Education
- California Dept. of Education - SpEd
- Calif. Office of Administrative Hearings
- Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
- Worlds Largest Database of Education Literature
- ABLEDATA
A free, public service that includes a database of assistive technologies and "hotlinks" to other useful web sites. Those clients who have access to the Internet and serve individuals with disability will find this web site valuable. - Access Center
Provides technical assistance to help students with disabilities effectively learn in the general education curriculum. - Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
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. - www.impactfamilies.org
A California non-profit volunteer organization of parents, teachers and professionals united in the task of getting quality education for deaf and hard-of-hearing children, support and early intervention for families, information and education for parents - Learning Disabilities Association of California
A 501(c)(3) non-profit volunteer organization of parents, professionals, and adults with learning disabilities. Its purpose is to promote and support the education and general welfare of children and adults of potentially normal intelligence who manifest learning, perceptual, and/or behavioral disabilities -
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. NICHY serves 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.
Disability
- Organization of Area Boards
The Area Board Offices of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities endeavors to compile information to assist individuals with developmental disabilities, families, providers, advocates, and others to access the area boards and remain informed on issues affecting persons with developmental disabilities, both at the California State and national levels. The goal of this Web Site is to provide access and timely information about the Area Boards on Developmental Disabilities and related issues. - Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)
Supports Region 6 State Education Agencies in their task of ensuring quality programs and services for children with disabilities and their families. WRRC support is intended to improve the policies, programs, and practices in each SEA. - DisabilityInfo.gov
One-stop source of disability-related information and programs available across the government relevant to people with disabilities and their families - National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
Funded by the US Department of Labor to assist the workforce development community in addressing issues affecting the employment of people with disabilities. The site contains useful information and resources for youth with disabilities and their families, service providers and other front line workers, administrators, policy makers, and employers. - Disability Benefits 101
The World Disability Institute, the Department of Rehabilitation and a number of other organizations have put together an excellent resource for persons with disabilities and agencies that advocate for persons with disabilities about all the in's and out's of benefits available to them
Medical
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http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/collections/ (Each of the following collections is a topic-specific archive of studies published in PEDIATRICS from January 1997 to the present. The categories are those used by the editors, and have been refined over a period of over 25 years. Within each category, further links have been included to extend your exploration of the topic area. Finally, automated eSearches of Medline and PEDIATRICS have been created for nearly every Collection, to speed further research.)
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