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Center for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
The Center is supported by a grant from the Office of Special Education Programs, with additional funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Safe and Drug Free Schools Program. Categories on the Web site include What is PBIS?, PBIS & the Law, Functional Assessment, Classroom Support

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
COPAA members work to protect special education rights and secure excellence in education.

Council for Exceptional Children
CEC is a professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities. CEC has 17 divisions including the Division of Early Childhood, Division on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners.

Disability Resources
This nonprofit organization was established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love and play independently. Disseminates information about books, pamphlets, magazines, newsletters, videos and more as well as reports on worthwhile materials in the Disabilities Resources Monthly newsletter.

Disability Rights and Education and Defense Fund
Founded in 1979 by people with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF) is a national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation, advocacy, technical assistance, and education and training of attorneys, advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities.

Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC)
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education is a project of The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), which provides a variety of information on the education of individuals with disabilities as well as those who are gifted.

Family & Advocates Partnership for Education
Aims to inform and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 and promising practices.

The Family Education Network
The Family Education Network provides general education information for parents.

The Federal Interagency Coordinating Council
The Federal Interagency Coordinating Council facilitates services and supports and the Federal, State and local level for children at risk for disabilities ages zero to eight.

IDEA (Department of Education)
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Internet Special Education Resources
Assists parents/caregivers in finding educational advocates, diagnosis and assessments and locating the best school placement for their child.

Kids' Quest
Maintained by The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, a branch of the Center for Disease Control, this site is designed to teach children at the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade levels about issues faced by children with disabilities. Parents and teachers can modify the material on the website to meet different students' learning styles and levels. The site also includes links to additional sites to educate young people about disabilities.

Medicaid Knowledge Base
The Special Education and Medicaid Knowledge Base provides guidelines and resources for understanding Medicaid and offers a helpful glossary, a quick and easy set of frequently asked questions, a guide to acronyms and links to other resources.

OurChildrenLeftBehind.com
A group of diverse parents working together on the IDEA reauthorization has created a website, www.ourchildrenleftbehind.com to support parent and family IDEA reauthorization activities. We invite you to visit the website and contribute your ideas and feedback. The IDEA reauthorization battle promises to be swift and hard-fought, but we still have time and opportunity to make a difference in the final product.

Parents Engaged in Education Reform (PEER), U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs
Parents Engaged in Education Reform is a national technical assistance project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. PEER's purpose is to increase the participation of parents of children with disabilities and their organizations in school reform efforts.

The National Coalition of Advocates for Students
The National Coalition of Advocates for Students is a national educational advocacy organization for students who are risk for school failure. NCAS conducts national projects and provides publications that focus on critical education issues focusing on kindergarten through grade 12.

National Committee of Parents Organized to Protect IDEA
National Committee of Parents Organized to Protect IDEA -- The National Committee of Parents Organized to Protect IDEA has been created to marshal the support of parents from across the nation to ensure that the basic guarantees in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are protected. To read the paper, and to sign on you may log on to: http://capwiz.com/ndss/issues/ alert/

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
NICHY provides an overview of IDEA as well as other educationally related documents and information that can be downloaded.

PACER Center
The PACER Center is based on the concept of parents helping parents. The site provides assistance to individual families, workshops, and materials for parents and professionals, and leadership in securing a free and appropriate public education for all children.

Special Education News
Special Education News provides in-depth, timely news related to educating students with disabilities. The Web site and newsletter are journalistic publications centered on the news of the special education field. The Web site is also designed to offer unique resources to special education professionals in one convenient place.

Special Education Resources on the Internet
A collection of Internet accessible information resources of interest to families, individuals and those involved in the fields related to special education.

The U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education's has a variety of special education, resources as well as a guide to using the Internet.

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