Leslie’s Early Childhood Special Education Resources

 

URL’s On Early Childhood Special Education

 

Disabilities and the Law

IDEA 1997

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/index.html

The Individual with Disabilities Education Act – the law passed in1997.

IDEA LAW 1997

http://www.ideapractices.org/lawandregs.htm

The Individual with Disabilities Education Act – the law passed in1997

Federal Resource Center for Special Education

http://www.dssc.org/frc/index.htm

Supports local education agencies in improving their services to children with disabilities.

 

Infant Learning Programs and Early Childhood Special Education

National Center for Early Development

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~NCEDL/index.htm

"Research at the National Center for Early Development & Learning (NCEDL), focuses on enhancing the cognitive, social and emotional development of children from birth through age eight."

Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
(Part C of IDEA)
http://www.nectas.unc.edu/PartC/PartC.html

Provides information for early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities.

Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

http://www.eed.state.ak.us/

Resources, directories, and publications are available for educators and families.

Early Development

http://www.eed.state.ak.us/EarlyDev/

Provides information on referral and resources throughout the state of Alaska.

 

 

 

Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI/about.html

Encourages collaboration with families, schools, and communities to help children with disabilities.

Space Coast Early Intervention Center

http://www.scbn.com/sceic.htm

A therapeutic center for children from 18 months to 5 years of age in Melbourne, Florida.

Ed Chapman’s Speech and Developmental Page

http://members.tripod.com/%7eedchapman/ParentLinks.html

Information on speech and developmental milestones.

Developmental Delay

http://www.thecnr.com/dvlpd.htm

Information on developmental delays.

Developmental Delay and Cerebral Palsy

http://dem0nmac.mgh.harvard.edu/forum/CerebralPalsyF/3.28.9810.49PMdevelopmentaldel

An article written by Samantha Folse about her son with cerebral palsy.

National Network for Child Care

http://www.nncc.org/Diversity/spec.delays.html

Caring for Children with Special Needs: Developmental Delays

Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome: A Parent resource

http://www3.sympatico.ca/terry.edwards/Shelby.html

An Internet link for parents of children with Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome: Health Issues

http://www.ds-health.com/

Essays written by Len Leshin, M.D., F.A.A.P. on Down Syndrome.

Down Syn On-Line Magazine

http://home.epix.net/~mcross/down-syn.html

An On-Line magazine focusing on nutrition, therapy, and issues dealing

with Down Syndrome.

Birth Defects

International Institute for Birth Defects

http://www.cleft.net/

Cleft palate research information.

 

Directory of Genetic Support Groups

http://members.aol.com/dnacutter/sgroup.htm

Support groups are listed alphabetically.

 

Advocacy

Special Education Advocacy Tip of the Week

http://www.reedmartin.com/advocacytipoftheweek.html

Reed Martin, J.D., writes the article weekly, providing useful information.

Parents Helping Parents

http://www.php.com/

Information and resources for parents with children with special needs.

Council for Disability Rights

http://www.disabilityrights.org/

Information concerns the rights for the children and adults with disabilities.

The Legal Files

http://www.specialchild.com/legal.html

Special Education terminology for parents.

Parent Information Sites

P.A.R.E.N.T.S., Inc.

http://www.parentsinc.org/

Provides a newsletter, calendar of events, lending library, and information on links to other agencies.

Special Education Service Agency (SESA)

http://www.sesa.org/

Assistive Technology Library of Alaska

http://www.alaska.net/~atla/

Provides information, and sells a variety of assistive devices.

Special Child

http://www.specialchild.com/

Provides links for parents who have children with disabilities.

Internet Special Education Resources

http://www.iser.com/

A Learning Disabilities Professional Directory

PHP

http://www.php.com/es.htm

A family resource center.

Health Care

Family Voices

http://www.familyvoices.org/st/alaska.html

Alaska health care systems and links.

 

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

FAS – State of Alaska

http://hss.state.ak.us/fas/challang.html

Alaska’s number one preventable birth defect.

National Organization for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

http://www.nofas.org/

An organization committed to the elimination of FAS.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Family Resource Institute

http://www.accessone.com/~delindam/

A non-profit organization committed to the prevention of FAS.

Autism

P.E.A.C.H.

http://www.peach.uk.com/

A resource page for parents of children with Autism.

Cerebral Palsy

Mayoclinic

http://mayohealth.org/mayo/9902/htm/preemies.htm

Premature babies – understanding health risks.

Comeunity

http://www.comeunity.com/disability/cerebral_palsy/hemiplegia.html

Milestones and activities for your toddler with cerebral palsy

 

Learning Material Resources

Childhood Learning Center

http://www.difflearn.com/

Learning Materials for children with developmental delays.

 

Universities with ECI Endorsements

 

Utah State University

http://www.cecsep.usu.edu/program.htm

Endorsement coursework offered through distance delivery.

University of Alaska Anchorage

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/

Masters degree or endorsement offered through distance delivery.