Knowledge: special needs children
See Also:
- health → child health → special needs
- health → mental health → disorders → child and adolescent
- reference → education → early childhood → special needs
- society → disabled → children
- society → disabled → family resources
Links
- Parents Helping Parents
http://www.php.com/ - Helping children with special needs receive the love, hope, respect and services they need to achieve their full potential by strengthening their families and the professionals who serve them.
- Schwab Foundation for Learning
http://www.schwablearning.org/ - Services for parents and educators to provide information, support and resources to improve the lives of students with learning differences.
- Ideal Lives
http://www.ideallives.com/ - Practical tips and web resources for special needs parents, specialized in free resources and personalized solutions for families, and the teachers and professionals who support them.
- Parents with Disabilities Online
http://www.disabledparents.net/ - Information, support and products for parents who have disabilities.
- Impact of a Handicapped Child on the Family
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1982/6/82.06.08.x.html - From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute and meant for teachers, but has information for parents too.
- The Learning Disabled Child and the Home
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/family/family-1.html - Discusses various issues such as fathers, siblings, discipline.
- Partners Resource Network
http://www.partnerstx.org/ - Purpose is to empower parents of children and youth with disabilities in their roles as parents, decision makers, and advocates for their children.
- Parent Training and Information Centers by State
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/Debsimms/pti.html - Programs funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in the US Department of Education to help provide training and information to meet the needs of parents of children with disabilities living in the area served by the center.
- Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center Parents Network
http://www.elarc.net/ - Parents of developmentally delayed children who are clients of the Easter Los Angeles Regional Center.
- Parenting Toolbox
http://parentingtoolbox.com/ - Provides articles with tips and information, as well as links to specific threads in the accompanying message boards.
- Exceptional Parent
http://www.eparent.com/ - Magazine for parents of children or young adults with disabilities. Includes reports, forum, products links, books.
- Ten Commandments of Etiquette
http://www.empowermentzone.com/etiquet.txt - The Empowerment Zone offers tips for communicating with those who have special needs.
- Special Families Guide
http://www.specialfamilies.com/ - Articles and answers to questions from Robert Naseef, Ph.D. on parenting a child with a disability.
- Disabled Parents Network
http://www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk/ - A UK based organisation of disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents, their families and allies.
- Child Care and the ADA
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/chcaflyr.htm - Child care centers rather privately or publicly operated must conform to ADA standards in order to meet the needs of special children.
- Special Needs
http://www.geocities.com/twi_d/index.html - Support site for the disabled, chronically ill, and the people who care for them.
- Hints for Mothers of Many Children
http://www.nathhan.com/ - Discusses general issues but also a section of disabled children and their siblings.
- About Special Education
http://specialed.about.com/ - A resource for parents, teachers, and students.
- Westchester ARC
http://www.westchesterarc.org/ - We serve people who have developmental disabilities and their families.
- SNAP
http://www.snap4kids.org/ - SNAP wants to promote awareness and acceptance of children with special needs, especially the physically challenged.
- Kids Together, Inc.
http://www.kidstogether.org/ - Kids Together, Inc. is an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 organization. Our goals include providing helpful information and resources to enhance the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities.
- Special Child
http://www.specialchild.com/ - Provides educational resources and emotional support to parents and care-givers of children, adolescents, and young adults with disabilities.
- Parenting From the Heart
http://specialchildren.about.com/gi/pages/mmail.htm - A twice weekly newsletter devoted to all who are touched by children with special needs.
- Parent Pals.com
http://www.parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/index.html - Special education website focusing on parent and professional support for special needs children. Directory of articles and links contributed by parents and professionals.
- Life's Crooked Path
http://designsbytrina.com/crookedpath/path.htm - A mother's true story about parenting a child with disabilities.
- Parents of a Child with Special Needs
http://www.geocities.com/katiegirl_59/ - Links to resources and information for caregivers and parents of children with special needs.
- Special Mommy Chronicles
http://www.sleepingangel.com/smc.htm - "Special Mommy Chronicles" is a weekly column by a Special Needs mom to Special Needs parents.
- Casa Center - Continuing Advancement for Special Adults
http://www.casacenter.org - This site is for special needs children as adults.
- Mothers From Hell 2
http://www.mothersfromhell2.org - Facing disability issues with combustable humor & advocating for disability rights! MFH2 is a national group offering more support than a 44DD underwire and more empowerment than a tanker full of caffeine, chocolate & Viagra!
- The Prevention News
http://www.prevention-news.com/ - Newsletter published by Peter Leibert for Arc-California chapters and their members, focusing on issues related to the prevention of mental retardation and other disabilities.
- Mothers with Attitude
http://www.motherswithattitude.com - Humor and help for adoptive moms, special-needs moms, any old moms at all.
- PSP (Parents Supporting Parents)
http://beehive.thisisessex.co.uk/psp - Support group where parents of children with special needs support other parents with special needs children,organise fun days and trips for these children and their siblings. We invite speakers to meetings in the past these have included experts from many different fields.
- Parenting the Spirited Child
http://www.theparentingclass.com - Classes for parents of a 3-7 year old who is spirited, oppositional, willful, aggressive, angry, or ADHD will want to learn about this exceptional class.
- Special People, Special Planning
http://specialpeoplespecialplanning.com - Special People, Special Planning is a special needs planning book on how to create a lifelong plan for special needs children and a disabled family member.
- Angels Gather Here
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/angelsgatherhere/index.html - Family raising 3 biological children,7 medically fragile adopted children and fostered 225.
- Maggy Larsen Books
http://www.maggylarsenbooks.com - Encouragement for those raising difficult and challenged children.
- Creative Perspectives, a different look at autism
http://www.creativeperspectives.org/ - Providing service to parents and families to help them with special needs autistic children. Offers programs to assist the children and parents to learn.
- Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/svc/prog/special-needs/default.htm - The Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center cares for children and young adults with significant chronic illness.
- Parents Exchange
http://pex.tripod.com/index.html - An information, referral, and advocacy service for parents and caregivers of children with disabilities and professionals who work with our families.
- Ability Online
http://www.ablelink.org/public/default.htm - A safe computer haven where kids and teens with disabilities can meet and share their interests.
- The Little Prince
http://www.thelittleprince.org/ - Articles, resources, and links to therapists and treatment programs.
- About Potty Training Children with Special Needs
http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/parentingadvice/a/sp_needs_potty.htm - Learn about potty training children with special needs, such as autism and down syndrome, including signs of readiness and how to avoid resistance.
- About Stress in Childhood
http://stress.about.com/cs/parentingstress/a/aa011501.htm - Children experience stress just as adults do. But sometimes, its manifestations are different.
- Federation for Children with Special Needs
http://www.fcsn.org/ - Resources for parents who care for children with special needs, including links to a nationwide directory of Parent Centers on Disability.
- New Jersey Parents' Caucus
http://www.newjerseyparentscaucus.org/ - A resource site. Discusses issues, lists events, includes a newsletter in English, Spanish, and Chinese, and has family support job listings.
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