Resources for Parents
Introduction to Resources for Parents
NAPCSE provides its members with an extensive resource library of sites and topics that have been identified by special education teachers as being the most relevant issues faced in the field (i.e. setting up your classroom, classroom management, assistive technology, high stakes testing, IEP development, learning styles assessment, terminology). This NAPCSE database is one of the largest sources of information on special education in the United States. It is an invaluable resource and is updated daily by NAPCSE, to ensure that the websites are both current and relevant to teachers of exceptional children.
In addition to the resources described above NAPCSE has introduced a new feature for Members and all other site visitors. The NAPCSE Professional Directory can help parents and other advocates find the professional services they may seek in an easy to use format. Additionally the NAPCSE Professional Directory has been created to allow professionals who serve the special education community a method to communicate directly to parents with children in special education and introduce themselves and the services they provide.
If you are a professional who would like to add your information to the NAPCSE Professional Directory email us at contact@napcse.org.
Topic List for Resources for Parents
The Resources for Parents section of the NAPCSE database allows members to view hundreds of comprehensive topics for parents, which will lead you to thousands of practical and useful websites and materials.
The following list contains the topic areas that you will find within the Resources Categories. This list is created so that you can find the area of your interest and then go to the alphabetical links on the top of Resources Categories to quickly take you to the topic of interest.
A
ABA for Children with Autism
Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Special Education
About Public Agencies
Academic Goals and Objectives for IEP's
Accessing Parent Groups
Accessing Programs for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Disabilities (ages 0-5)
Adaptations & Accommodations (Classroom and Testing) for Students with Disabilities
Adaptations and accommodations for specific disabilities-PDF files
Adaptive Physical Education
Adults with Disabilities
Advocacy for Children with Disabilities
American Sign Language (ASL)
Annual Review Preparation
Asperger's Syndrome
Assessing Children for the Presence of a Disability
Assessment Measures Used in Special Education (Informal)
Assessment Measures Used in Special Education (Standardized)
Assessment in Special Education
Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology Equipment
Assistive Technology Reports
Associations, Organizations and Clearinghouses in Special Education
Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder
B
Behavior Assessment, Plans, and Positive Supports
Behavior Contracts
Behavior at Home
Behavior at School
Behavior Expertise
Behavior Intervention Plans
Behavior Modification
Bilingual and Culturally Diverse Students
Bullying
C
Can I Trust This Information?
Cerebral Palsy
Charter Schools
Child Abuse and Neglect-Awareness and Reporting Responsibilities
Child Study Teams
Children's Literature and Disability
Computer Software for Special Education
Curriculum Activities for Children with Disabilities
Curriculum Adaptation
Curriculum Based Assessment (CBA)
Curriculum-Factors Affecting Success
Curriculum Types
D
Deafness/Hearing Loss
Developing Your Child's IEP
Developmental Disabilities
Developmental Milestones
Dictionary: For Parents of Children with Disabilities
Directory of Summer Camps
Disability Awareness
Disability Community
Disability Publishers
Down Syndrome
DSM-IVTR-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Information
Due Process in Special Education
E
Early Intervention
Educational Assessments-Who Administers the Tests?
Educational Report Writing and Examples
Educational Research Information Center Digests (ERIC)
Educational Terminology Associated with Special Education
Eligibility Committee (IEP, CSE etc.) Presentation
Emotional Disturbance
Epilepsy
Extended School Year Services
F
Floortime for Children with Autism
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
Functional Behavioral Analysis
Functional Behavioral Assessment
G
General Information about Disabilities
Gifted and Talented
Government Agencies
H
Helping Your Students Understand Their Classmates with Special Needs
Helping Students Develop Their IEPs
High Stakes Testing
Home Bound Instruction
Home Schooling
Homework Strategies for children with disabilities
I
IDEA Amendments of 1997
IDEA-Part C-Early Childhood Intervention
Impartial Hearings
Inclusion
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
Individualized Family Service Plan-IFSP
Intelligence Tests-Individual
Interventions for Chronic Behavior Problems
Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities
J
Journals in Special Education
L
Learning Disabilities
Learning Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities
Learning Styles
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Lesson Plan Development Sites
Literacy Resources
M
Magazines in Special Education
Mediation in the Special Education Process
Medical Terminology
Medicaid Information
Medicare Information
Medication Information
Mental Retardation
Modifying Curriculum and Instruction
Multiple Intelligences
N
National Clearinghouses
National Toll Free Numbers for Organizations
No Child Left Behind Act
O
Occupational Therapy-Glossary
Occupational Therapist-Role and Responsibilities
Occupational Therapy Screening Checklist (PDF)
Orthopedic Impairments
Other Health Impairments
P
Parent Teacher Conferences - Preparation and Effective Approach
Parent's Rights in the Special Education Process
Parent Training and Information Centers
Parenting a Child with Special Needs
Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)
Preparation for Participation at the District's Eligibility, CSE, or IEP Meeting
Psychological Terminology
Psychoeducational Evaluations
Questions Often Asked by Parents about Special Education Services
Q-R
Recommended Links
Related Services Overview
Research Based Resources
Research in Special Education
Resource Rooms Overview
Rett's Syndrome
Rights of Children with Disabilities-Tennessee Department of Education-Division of Special Education-good overview typical of most states-PDF file
S
Sexual Harassment and Special Education
Spanish Information on Disability Topics (look for "español" to the right)
Special Education Research
Speech-Language Impairments
Spina Bifida
State Education Departments
State Listings of Agencies, Disability and Parent Organizations
Strategies and tactics for effective instruction-PDF file
Student's Guide to Jobs
Student's Guide to the IEP
Summer Camps for Children with Disabilities
T
Technical Assistance Guide: Helping Students with Cognitive Disabilities Find and Keep a Job
Terminology Used in Special Education
Test Modifications and Accommodations
Test Publishers in Special Education
Token Economy
Tourette's Syndrome
Transition Timeline
Traumatic Brain Injury
Triennial Evaluation Preparation
Transition Services
U-V
Videos for Special Educators
Visual Impairments
Vocational Assessment Guide for Teachers and Parents
Vouchers
W-X-Y-Z
Who are the Children in Special Education?
Who's Teaching Our Children with Disabilities?
Your Child's Evaluation-Assistance for Parents
