Federation
for Children with Special Needs Web Site Boston, Massachusetts
The Federation is a center for parents and parent organizations to work together
on behalf of children with special needs and their families. We can help! Organized in
1975 as a coalition of parent groups representing children with a variety of disabilities,
the Federation operates a Parent Center which offers a variety of services to parents,
parent groups, and others who are concerned with children with special needs.
Visual Impairment and Blindness Experts
SystemI VBES - Illinois The Visual Impairments and Blindness Expert System
(VIBES) will help answer questions and give advice. For example, you can pick one of the
academic tasks, like reading, and learn about its tactile alternative techniques, like
Braille, used by a person who happens to be visually impaired or blind. You can then see
products (and services) for Braille, and find the organizations (or people) where you can
get the products. This introductory version of VIBES, containing only 35 topics, is
intended to demonstrate how VIBES works, and inspire you to submit topics
to VIBES. We hope VIBES grows to over 5,000 topics within 5 years. Anyone can contribute
information to VIBES
St
Louis Area Center Delta Gamma
Center For Children With Visual Impairments
Welcome to the FamilyEducation Network
Welcome to FamilyEducation Network, the #1 rated family site on the Web. We're dedicated
to helping you take an active role in the education of your children. Visit us often to...
find the information you need in hundreds of articles... connect with other parents on our
discussion boards... check out your PTA Minutes and event calendars from member schools.
Kids'
Questions Answered by the National Federation of the Blind
The National
Federation of the Blind answers common questions children have on blindness.
Pediatric Eye Care: Parenting Information on
Children. The Stereo Vision Project aims to be an advocacy and support group for
individuals with binocular vision impairments and welcomes comments and questions from
people with these disabilities.
The
Blind Children's Center
The Blind Childrens Center is a
family-centered agency which serves children with visual impairments from birth to school
age. The center-based programs and services help the children acquire skills and build
their independence. The Center utilizes its expertise and experience to serve families and
professionals worldwide through support services, education, and research. Blind Childrens
Center was founded in 1938.. The Center has helped more than 2,500 children through the
infant and preschool programs. On an average, the Center serves 50-60 families every year
in center-based programs. Currently, 63% of the children served are severely visually
impaired and 37% are totally blind. An outstanding set of
publications are available for the
parents of blind and visually impaired children.
P.A.R.E.N.T.S., Inc. We are parents of
children with disabilities (of all kinds and ages), working together with professionals
and others to improve the lives of our sons and daughters and our families in homes,
schools and communities around Alaska.
California Department of Developmental Services
Welcome to the Home Page of the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS). DDS
provides services and programs to children and adults with developmental disabilities
which includes mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism and related
conditions.
Parenting the Special Needs Child
Children's Disabilities - Parenting of K-6 Children Net Links
Special Child Magazine for Parenting Special Needs
Children Welcome and thank you for visiting Special Child Magazine, an online
publication dedicated to parents of children with special needs.
Parents Helping Parents California PHP PHP is a
multifaceted, comprehensive Parent Directed Family Resource Center for children with any
kind of special need (mental, physical, emotional, or learning disabilities whether due to
birth defects, illness, vehicular, sports or other accidents, such as near drowning). PHP
was founded in 1976 as a parent support group. Now, parent support is only one of numerous
services offered by this public benefit, not-for-profit organization. PHP is a
parent-directed family resource center (PDFRC) serving children with special needs, their
families and the professionals who serve them. PHP is one of the oldest and largest
children's charities of its kind in the United States. We are the family resource center
for Early Start services for Santa Clara County; a Parent Training and Information Center
(PTI) for Northern California; the National Center for Parent-Directed Family Resource
Centers in the United States; and the leading consultation and assistance agency for
others starting or operating a parent-directed family resource center in the world.
Child
& Family Canada, Enfant & Famille Canada Child & Family Canada is
presented through the cooperation of 39
non-profit organizations committed to the health and well-being of children and their
families. Child & Family Canada is a web site initiated by the Canadian Child Care Federation with the support of Human Resources Development Canada,
and Industry Canada. The server is provided by
Bell Global Solutions / Sympatico.
Council
for Exceptional Children The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is
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.
Child
Development Media, Inc. Child Development Media, Inc.,
offers an extensive collection of video tapes and training materials that have been
professionally previewed, and are targeted for parents, professionals and students alike.
Both video tapes and training cover a wide range of topics at affordable prices, and they
are produced by leading behavioral specialists at outstanding institutions and programs.
Upshaw
Institute for the Blind Michigan Parents of the Visually Impaired Welcome to the
Upshaw Institute for the Blind home page. The Upshaw Institute for the Blind (formerly the
Greater Detroit Society for the Blind) is a non-profit organization dedicated to
preventing blindness, reducing the impact of blindness, and advocating for those with
severe vision loss.
Indiana Parent Information Network The
Indiana Parent Information Network is a not-for-profit organization where parents,
professionals and volunteers work together to support children with special needs. Our
uniqueness comes from the fact that we are family-directed. The majority of our Board of
Directors and staff are parents of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses. Our
office is located on the Northeast side of Indianapolis. We share our expertise with
families, providers, and policy makers across the state and nation.
Parent-Citizen Handbook Indiana
The COVOH Foundation is dedicated to the promotion of awareness and communication to
improve the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. In view of these
goals, and in keeping with our past activities, we welcome this opportunity to work with
the Indiana Department of Education, Division of Special Education, in assisting in the
development and distribution of this handbook so that parents, teachers, therapists,
school and agency administrators -- indeed all citizens -- will become more fully informed
about Indiana's system of educational programs for students with special needs..
MUMS National Parent-to-Parent
Network MUMS is a National Parent to Parent Network whose mission is to help
parents who have a child with a rare diagnosis make connections with other parents in
similar situations. MUMS is voluntary, non-profit organization that runs on donations. In
order make sure that this service is available for those families who need it, we are only
able to facilitate matches for families whose child has a rare disorder
Federation
for Children with Special Need
Boston, Massachusetts
The Federation is a center for parents and parent organizations to work together
on behalf of children with special needs and their families. We can help! Organized in
1975 as a coalition of parent groups representing children with a variety of disabilities,
the Federation operates a Parent Center which offers a variety of services to parents,
parent groups, and others who are concerned with children with special needs.
