7710
Provides Information and support to families of children with mental disorders.

HIGHER EDUCATION AND ADULT TRAINING FOR PEOPLE WITH HANDICAPS (HEATH)
One Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20036
1-800-999-5599
An information exchange about educational support services in higher education

INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION
8600 LaSalle Road
Chester Building, Suite 382
Baltimore, MD 21286

LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (LDA)
4156 Library Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234
Write to request LDA publications list.

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL (NAMI),
1901 North Fort Meyer Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22209
1-800-950-6264
NAMI has established a Child and Adolescent Network (NAMI-CAN) to provide support/information to families who have children with biologically based mental illness.

National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRES)
The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt), a project funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs, provides technical assistance and professional development to close the achievement gap between students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their peers, and reduce inappropriate referrals to special education. The project targets improvements in culturally responsive practices, early intervention, literacy, and positive behavioral supports.

National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work, and life.
NCLD provides essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities, promotes research and programs to foster effective learning and advocates for policies to protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities.

National Center for Technology Innovation
The National Center for Technology Innovation (NCTI), funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), advances learning opportunities for individuals with disabilities by fostering technology innovation. We seek to broaden and enrich the field by providing resources and promoting partnerships for the development of tools and applications by developers, manufacturers, producers, publishers and researchers.

NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE OF FAMILY SUPPORT AND CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH
Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751
1-800-628-1696
A clearinghouse for families of children with serious emotional disorders. Services include a computerized data bank, fact sheets, and state-by-state resource file.

NATIONAL DISSEMINATION CENTER FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
(NICHCY) P.O. Box 1492, Washington, D.C. 20013-1492
1-800-695-0285.
Provides free information to assist parents, educators, advocates and others in helping children and youth with disabilities become participating members of the community.

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)
The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center supports the implementation of the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Our mission is to strengthen service systems to ensure that children with disabilities (birth through five) and their families receive and benefit from high quality, culturally appropriate, and family-centered supports and services.

National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education serves the interests of parents with children in special education by giving them numerous resources within the field of special education.

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS (OCR)
U.S. Department of Education
3535 Market Street, Room 6300, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6794
215-596-6772 or 6794
You may file a complaint with OCR if you believe there has been an act of discrimination on the basis of handicap: OCR Electronic Complaint Form

Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
The 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. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (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.

Office of Special Eduaction and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages. In supporting President Bush's No Child Left Behind agenda and the New Freedom Initiative, OSERS provides a wide array of supports to parents and individuals, school districts and states in three main areas: special education, vocational rehabilitation and research.

TASH (formerly Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps)
410-828-8274
Provides information, technical assistance and advocacy on inclusion

TOURETTE SPECTRUM DISORDER ASSOCIATION, INC.
30733 E. Sunset Drive, South, Redlands, CA 92373
909-794-3000

UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION (UCP)
(Enter zip code or state for local information)
UCP is a source of information on Cerebral Palsy and advocate for the rights of persons with any disability.

What Works Clearinghouse collects, screens, and identifies studies of effectiveness of educational interventions.