Resources
State of Michigan Special Education Rules
ADHD and attention problems
- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) CHADD.org
- LD Online www.ldonline.org
- Taking Charge of ADHD, by Russell Barkley
- Smart but Scattered, by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Advocacy and Special Education
- Michigan Protection & Advocacy
- COPAA Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
- Wrightslaw
- IDEA Partnership
- Michigan Department of Education information on Special Education
- Team of Advocates for Special Kids
Assistive Technology
Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Autism Alliance of Michigan – autismallianceofmichigan.org
- ASPEN: Asperger/Autism Spectrum Education Network
- Social Thinking
- Autism Society of Michigan
- The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
- The Autism Women’s Network
- Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
Intellectual and Cognitive Disability, Developmental Disability
- Down Syndrome Information Alliance
- Disability Network of Michigan
- TASH
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition www.ncset.org
- PACER Center
- Michigan Rehabilitation Services
- Bridges4Kids
Infant and Toddler Development and Developmental Delays
- Early On of Michigan
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
- National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Gifted and twice exceptional
Accommodations for high-stakes exams and tests
Learning Disabilities and Dyslexia
- LDA of America
- LDA of Michigan
- International Dyslexia Association
- National Research on Learning Disabilities
- LD OnLine
- What Works Clearinghouse
- Dyslexia Help at the University of Michigan
- Learning Ally for audio books
Mood disorders, Anxiety, Mental health
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- Mental Health America
- American Psychological Association– Psychology Topics
- Worry Wise for kids Anxiety and OCD
- The Child Anxiety Network Childhood Anxiety
- Balance Mind Foundation– bipolar disorder
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Neurological and Genetic Disorders
- National Tourette Syndrome Association
- Brain Injury Association of Michigan
- NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders)
- NIH (National Institutes of Health)
- NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- MyChild: cerebral palsy
- United Cerebral Palsy
- Epilepsy Foundation