Special Needs News
News and information of interest to families of children and adults with special needs in the Security, Widefield, Fountain, and Colorado Springs, Colorado area.
PSP (Parents Supporting Parents)
Support group where parents of children with special needs support other parents with special needs children,organise fun days and trips for these children and their siblings. We invite speakers to meetings in the past these have included experts from many different fields.
The Bible's Way to Victory over ADHD and Other Childhood Challenges
This free online book provides sound answers on preventing and overcoming behavioral, emotional and learning problems, including ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder), Conduct Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome.
Life's Crooked Path
A mother's true story about parenting a child with disabilities.
Parenting Toolbox
Provides articles with tips and information, as well as links to specific threads in the accompanying message boards.
About Potty Training Children with Special Needs
Learn about potty training children with special needs, such as autism and down syndrome, including signs of readiness and how to avoid resistance.
Parents Exchange
An information, referral, and advocacy service for parents and caregivers of children with disabilities and professionals who work with our families.
About Parenting Special Needs
The starting place for exploring parenting special needs, from About.com.
Parenting From the Heart
A twice weekly newsletter devoted to all who are touched by children with special needs.
About Special Education
A resource for parents, teachers, and students.
Special People, Special Planning
Special People, Special Planning is a special needs planning book on how to create a lifelong plan for special needs children and a disabled family member.
About Stress in Childhood
Children experience stress just as adults do. But sometimes, its manifestations are different.
The Arc's Q&A on Child Care
Child Care Settings and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Know your rights.
Ability Online
A safe computer haven where kids and teens with disabilities can meet and share their interests.
Angels Gather Here
Family raising 3 biological children,7 medically fragile adopted children and fostered 225.
Parent Training and Information Centers by State
Programs funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in the US Department of Education to help provide training and information to meet the needs of parents of children with disabilities living in the area served by the center.
Casa Center - Continuing Advancement for Special Adults
This site is for special needs children as adults.
Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs
The Center for Infants and Children with Special Needs at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center cares for children and young adults with significant chronic illness.
Creative Perspectives, a different look at autism
Providing service to parents and families to help them with special needs autistic children. Offers programs to assist the children and parents to learn.
Parents with Disabilities Online
Information, support and products for parents who have disabilities.
Disabled Parents Network
A UK based organisation of disabled people who are parents or who hope to become parents, their families and allies.
Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center Parents Network
Parents of developmentally delayed children who are clients of the Easter Los Angeles Regional Center.
Ten Commandments of Etiquette
The Empowerment Zone offers tips for communicating with those who have special needs.
Exceptional Parent
Magazine for parents of children or young adults with disabilities. Includes reports, forum, products links, books.
Angels In Care
A place for children who are hurting emotionally, mentally or physically in which they can find love, hope, peace and joy within themselves and each other.
Parents of a Child with Special Needs
Links to resources and information for caregivers and parents of children with special needs.
Special Needs
Support site for the disabled, chronically ill, and the people who care for them.
ICan Online
ICan Online is a well organized site that offers a tremendous amount of information to the disabled community.
Ideal Lives
Practical tips and web resources for special needs parents, specialized in free resources and personalized solutions for families, and the teachers and professionals who support them.
Kids Together, Inc.
Kids Together, Inc. is an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 organization. Our goals include providing helpful information and resources to enhance the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities.
The Learning Disabled Child and the Home
Discusses various issues such as fathers, siblings, discipline.
Maggy Larsen Books
Encouragement for those raising difficult and challenged children.
Mothers From Hell 2
Facing disability issues with combustable humor & advocating for disability rights! MFH2 is a national group offering more support than a 44DD underwire and more empowerment than a tanker full of caffeine, chocolate & Viagra!
Mothers with Attitude
Humor and help for adoptive moms, special-needs moms, any old moms at all.
Hints for Mothers of Many Children
Discusses general issues but also a section of disabled children and their siblings.
Our Kids
Information and support for parents and caregivers of children with special needs. Links to resources and affiliated web sites.
Parent Pals.com
Special education website focusing on parent and professional support for special needs children. Directory of articles and links contributed by parents and professionals.
Partners Resource Network
Purpose is to empower parents of children and youth with disabilities in their roles as parents, decision makers, and advocates for their children.
Parents Helping Parents
Helping children with special needs receive the love, hope, respect and services they need to achieve their full potential by strengthening their families and the professionals who serve them.
The Prevention News
Newsletter published by Peter Leibert for Arc-California chapters and their members, focusing on issues related to the prevention of mental retardation and other disabilities.
Tamarack Reading Pages
A commercial site that offers reading books for beginning readers with special needs. A sight word reading system is designed to improve reading skills.
Schwab Foundation for Learning
Services for parents and educators to provide information, support and resources to improve the lives of students with learning differences.
Single Parent Central - Childcare & Children with Disabilities
An overview of the accommodations childcare centers and home-based centers must make for disabled children under the American With Disabilities Act.
Special Mommy Chronicles
"Special Mommy Chronicles" is a weekly column by a Special Needs mom to Special Needs parents.
SNAP
SNAP wants to promote awareness and acceptance of children with special needs, especially the physically challenged.
Special Child
Provides educational resources and emotional support to parents and care-givers of children, adolescents, and young adults with disabilities.
Special Families Guide
Articles and answers to questions from Robert Naseef, Ph.D. on parenting a child with a disability.
TRI Online! Parent Advocacy
A place for information and resources for parents of children with disabilities, education, transition and school-to-work issues.
The Little Prince
Articles, resources, and links to therapists and treatment programs.
Parenting the Spirited Child
Classes for parents of a 3-7 year old who is spirited, oppositional, willful, aggressive, angry, or ADHD will want to learn about this exceptional class.
Helping Your Special Needs Child
Authors Sandy Tovray and Maria Wilson-Portuondo, both parents of special needs children, share their experiences and offer solid advice in Helping Your Special Needs Child.
Child Care and the ADA
Child care centers rather privately or publicly operated must conform to ADA standards in order to meet the needs of special children.
Americans With Disabilities Act Information
Americans With Disabilities Act Information
Westchester ARC
We serve people who have developmental disabilities and their families.
Impact of a Handicapped Child on the Family
From the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute and meant for teachers, but has information for parents too.
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