Parent Resources

Find advocacy resources, diagnosis information, special education websites, parenting tools, useful articles, and other support.

Helpful Links

  • Special Education Guide – Our goal is to present information on the challenges parents and teachers of children with special needs face.
  • Small Planet Communications – Contains articles, lesson plans, strategies, links, and other materials for teachers and students.
    • Distance Education Clearinghouse – Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Extension, the Clearinghouse gathers information on teleconferencing technologies, instructional design, programs and courses, and other distance learning resources.
    • Teacher Talk – A publication for preservice, and practicing secondary education teachers.
    • The Education Alliance – Responds to the needs of diverse student populations in the public schools.
    • Worldwide Classroom – This library of international programs maintains information about 3500 schools in 70 countries including foreign language institutes, universities, adult education centers, and volunteer programs.
    • U. S. Department of Education – USDE’s WWW Server sponsored by the Department’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement(OERI).
    • Internet Public Library – Provides services and information which enhance the value of the Internet to its ever-expanding and varied community of users.
  • The Library of Congress – Using the World Wide Web (WWW) to present information about and materials from its collections over the Internet.
    • Global Schoolhouse – The Next Generation – The program brings schools, universities, business, government, and the community together for life learning experiences, using the most powerful technology available.
    • KIDLINKS – A grassroots project aiming at getting as many children in the age group of 10-15 as possible involved in a GLOBAL dialog.
  • Research for Better Schools – A private, nonprofit corporation which has served as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory for 28 years under funding from the U. S. Department of Education.

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