Resources
Printable Resources:
- Guide to Quality Individualized Education Program (IEP) Development & Implementation
- NYS Blank IEP Form (2012)
- Questions and Answers – Compensatory Option Safety Net
- Regulations of the Commissioner of Education – Parts 200 and 201
- Special Education in Plain Language (2013)
Educational Resources
- CDOS Learning Standards
- DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, & Technology
- Education Tech Points - Hey, Can I Try That?
- Information regarding Functional Behavorial Assessments from CECP
- NYSED Guidance on Functional Behavior Assessments for Students With Disabilities
- OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavorial Interventions & Supports
National Organizations
- Alliance for Technology Access (ATA)
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Speech Language Hearing Association
- Autism Now
- Autism Sparks
- Austism Speaks
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Support Network
- CADRE
- Center for Autism & Related Disorders
- Center for Disability Rights
- Centers for Independent Living
- Disability.gov
- Disability Rights, Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
- Disability Secrets
- Exceptional Parent Magazine
- Family & Advocates Partnership for Education(FAPE)
- Family Voices
- HEATH Resource Center
- International Dyslexia Assocation
- Learning Ally
- Learning Disabilites Association of America
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- National Association for Gifted Children
- National Ataxia Foundation
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- National Center on Instructional Materials
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
- National Down Syndrome Congress
- National Down Syndrome Society
- National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Office for Civil Rights
- OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs)
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
- PACER Center
- Parent to Parent USA
- Project Lifesaver
- Social Security Administration
- Social Security Disability Resource Center
- Special Education Resources for Kids
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
- United Cerebral Palsy
- U.S. Dept of Education
- Wrightslaw Special Education & Advocacy
NYS Organizations
- ACCES VR
- BOCES of NYS
- Brain Injury Association of NYS
- Career Zone
- Commission for the Blind & Visually Handicapped
- Early Intervention
- EngageNY
- Families Together of NYS
- NAMI NYS
- NY Acts
- NYS Citizen’s Coalition for Children
- NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
- NYS Council on Children & Families
- NYS Department of Education, Office of Special Education
- NYS Department of Health
- NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
- NYS Dispute Resolution Association, Inc.
- NYS Parent Teacher Association
- NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities
- NYS Office of Mental Health
- NYS Special Education Task Force
- NYSARC
- Parent to Parent of NYS
Regional Organizations
- ACCORD (A Center for Dispute Resolution)
- AIM Independent Living Center
- ARC Otsego
- AVRE
- Achieve
- Advocates for Autism
- Autism Society of the Greater Capital Region
- Broome County Urban League
- CNY ASA
- Capabilities Inc.
- Catholic Charities of Broome County
- Catholic Charities of Chenango County
- Catholic Charities of Delaware & Otsego Counties
- Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga
- Catskill Center for Independence
- Chenango County ARC
- Delaware County ARC
- Delaware Opportunities
- Family Enrichment Network
- The Family Resource Network, Inc
- Finger Lakes Parent Network
- Franziska Racker Centers
- G&E Therapies
- Handicapped Childrens Association
- Heritage Farm Inc.
- Ithaca Youth Bureau
- Kelberman Center
- Liberty Resources
- MHA in Ulster County (serving Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego Counties)
- Magic Paintbrush Program
- Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier
- Mothers & Babies Perinatal Network
- Opportunities for Chenango
- Opportunities for Otsego
- Pathfinder Village
- Pathways, Inc.
- Project Independence
- Sheltered Workshop for the Disabled
- Southern Tier Alternative Therapies
- Southern Tier Independence Center
- Springbrook
- Tompkins Community Action
- United Way of Broome County
- Verde View Equestrian Center
For a list of support groups in your area, please visit www.familyrn.org/resources/regional_support.html.